March 19, 2021

CWD Daily

Tips for Coping with Depression


If you are in a suicide crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 
1-800-273-8255.

Tip of the Day

“Pandemics are unlike other disasters due to their broad scope and prolonged, fluctuating timeline. COVID-19 (caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus) is shaping up to be unlike prior coronavirus infections, impacting multiple organ systems, not just the lungs, causing widespread problems related to blood clotting abnormalities and inflammatory reactions.

In particular, the virus crosses the blood-brain barrier, resulting in myriad neuropsychiatric problems ranging from depression and anxiety to psychotic reactions to delirium and cerebrovascular accidents (strokes) to chronic executive dysfunction. The mental health impact of COVID-19 is of increasing concern. In addition to the direct effects on the brain, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented psychological distress, threatening a “crashing wave” of mental health problems.”

COVID-19 presents a unique array of depression symptoms, collectively known as COVID Stress Syndrome. Mention to your doctor or psychologist if you think you're suffering from anxiety or depression or any mental health effects of COVID – not of “having” COVID, but of coping in a world where fearing and guarding against COVID is a daily reality.



CWD Daily is written by Julie Aiken, a layperson whose only authority lies in 40 years of coping with depression. Nothing in the newsletter should be taken as medical advice. Please do no self-diagnose or self-prescribe. Above all, please get help if you need it. 

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