HOW TO COPE WITH CORONA VIRUS THREAT?

Abstract

Unprecedented spread of corona virus or COVID-19 has propelled WHO to declare it as pandemic. The world has never witnessed such a great threat from a virus ever before. Nearly all developed nations are desperately trying to curb its spread by doing all they could. Ironically, developed economies are being struck more than the developing or underdeveloped economies by the pandemic. As there would be great economic depression throughout the world, there would be mental health challenges before world leaders to deal with. In the present paper, an attempt is made to discuss healthy coping strategies to reduce stress caused by corona threat given by leading psychologists. As all nations where the virus has spread have declared lockdown for uncertain period people are made to stay at their home nearly all time of the day. Since very negligible numbers of people are habitual to such a lifestyle, they will be faced with challenges as to how to adjust with the present condition. Needless to say that they might be suffering from fear, uncertainty about life, stress, anxiety and loneliness. To deal with these problems effectively some techniques have been discussed in the present paper