Coping With Fear In The Pandemic Era
Coping With Fear In The Pandemic Era
By Muhammad Javed
We clear see how fear is affecting decisions globally in an unprecedented way as the world, governments and individuals are trying to deal with the covid-19 crisis. People feel constrained by the shrinking economy and fear engulfs many on how they will feed their families or keep their businesses afloat and pay the salaries. A health worker notes that “many are facing a greater amount of stress related to psychological, emotional, health and income issues as a result of the pandemic. This consists of financial constraints, movement restrictions, loneliness, helplessness, drastic change in their plans and some could also be dealing with domestic violence,”[1]. Look at some of the shocking statistics: Kosmo! Reported that in Malaysia a total of 266 people committed suicide nationwide during the movement restrictions between Mar 18th and Oct 30th.[2] In many countries that keep a close watch on suicide rates, they have...
