{"id":10162,"date":"2020-03-31T15:17:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T19:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fireflyin.org\/?p=10162"},"modified":"2022-03-25T15:19:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T19:19:43","slug":"5-things-to-say-to-someone-whos-freaking-out-about-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fireflyin.org\/sw\/resources\/news-library\/5-things-to-say-to-someone-whos-freaking-out-about-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"MAMBO 5 YA KUSEMA KWA MTU AMBAYE ANAFATA KUHUSU COVID-19."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mwandishi: Kat O&#039;Hara; Mshauri aliyeokoka<\/p>\n<p>Wakati Covid-19 ikiendelea kote ulimwenguni, wengi wetu tunajaribu kuwa watulivu kupitia taarifa kwa vyombo vya habari, anwani za rais, na machapisho ya mitandao ya kijamii. Tunakataa kuogopa na kununua karatasi za choo kwa wingi kwenye maduka ya vyakula. Tunajitenga na jamii na kunawa mikono yetu - lakini wengine katika maisha yetu wanaweza kuwa sio sawa bado. Unapomsaidia mpendwa anayepambana na wasiwasi au hofu, inaweza kuhisi vigumu kujua jinsi ya kusaidia.<\/p>\n<p>Wakati watu wanaogopa, akili zao huingia katika hali ya &quot;kupigana, kukimbia, au kuganda&quot; ambapo kunusurika ndilo lengo pekee. Hii inafanya iwe vigumu kujadiliana nao, kuwatuliza, au kuwakengeusha kutoka kwa hofu yao. Kuwa na mazungumzo yenye tija na mtu katika hali hii kwa kawaida si jambo la kweli, kwa hivyo jaribu kuunga mkono kipaumbele chako badala ya sababu. Uwepo kwa ajili yao hadi mapigo ya moyo yapungue na hofu itatoweka.<\/p>\n<p>Kusababu, kuelimisha, na kutuliza watu wakati wa janga hili la COVID-19 kunasaidia tu wakati mtu yuko tayari kusikiliza. Unaweza kuanza kwa kuwahimiza kuacha mitandao ya kijamii, kuzima habari, na kuwaomba wawe wazi kwa kile unachosema.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>LAKINI UNASEMAJE?<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Kwanza,\u00a0<strong>zungumza juu ya umuhimu wa umbali wa kijamii<\/strong>: wajulishe kuwa madhumuni yake ni kuzuia mawasiliano na sio majibu ya mfiduo ambao tayari hauwezi kudhibitiwa ambao wanapaswa kuogopa. Hoja ya kujiweka karantini ni kuwaweka watu wenye afya nzuri, kuzuia maambukizo yaliyoenea, na kuwalinda walio katika hatari kubwa zaidi. Hii haimaanishi kwamba kila mtu anayekutana naye ameambukizwa virusi hivyo, ila tu kwamba kuchukua tahadhari sasa ndiyo njia salama zaidi ya kuchukua hatua. Inazipa hospitali nafasi ya kutibu watu waliogunduliwa na virusi, huku uwiano wa wauguzi na wagonjwa ukiwa chini.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kuzungumza kwa mantiki<\/strong>\u00a0kuhusu virusi pia inaweza kusaidia. Kwa ujumla, wale walio chini ya umri wa miaka 60 wasio na hali ya awali au matatizo ya autoimmune wanaweza kupata dalili kama za mafua. Kuwaweka watu hawa nyumbani na nje ya hospitali huwapa wale walio katika hatari kubwa nafasi ya rasilimali zinazopatikana zaidi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inaweza kusaidia kuonyesha grafu za mtu unayempenda, na nakala zinazoonyesha mabadiliko chanya<\/strong>\u00a0tayari kuonekana tangu kuzuka.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/03\/17\/hopes-of-a-coronavirus-vaccine-mount-as-three-key-biotech-players-make-progress.html\">Hapa kuna chaguo moja<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wakati wa mbali na kazi, shule, au maisha yao ya kijamii, inaweza kuleta mabadiliko kwa wale walio na wasiwasi kupokea.\u00a0<strong>simu za kuingia<\/strong>. Unaweza kuuliza kuhusu wanavyohisi au hata kufanya mambo ya kuvuruga pamoja kama vile kutazama filamu pamoja mkiwa kwenye simu.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/intersections\/202003\/8-things-do-while-under-quarantine\">Hapa kuna mambo 8 ya kufanya chini ya karantini<\/a>, lakini kuna makala nyingi zaidi za kuangalia!<\/p>\n<p>Hatimaye, ikiwa rafiki au mpendwa wako hawezi kufarijiwa,<strong>\u00a0kuwahimiza kuwasiliana na mtaalamu<\/strong>. Rasilimali kama\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.familiesfirstindiana.org\/about\">Familia Kwanza<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telehealth.com\/\">Telehealth<\/a>, kuwa na wataalamu wengi wa tiba tayari kuzungumza na kushughulikia nao kwa muda huu. Ingawa mashirika mengi yamefungwa, katika wiki zijazo kunaweza kuwa na chaguzi za tathmini za simu au Skype ili kuanza na matibabu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wakati Covid-19 ikiendelea kote ulimwenguni, wengi wetu tunajaribu kuwa watulivu kupitia taarifa kwa vyombo vya habari, anwani za rais, na machapisho ya mitandao ya kijamii. Tunakataa kuogopa na kununua karatasi za choo kwa wingi kwenye maduka ya vyakula. Tunajitenga na jamii na kunawa mikono yetu - lakini wengine katika maisha yetu wanaweza kuwa sio sawa bado. Unapomsaidia mpendwa anayepambana na wasiwasi au hofu, inaweza kuhisi vigumu kujua jinsi ya kusaidia.<\/p>\n<p>Wakati watu wanaogopa, akili zao huingia katika hali ya &quot;kupigana, kukimbia, au kuganda&quot; ambapo kunusurika ndilo lengo pekee. Hii inafanya iwe vigumu kujadiliana nao, kuwatuliza, au kuwakengeusha kutoka kwa hofu yao. Kuwa na mazungumzo yenye tija na mtu katika hali hii kwa kawaida si jambo la kweli, kwa hivyo jaribu kuunga mkono kipaumbele chako badala ya sababu. Uwepo kwa ajili yao hadi mapigo ya moyo yapungue na hofu itatoweka.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mental-health-selfcare"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 THINGS TO SAY TO SOMEONE WHO\u2019S FREAKING OUT ABOUT COVID-19. - Firefly Children and Family Alliance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fireflyin.org\/sw\/resources\/news-library\/5-things-to-say-to-someone-whos-freaking-out-about-covid-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 THINGS TO SAY TO SOMEONE WHO\u2019S FREAKING OUT ABOUT COVID-19. - Firefly Children and Family Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While Covid-19 is running its course through the world, many of us are trying to remain calm through the press releases, presidential addresses, and social media posts. 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