Social Isolation During the Coronavirus

03/24/20 • 25 min

Social distancing which we are engaged in to help slow the spread of the coronavirus can lead to a more negative problem of social isolation. All of us need to be proactive to prevent ourselves, our loved ones and our friends from slipping into feelings of loneliness and isolation as the term of our sequester goes on.

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/05/ce-corner-isolation

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/05/ce-corner-isolation

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Keeping Calm in a Time of Crisis: Life During Coronavirus

The entire world is learning how to cope with efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Efforts to shink the numbers of individuals we come into contact with have come to be known as social distancing. But as the news continues to report a changing spectrum of realities associated with numbers of individuals contracting the virus and who is most at risk, many of us feel overwhelmed. Eventually, it becomes increasingly harder to know what to think and this can lead to surrendering to groupthink and mass hysteria. But that doesn't have to be the case. This Psych with Mike is all about how to psychologically cope with the coronavirus and the effects of social distancing and quarantine.

Information on Coronavirus:

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/coronavirus-vs-the-flu-the-difference-between-a-1-and-0-1-fatality-rate-is-huge/

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-disease-2019-vs-the-flu

Information on Groupthink and Mass Hysteria:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hbm.22774#.Xm_MopR_y5I.email

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322607?utm_medium=email&utm_source=email-share&utm_campaign=social-sharebar-referred-desktop&apid=

Information on Thymosin Alpha 1:

https://www.onginstitute.com/blog/health-wellness/coronavirus-thymosin-alpha-1-peptide-therapy/

Next Episode

Frank Talk About Porn Addiction with Special Guest: Joshua Shea

12% of all websites on the internet are pornographic (see linked article). 70% of men admit to visiting a pornographic website at least once a month. These numbers reflect the state of the availability of pornographic material in society. If that much material is being consumed then some of the individuals consuming it are going to develop what could be clinically diagnosed as an addiction. On this Psych with Mike, we discuss this issue with a self-proclaimed recovering addict, as well as what constitutes addiction and what can be done to overcome it.

A good article to understand the current state of porn consumption:

https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/process-addiction/porn-addiction/related/pornography-statistics/#gref

Joshua Shea's information:

https://recoveringpornaddict.com/