{"id":707,"date":"2020-09-08T14:04:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T11:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itsmylife.gr\/?p=707"},"modified":"2021-03-29T13:06:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T10:06:23","slug":"my-blog-fiveeasytipstohelpyouovercomeyourfearduringthepandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsmylife.gr\/en\/my-blog-fiveeasytipstohelpyouovercomeyourfearduringthepandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Five easy tips to help you overcome your fear during the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>I meet a lot of people whose only topic of discussion is COVID-19. There are so many dark scenarios and &#8220;what ifs.&#8221; For sure the pandemic is affecting all of us regardless of where we live and what we do. But let me ask you a question: <span style=\"color: #96c93e;\">Do you allow your fear to overcome you?<\/span> Are there times you get overstressed about the current situation? If that&#8217;s the case then you are probably allowing your natural fear to transform into a phobia. Of course you may not realize it is happening yet you will notice that, as time goes by, you will become inactive.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>What we are going through is unknown territory. We do miss socializing and hugging; it&#8217;s in our nature. <span style=\"color: #96c93e;\">But we do not need to project into the future what is happening today.<\/span> The situation will be different. We will be different after this experience. There will most probably be a new &#8220;normal&#8221; just as it has happened before in the human history.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #96c93e;\">How can you protect yourself from unnecessary fear? How can you help yourself to grow and learn?<\/span> Here are some ideas that will help:<\/p>\n<p>1. As difficult as it may be, accept the situation as it is happening instead of denying it or fighting with it.<\/p>\n<p>2. Practice your patience with daily exercises.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n3. Find a small challenge and commit to working on it every day. It doesn&#8217;t have to be a difficult, anything will do.<\/p>\n<p>4. Abstain from too much negative talking, news watching, dogmatism and free your mind.<\/p>\n<p>5. Remember to smile often \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>P.S. You may apply these easy-to-follow tips on any situation you feel overstressed and too worried about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;] I meet a lot of people whose only topic of discussion is COVID-19. There are so many dark scenarios and &#8220;what ifs.&#8221; For sure<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-my-blog-itsmylife-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itsmylife.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itsmylife.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itsmylife.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itsmylife.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itsmylife.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itsmylife.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itsmylife.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itsmylife.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itsmylife.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itsmylife.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}