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面试官: 不确定性, 恐惧, 悲伤, maybe even a feeling things are not going to be okay, those are all very natural reactions to the uncertain times we're currently living in. And if you are 经历 those or other negative emotions, what should you do about those? Dr. 本杰明•陈 is a psychiatrist at University of Utah Health. What advice do you have?
Dr. 陈: So 正确的 now, my advice, my counsel is to embrace the negative emotions. We really struggle, as humans, evading, avoiding negative emotions. 他们感觉不舒服. 它不舒服. But 正确的 now we're going through an unprecedented crisis, where people are going to feel anxious, 不知所措, the ambiguity of the future. And instead of running away from the negative emotions, embrace it. It's okay to feel angry. It's okay to feel scared, 不知所措 at times. So don't suppress those emotions. Embrace them temporarily and then what we talk about in 心理健康 is to embrace positive coping skills.
面试官: 好吧. And what are we talking about when a psychiatrist says "positive coping skills?"
Dr. 陈: So positive coping skills, 我会说, 一些事情, 活动, experiences that take us away from our current situation temporarily and bring us that feeling of joy, bring us that feeling of control.
面试官: When you talk about finding something that can bring you some joy, for some people it's exercise, 正确的? That's a coping skill for them. If somebody isn't necessarily an exerciser, what are some other options for some coping skills? Are you talking about hobbies? What are we talking about?
Dr. 陈: 对大多数人来说, getting some fresh air, 去散步, 照顾宠物, children 去散步, 这是至高无上的. 是的, I would recognize that's probably the most positive coping skill people have adopted during this time. 但也可以是爱好. It can be reading books. It can be connecting with people that you haven't connected with. 实际上, pick up the phone and call someone and just talk about what they're feeling, 经历. That's been really beautiful. And then projects around the house. 你可以说爱好. 对很多人来说, like we have these things that we should be doing in our house, 大发娱乐把它推迟了, 推迟. So I have furniture I need to deconstruct and reconstruct. I have spring cleaning to do. There's all these projects that can be done. 一次又一次, it feels really satisfying to do something that I have put off for two, three years and to start doing that at home.
面试官: So it sounds like doing things where you can get a feel of satisfaction or success is really key, even though you might not feel like starting that project. Kind of like running is for me. Once I get going, I'm always glad that I did.
Dr. 陈: 是的. 完全正确. That's an excellent point. So I like the running analogy. When we look back to where we came from after a run, like think how long you went, like the journey to get there. And you went up that hill, down that hill, and then how you feel afterwards. You have that endorphin high of finishing a run, and you sleep better, you feel better. The same could be applied to those projects, those hobbies around the house. Because how many times have we walked through the garage, seen the pile of junk that we need to go through, what needs to be recycled, what needs to be thrown away, actually taking the time to do it, and then looking at that? Just like that run, like look at what you have accomplished. And you set aside an hour or two to do that, and now your garage is cleaner.
面试官: 好吧. So don't be afraid to embrace the negative emotions and then do a project, whether it's . . .
Dr. 陈: So you look at the body of work, 的证据, 文献, 随你的便, these type of 活动 have really helped people's outlook, 心理健康, 幸福. And so these are incredibly important for us to adopt.