Sensational news “sells.” Unfortunately, many people don’t
have a background to help them process relevant news clips in a rational or logical manner. Many also lack a base of solid health information and/or willpower,
which can result in a failure to implement good health habits in everyday life.
With reports of the Coronavirus Pandemic—which is not a joke!—many people are
worrying, becoming fearful, and even panicking. You may already know that anxiety,
worry, and fear downshift the brain—that is they trigger the brain to direct
its attention and energy to subconscious portions of the brain where stress
responses are housed (e.g., Fight-Flight, Conserve-Withdraw, Tend-Befriend).
Not only does that increase a risk for making poor choices and "shooting
from the hip" without using clear cognitive thinking, but also can suppress
the immune system. You do want to follow recommended protocols to help
keep you safe. Do you remember nursery rhymes about the little pigs? Well, I
think of Proactive, Prudence, and Prevention as three little pigs. Those three
“P’s,” Proactive Prudent Prevention, help remind me how to stay safer day after
day—without becoming ongoingly fearful, and downshifting. More about
prevention strategies coming.
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