Mentally Surviving the Ebola Crisis

Help - helps.  Guaranteed.

What could possibly be worse than the disease itself? - You might ask...

For individuals who are already somewhat paralyzed with fear or trauma - from hearing news and/or seeing images of the impact the deadly virus has had so far on our fellow human beings.  And for those who are already suffering a negative impact on their job performance at their place of employment or in their personal lives - We urge you to find someone to talk with over this matter.  It would be best for you to find someone who is qualified, someone who specializes in trauma or post stress disorders.

If money is an issue, help can be found at many, many places for free or close to it.  Places of worship are always available for such matters.  Craig's List often posts places of recovery or other group help services.

We are presently at the infancy in the way the deadly Ebola virus will ultimately spread around the world - over and over again.  Things will only get worse.  The news will get worse.

( Side Note:  because the more desperate they can make things seem - the more viewership will increase - and the more money they will make from advertisers.  Delivering the news to their viewership or to the public in whole is actually NOT even within the top three most important goals at ANY news-media group ) 

The images on the news will get a great deal worse and the way it effects our daily lives will grow and continue to grow.  More and more of our time each day will be spent in ways connected to the virus in one form or another.

And finally, this process will go on for a very long time.  After a while, it will appear that it's getting better.  There will come a time where the disease will stop surprising us.  We'll become conditioned to accept the changes in our lives and we'll begin to get used to them.  The alarms within us will fade into the background and we will have subconsciously found ways to block the horrors of the disease out of our lives.

That's when we'll begin to realize that things aren't really that bad any-more.  This is a healthy way our mind has of helping us deal with any long-term crisis.  It's also dangerous because it can often cause us to drop our guard.  We might slack off on the precautions we originally adapted to protect ourselves from exposure.  Our ability to adapt can become a danger to us and we must stay vigilante - always.

Just because we got used to matters doesn't mean things have improved - at all, regarding the crisis.  If anything, things most likely have gotten worse.  We simply stopped paying attention as we did in the beginning.  This is why those of us who sought out help at the onset - need to continue to speak with professionals all the way through the end.  And if the only help available is in group meetings, but we're afraid to sit in a group for fear of exposure - find a group you can attend Online, through Skype.

Things will get better at some point - they always do.  But that's probably a long way away.  So let's all hunker down if need-be, and do what it takes to make it through in a healthy manner.