What is Coronaphobia?

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After analyzing nearly 500 studies that addressed the alarm and panic people were feeling during the pandemic, researchers defined coronaphobia as "an excessive triggered response of fear of contracting the virus causing COVID-19, leading to accompanied excessive concern over physiological symptoms, significant stress about personal and occupational loss, increased reassurance and safety seeking behaviors, and avoidance of public places and situations, causing marked impairment in daily life functioning.

Signs of Coronaphobia

Fear about getting Infected

Your fears are out of proportion to the actual danger (for instance, you’re young with no underlying health issues but wear a mask and gloves to the park for your daily exercise where it’s easy to social distance).

Being Over Protective

You’ve become overly obsessive about cleaning, washing, and decontaminating.

Being Over Conscious

You’re actively avoiding situations (for instance, places, people, activities) even when they’re safe.

Over Thinking

You’re spending a lot of your time monitoring your body for signs and symptoms, or searching the internet about the virus.

Excessive Fear

The fear and anxiety is intense and persistent (lasting weeks to months) and it’s hard to stop worrying about coronavirus.

Signs of Coronaphobia

Fear about getting Infected

Your fears are out of proportion to the actual danger (for instance, you’re young with no underlying health issues but wear a mask and gloves to the park for your daily exercise where it’s easy to social distance).

Being Over Protective

You’ve become overly obsessive about cleaning, washing, and decontaminating.

Being Over Conscious

You’re actively avoiding situations (for instance, places, people, activities) even when they’re safe.

Over Thinking

You’re spending a lot of your time monitoring your body for signs and symptoms, or searching the internet about the virus.

Excessive Fear

The fear and anxiety is intense and persistent (lasting weeks to months) and it’s hard to stop worrying about coronavirus.

The Six Tips

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Reassure Yourself

For most people, the anxiety will get better as the threat of COVID-19 passes.Give yourself time. If anxiety doesn’t go away, it can be treated.

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Information Diet

Stop reading alarming tales of the horrors of COVID-19 . Instead, try spending time focusing on positive information, stories or activities that take your mind off your fears.

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Think Logically

Even though the number of covid patients are rising alarmingly everyday, but most of patients have mild symptoms.Also the recovery rate is almost 99%.

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Less Attention

Do not pay too much attention to your bodies, it makes you over-protective. Instead divert your mind by focusing on other things, such as positive activities.

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Anxiety to Action

Focus on what’s under your control. Take active steps to look after your mental health.Mediate Everyday and stay socially connected to release anxiety.

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Proper Medical Help

Get help from professionals, not Dr Google. Try an evidence-based online program for health anxiety, seek advice from a psychologist who specialises in anxiety.