How NOT to panic? Advice from a psychologist: Ksenia Teresa Tarnavska, analytically oriented psychologist

It’s normal to feel excited about what’s happening.

The main thing is not to panic

Panic distracts us from reality, we lose grounding, contact with ourselves, and may not understand what to do or how to react

To avoid panic

1. Self-regulation – breathing exercises: inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth
2. Exercise 5,4,3,2,1 – return to the “here and now” through the senses: find 5 objects, find 4 things that I can feel tactilely, find 3 sounds, 2 smells and something to taste and feel this taste
3. Everyone, depending on their psychotype, has their own reaction to stress

– Some people are helped by a connection with God: personal prayer, songs of worship, traditional prayers

– Emotional people need to cry, scream, or give out their emotions

– Some people need to work their bodies: walk briskly, run, clean, work in the garden

– Rational people who need to monitor the situation and logically organize themselves

– People of contact: those who need to call someone, share, volunteer

– Those who emotionally discharge themselves through creativity: music, embroidery, drawing, wood carving, etc.

Some people can combine several areas: it is important to feel what helps me to relieve anxiety

These events we are experiencing are higher than us.

The only thing that can give us strength is union with our highest: union with God, trust in God, trust in the One who is the highest