The connection between COVID & post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
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Our brain values safety and certainty.
Two things that COVID majorly impacted. The pandemic so has also gravely impacted our brains, resulting in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). That’s why in this BrainyHeart episode, I’m looking into how COVID has caused PTSD and what you can do to counteract the effects.
Tune in now to discover:
- How COVID has caused us to develop PTSD
- Why human instinct is to hold on to what we have
- The symptoms of PTSD and what to do to counteract it
- The importance of understanding your traumas
- Using physical and mental exercises
- How uncertainty triggers brain chatter
- The opportunities COVID brought
- The danger of our focus on safety
Want to know more about PTSD? Click here to download the free BrainyHeart mini-guide on what PTSD does to a person.
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