认知乏味


2021年5月7日

自从19日大流行以来,过去一年中的生活发生了很大变化。由于大流行,我们工作,社交,度过时间,购物,锻炼和照顾好自己的方式(仅举几种方式)发生了变化。这影响了我们的关系,亲密感,与他人的联系,我们如何花钱,惯例,社会和社会政治文化,当然还有我们的身心健康。人们一直对自己,我们的亲人,我们的社区以及近距离的社会感到恐惧。鉴于所有这些,您可能已经注意到没有像以前那样敏锐的感觉,并且发现集中精力和集中精力更难。您可能会更多地向他人抢购,或者您可能会注意到最简单的决定已成为最大的壮举,您的生产力可能已经下降。您可能正在经历的是认知钝。

认知钝化是一种精神疲劳的一种形式,可能会影响集中度,专注,注意力,生产力以及情感健康和心理健康。认知乏味并不是什么新鲜事物 - 您可能已经注意到了一个不眠之夜,感觉不舒服或压力很大的认知钝化的许多特征。在当前的时代精神的背景下,认知钝的不寻常的是普遍存在的认知钝。作为精神卫生保健提供者,我们在过去一年中看到和听到的更多信息。

当我们目前经历的认知钝化是由于处于恒定的适应状态和生存状态而引起的。在过去的一年中,我们不得不做出这么多的变化,并且必须同时兼顾这么多的“帽子”或角色,这些角色往往是界限较差的。客厅可能已经变成了临时办公室,通勤时间可能没有被吸收到工作时间,托儿服务,家庭学校的工作可能已成为每日责任的一部分,并且在个人和职业生活之间通常可能会有模糊的界限。我们正在处理这些时间和空间的贫困界限,新的例行程序,与亲人分开,社会孤立,对流行前生活的悲伤,这些生活突然被我们偷走了,处理了生活的损失,担心自己和他人和他人担心和病毒本身。所有这些加起来,并损害了我们能够在认知和情感上发挥作用的能力。

Symptoms of cognitive dulling include burnout and feeling overwhelmed, difficulty making decisions, feeling more irritable, difficulty with concentration and focus, loss of productivity, and virtual fatigue. It impacts how we work, relate to others, spend our free time, and regulate our emotions. We may notice something feels off, but may not know exactly what it is. Particularly kids may lack the words to express their experiences of cognitive dulling.

那么,我们该怎么做才能扭转和防止认知钝化呢?

  1. 自我照顾,自我照顾,自我保健:这可以包括anything you do to keep yourself healthy – physically, mentally, and emotionally – and should be individualized to what you need to take best care of yourself. Practicing healthy habits (e.g., good sleep hygiene, balanced diet, staying hydrated), reducing the number of decisions you have to make, engaging in a hobby, playing with your kids or pets, exercising, practicing mindful meditation, implementing relaxation techniques, or going on a vacation or staycation are some examples. It is important to integrate some self-care practices into your daily routine.
  2. Check in with yourself: Know your limits and be kind to yourself when you reach them. It is okay to say “no.” It is better to turn an opportunity down than to commit to it and not be able to give it your all.
  3. Manage stress in at least one area of your life: Being able to control stress in one area can help us feel better able to handle and manage the stress in other areas of our lives. Approach stress management one step at a time.
  4. Take pressure off perfection: “Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.” Strive to do your best and take the pressure off of yourself to do everything perfect. Perfection is aspirational, not mandated.
  5. 寻求帮助:是与朋友还是亲人交谈或寻求专业支持,在需要时寻求帮助。支持可以大大改善我们的心理健康。如果您或亲人感到不知所措,经历艰难的时期或经历精神健康危机,危机文本线(741741的文字以达到危机辅导员)和国家自杀预防生命线(1-800-27324/7全天可用)。精神病学和行为科学系还提供住院和门诊服务:https://med.uth.edu/pshichiatry/patient-care/。请记住,每个人都可以从治疗中受益。

Written by: Jennifer Bahrman, PhD


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