For many Russians, the terrorist attack at “Crocus City Hall” has heightened or instilled a fear of attending mass events and places with large crowds.
To overcome fear and panic, individuals can benefit from distraction techniques and setting goals for themselves. Psychologists recommend engaging in thoughts about business meetings, calculations, and plans.
If you want to overcome your fears, you need to be in the places where they arise. However, you shouldn’t be alone: take a close friend or colleague with you, with whom you’ve agreed to travel together on the subway if underground transportation frightens you.
Anxiety can be reduced by reading, listening to music, and engaging in activities involving fine motor skills.
Normalizing thoughts and mental state can be aided by refraining from watching the news and any distressing content, psychologists noted.
They added that individuals who have witnessed violent killings or the death of others require crisis psychological assistance. They are assisted at crisis centers. Similar support is needed for those who have lost loved ones.
If you want to support someone, you can simply listen to them, be there for them. It’s difficult for people when they’re being pulled, but they’re also very scared when they’re left alone with themselves after experiencing events, concluded experts.
Photo: unsplash.com