Title: How Can a Pandemic Affect An Individual's Mental Health? - Achieve TMS
Headings: How Can a Pandemic Affect An Individual’s Mental Health?
How Can a Pandemic Affect An Individual’s Mental Health?
How Does a Pandemic Affect Mental Health?
How to Manage Stress and Anxiety During a Pandemic
How to Manage Stress and Anxiety When Practicing Social Distancing
Author: Achieve TMS

Content: When this happens, people may feel exceedingly isolated and trapped, leading to severe depression, anxiety, and stress, and feelings of hopelessness, sadness, and emptiness. A pandemic can also result in widespread panic and fear. People may stockpile non-perishable foods, clean drinking water, and other emergency supplies. This can lead to shortages of items at convenience stores and supermarkets, as well as an increase in stress and anxiety as people become overly concerned about these shortages. The uncertainty around when a pandemic will end can severely affect a population’s mental health as well. A pandemic may seem endless, and the longer it persists, the more severe its impact on a population’s mental health can be. If people try to ignore the stress and anxiety they experience during a pandemic; their symptoms may escalate over time. As a result, these people may be susceptible to stress and anxiety that causes fatigue, difficulty sleeping, and other physical side effects. For people who already had a mental health diagnosis such as major depressive disorder (MDD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the impact of COVID-19 can be even more acute.