My talk will emphasize or a very e important aspect of mental health that is neuroplastic behavior due to persistent #anxiety in the patients of #Covid19.The persistent level of anxiety may lead to depressive state of the individuals in non-covid States also.
Anxiety is your body's natural response to stress. It's a feeling of fear or apprehension about what's to come. The first day of school, going to a job interview, or giving a speech may cause most people to feel fearful and nervous. Occasional anxiety is OK. But anxiety disorders are different. They’re a group of mental illnesses that cause constant and overwhelming anxiety and fear. The excessive anxiety can make you avoid work, school, family get-togethers, and other social situations that might trigger or worsen your symptoms. The main symptom of anxiety disorders is excessive fear or worry. Anxiety disorders can also make it hard to breathe, sleep, stay still, and concentrate. Your specific symptoms depend on the type of anxiety disorder you have.
Common symptoms are:
• Panic, fear, and uneasiness
• Feelings of panic, doom, or danger
• Sleep problems
• Not being able to stay calm and still
• Cold, sweaty, numb, or tingling hands or feet
• Shortness of breath
• Breathing faster and more quickly than normal (hyperventilation)
• Heart palpitations
Mental illness itself possesses the greatest threat to the daily habits, lifestyle, socioeconomic status as well as mortality and morbidity associated with COVID-19 (Walker et al., 2015), which also affects the clinical outcomes. Furthermore, altered psychology can cause abnormal perception and thinking, impaired social behavior, delusions, hallucinations, cognitive dysfunction, and social isolation that may result in poor treatment adherence, and non-seeking of health care facilities. Patients with a serious mental illness ultimately live a compromised quality of life (Evans et al., 2007). Patients with a pre-existing severe mental illness shown to have 2-3 folds higher risk for severe clinical outcomes as compared to patients with no history of mental disabilities (Lee et al., 2020).
A meta-analysis showed the prevalence of anxiety (23.2%) and depression (22.8%) with variability among males and females (Pappa et al., 2020). Another study disclosed a higher psychological impact on younger people and comorbid patients (Ozamiz-Etxebarria et al., 2020). Moreover, unjustified fear of COVID-19 leads to elevated anxiety among the general population and in comorbid patients leading to stigmatization and discrimination (Mowbray, 2020).
Yoga #meditation may also promote neuroplastic changes in the executive brain system. Fewer cognitive failures and greater gray matter volume (GMV) have been reported in the frontal, limbic, temporal, occipital, and cerebellar regions of yoga meditation practitioners than in matched controls. Studies examining the effects of #meditative therapies based on yogic principles on both stress and anxiety have demonstrated positive outcomes on #anxiety. #Mind sound resonance technique (MSRT) is an advanced yoga technique involving #mindful relaxation using mantra to generate resonance, which is believed to induce deep relaxation for the mind and body #indiaagainstmutilatedyoga #yogaforneurosciences #spiritualtraverllers #shakti #energy #peace #solitude #karma #shimla #hiking #sadhna #shiva #GORAKH #nath #spiritulism #MIND #kundalini
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