Emotional Crisis

Emotional wellbeing and
coping DURING crisis

INTRODUCTION
What is emotional wellness?
 Well-being is the experience of health, happiness
and prosperity
 It includes having good mental health, high life
satisfaction, a sense of meaning or purpose,
and ability to manage stress.
 Well-being is something sought by just about
everyone, because it includes so many positive
things — feeling happy, healthy, socially
connected, and purposeful.
 Emotional wellness inspires self-care, relaxation,
stress reduction and the development of inner
strength.
 Emotional wellness also includes the ability to
learn and grow from experiences.
The Route to
Emotional
Wellness
In order to begin the route to
emotional wellness you must
always remember to be optimistic.
Some strategies for you to practice in

order to boost your emotional
wellness:-
• Exercise
• Spend some time in the sun
• Deal with your emotions
• Sleep
• Be creative
• Adopt an animal
TYPES OF EMOTIONAL
WELL BEING
• Emotional Well-Being
• Physical Well-Being
• Social Well-Being
• Workplace Well-Being
• Societal Well-Being
IMPORTANCE OF
EMOTIONAL WELL BEING
• Emotional health is an important part of overall health
• People who are emotionally healthy are in control of their
thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
• They can keep problems in perspective and bounce back from
setbacks.
• Emotionally healthy people still feel stress, anger, and sadness.
But they know how to manage their negative feelings.
Things to consider
 People who have good emotional health can still have emotional
problems or mental illness. Mental illness often has a physical
cause.
 Counselling, support groups, and medicines can help people who
have emotional problems or mental illness.
WHAT IS CRISIS
• A crisis may be personal, such as a death or the loss

of a relationship, or community-wide, such as a fire,
natural disasters, sexual assault, abuse, the aftermath
of suicide, or violent crime.
• Bystanders, friends and family of victims, or public
safety personnel who work with disaster or
trauma victims may also be affected.
• Each person responds to crisis or disaster differently.
• It is important to understand the potential reactions
that accompany crisis and to know how to care for
yourself during times of extreme stress.
Typical Responses to
Crisis
• Emotional Responses
• Shock or denial
• Depression; feelings of hopelessness
• Behavioural Responses
• Changes in activity level
• Social withdrawal or isolation
• Cognitive Responses
• Dreams or nightmares of the event
• Flashbacks” of crisis event
• Physical Responses
• Fatigue or loss of energy
• Rapid heart beat
Coping with Crisis
• Reach out and make contact with others.
• Talk with friends and loved ones.
• Recognize and accept your feelings as “normal”
responses to extreme circumstances.
• Express your feelings appropriately; keep a journal
to help in the process.
• Get extra rest and set aside time to relax.
How to Support a Friend in Crisis
• Reach out and spend time with the person in

crisis.
• Make time to talk, encourage the person to
express his/her feelings, and listen.
• Respect the person’s need to spend time alone,
too.
CASE STUDIES
1. COVID 19
• The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic may be stressful for people.
• Public health actions, such as social distancing,
can make people feel isolated and lonely and
can increase stress and anxiety.
• Stress during an infectious disease outbreak can
sometimes cause the following:
a. Changes in sleep or eating patterns.
b. Difficulty sleeping or concentrating.
c. Worsening of chronic health problems.
d. Worsening of mental health conditions.
How we respond to
stress during the
COVID-19 pandemic
 People who may respond more strongly to
the stress of a crisis include:
 Frontline workers such as health care
providers and first responders
 People who have lost their jobs, had their

work hours reduced, or had other major
changes to their employment.
 People who are socially isolated from

others, including people who live alone,
and people in rural or frontier areas.
 People experiencing homelessness.
Healthy ways to cope
with stress
• Know what to do if you are sick and are

concerned about COVID-19.
• Take care of your emotional health.
• Take breaks from watching, reading, or

listening to news stories.
• Make time to unwind.
• Connect with your community- or faith-

based organizations.
2. ONLINE CLASES
• Our online learning experience as a student has been

very stressful and irritating.
• The students honestly feel like we are not learning
anything—just getting assignments back-to-back.
• The only thing we like about this is that I can be home
and we can choose when I want to do the work.
• we don't like the fact that we are not learning
anything—just watching YouTube videos and trying to
figure out what we are doing and if it's correct.
• In the future if we would not choose to do online
learning because we generally hate it and it's just
adding more stress on me than we already have, plus
if we have a question about something we have to
wait for our teacher to respond.

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Emotional wellbeing and

coping DURING crisis

Some strategies for you to practice in

• A crisis may be personal, such as a death or the loss

How to Support a Friend in Crisis

• Reach out and spend time with the person in

 People who have lost their jobs, had their

 People who are socially isolated from

• Know what to do if you are sick and are

• Take care of your emotional health.

• Take breaks from watching, reading, or

• Make time to unwind.

• Connect with your community- or faith-

• Our online learning experience as a student has been

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