(Shanghai War Epidemic Record) Keeping the "Shanghai" Log: "Energy Supply Station" for the Mind Helps "Epidemic Healing"
China News Service, Shanghai, April 19th: Keep the "Shanghai" log: In the epidemic, it is inevitable to "heal" and "heal by others" to protect the mental health of citizens
Author Gao Zhimiao
Entering the live broadcast room of "Liu Xiao Mosquito Paper", the protagonist of the picture is a bead-necked turtle dove laying on the windowsill and hatching young birds and a pot of green plants, and there are bursts of birdsong outside the window.
"The theme of my live broadcast is 'Lying Doves Against Isolation and Depression'. It will be very healing to see nature during the special period of lockdown. I am also going to cut a chorus video with turtle doves. I sing and it tweets." New Shanghai native Liu Wenwen told Sino-Singapore Internet reporter.
Observing the incubation process of turtle doves became Liu Wenwen's "self-healing" in isolation at home.
In the new round of epidemic, "staying at home" has become a new daily routine for Shanghai citizens. How to protect mental health has become a "topic" that many people care about.
"At most, I have to answer more than 20 (psychological consultation) calls a day." Zhou Wenxiu, head of the Xinzhuang Hepu Youth Service Center in Minhang District, Shanghai and a part-time psychological consultant of Tongji University, told reporters.
Photo courtesy of Zhou Wenxiu's online psychological counseling interviewees
On March 8, some schools in Minhang District, where Zhou Wenxiu is located, implemented closed-loop management. "I can't be idle", she thought about what she could do for the closed-loop management, so she shared the "Guidelines for Psychological Recovery from the Epidemic" on the video account, receiving daily interviews. Making at least five psychological consultation calls has become her daily routine at home.
On the other end of Zhou Wenxiu's phone, there are people who are positive for COVID-19, adolescent boys and girls who take online classes at home, and couples who are quarreling during home isolation... "I give different 'prescriptions' for different groups of people, and each group has different prescriptions. Everyone has their own different demands, and everyone is an independent individual who needs to serve individually.”
"Empathy" is a "strategy" commonly used in Zhou Wenxiu's "hotline", and this "empathy" is more of a "feedback" from her experience as a volunteer.
As the "big housekeeper" of the community volunteers in Chunshen Vanke City, Minhang District, she and the volunteers participated in voluntary services such as community scan code registration and maintenance of nucleic acid testing order.
"Every time the volunteer recruitment is released, the places are 'sold out' within an hour or two. The enthusiasm of the volunteers has given me a lot of love and support, and I have received a lot of energy from the surrounding, so I have the ability to keep going Do public welfare and give psychological support to others," she said.
Photo courtesy of Zhou Wenxiu's participation in community epidemic prevention volunteer activities
In fact, as early as 2020, Zhou Wenxiu had already started "epidemic healing" with her volunteers.
The "iWill (Overseas) Volunteer Joint Action" initiated by her has recruited more than 200 volunteers to provide health counseling and psychological companionship services to nearly 5,000 overseas Chinese and international students.
"iWill is a business card of national professional volunteers, which provides overseas Chinese with psychological support. While providing medical, psychological and legal help and support, we have formed an atmosphere of love and mutual care, allowing overseas Chinese Overseas Chinese and international students know that they are cared for, and when they need help, we are there." Zhou Wenxiu said.
During a pandemic, anxiety is normal.
Wang Zhen, deputy director of the Shanghai Mental Health Center and leader of the ninth batch of Shanghai medical aid teams in Hubei, said recently that in special times, the increase in anxiety, depression and other emotions is a common phenomenon.
Most of the citizens who are locked up at home may have mild anxiety due to concerns about the virus, changes in the environment, and limited space, but they generally do not reach the level of mental disorders.
In Wang Zhen's view, it is necessary to recognize one's own emotions, maintain a good law of life, and appropriate indoor exercise.
He suggested controlling the time spent on mobile phones, especially when reading news related to the epidemic.
In addition, maintain or even strengthen communication with those around you.
See what you can do when colleagues, neighbors, and the community need help.
In order to protect the mental health of citizens, Shanghai has also opened many "energy supply stations".
In Hongkou District, the 24-hour "Rainbow Heart" psychological hotline volunteer service has been online for more than a month; in Songjiang District, schools have set up "Worry Relief Houses" for the psychological confusion of teenagers during home online classes, inviting students to serve as spiritual assistants. Provide help to students who need help through letters, paintings, micro-videos, etc.
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