Doctors encourage positive mental health due to pandemic trauma

FIVE MILES OF THEIR HOME. HE ALSO SAID SUPPLY IS OUTPACING DEMAND. FOR MORE THAN A YEAR COVID-19 HAS DOMINATED OUR LIVES AS THE PANDEMIC SLOWLY STARTS TO EASE. IT’S BEING LINKED WITH MORE AND MORE CASES OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS. ROB HUGHES EXPLAINS THE WARNING SIGNS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO OVERCOME IT. >> YOUR MIND TOUCHES EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE. >> DR. GREGORY — WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM HAS BEEN SEEING SICKER PATIENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE AVOIDING CARE, AS WE’VE ALL BEEN DEALING WITH PANDEMIC STRESS. >> SEEING ALL THE DIFFERENT IMAGES, PEOPLE DYING AND HEARING THESE STORIES IT TAKES A TOLL ON US. >> OUR BRAINS STORE TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND SOMETHING CAN TRIGGER US AND WE RELIVE IT. >> OUR MIND LOVES TO PARA-STEM LIES. IT SEES THINGS AND IF IT SEES IT IN MEMORY, WE’RE BACK IT INTO. >> I WOULD PUSH DOWN. PUSH IT DOWN, AND YOU DO ACTUALLY BECOME NUMB TO IT. >> TRACY A MILITARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT VETERAN WHO WORKS WITH THE BATTLE WITHIN. A NONPROFIT THAT HELPS VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS BATTLING TRAUMA. >> THE LONGER YOU HOLD STUFF IN THE WORSE IT’S GOING TO GET. >> EXPERTS RECOMMEND POSITIVE WAYS TO DEAL WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS INCLUDING TALK THERAPY AND A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. >> THE SOONER YOU CAN CATCH THESE THINGS THE EARLIER YOU CAN INTERVENE AND THE BETTER THE OUTCOME WILL BE. SO WE JUST WANT TO GET PEOPLE LINKED TO HELP SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. >> ONCE THE PANDEMIC IS OVER – IT’S IMPORTANT WE CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. >> ANY SIGNIFICANT VARIANTS WHERE YOU THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT? I’M JUST NOT FEELING QUITE LIKE MYSELF. THAT’S THE TIME THAT YOU WANT TO REACH OUT. >> YOU HAVE TO KEEP GOING ONE STEP AT A TIME MOVING FORWARD. >> ROB HUGHES, KMBC 9 NEWS. >> THE BATTLE WITHIN HAS PARTNERED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM TO PROVIDE FREE THERAPY TO FRONT LINE HEALTHCA

‘Keep going’: Doctors encourage mental health wellness due to pandemic trauma

Doctors and experts encourage being proactive when battling pandemic trauma, stress

Updated: 6:30 AM CDT May 10, 2021

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