Being afraid is no problem, we are all afraid. If we did not have it, we would be running too many risks, which would not help prevention and our quality of life. It seems that the conclusion is that having a certain level of fear is not bad, but rather plays a positive role in our human development.
The problem, according to mental health professionals, is when this fear is excessive; On a conventional scale of 1 to 10, having 7, 8, 9 or 10 would be exaggerated scores to be able to live with a certain level of peace and quiet. Of course, it depends on the people and the profiles of each one of us, because we have to clarify that in many people a score of 5 or 6 can be considered as a 7 or 8. However, it is about objectifying it in some way to have a point of reference.
All this comes from the climate in which we are living, which does not convey calm, peace, tranquility and we are afraid: fear that things are worse than they really are, to lose our jobs and not eat every day. There is a climate that is palpable in the atmosphere of the city, in the buses, in the schools and in the hospitals; in companies and in public car parks ... "you can almost cut with scissors" and that is not good nor does it help us to control a certain fear that is necessary as prevention.
You read the press, you read between the lines, you hear the news, the news, it all leads to an excessive score on the fear scale. Being so afraid, feeling such a level of fear, is not good for anything, not even to get out of this crisis.
We humans who walk on asphalt are not capable and responsible to solve the big problems of finances, but we can "Put our beards to soak when we see the neighbor's shave."
Having said that, we have to move on, with a certain illusion, on the basis that somehow we will get ahead, that our daily work is important and to do it in the best possible way and to know that in one way or another the crisis will pass, and we will continue there, taking care of what that we have always had to: pay, save, manage in a better way and not throw things away as we have done so far.
"Every cloud has a silver lining", this crisis cannot infect us with the virus of impotence, dissatisfaction, pessimism and an aggressiveness in the environment that does not suit us at all.
All that dissatisfaction that we breathe in the environment we have to take her away from us, we have to activate our personal, affective, social defenses so as not to fall into despair, and know that we always get out of one way or another from these cycles, no matter how terrifying they paint us, which I do not deny that they are, but people Simple, on foot, we cannot do much more than fulfill our obligation and calm ourselves in the face of so much misery as we are "swallowing" at all hours.
We are all going to make an effort, with a certain enthusiasm and "in bad weather, good face", what a proverb I am today (a sign of little money, they said in my town). Close the TV, listen to the radio, put on romantic music, read a nice novel, laugh, live simply and enjoy because you have life, family, a shower and every day we eat and we continue to have work.
Do you know how much your people love you, your friends? All this is not a crisis, it is real and it is worth it, remember it and do not throw it on deaf ears.
By Emilio Garrido.