Topic: mental-health

How to deal with Christmas blues this pandemic

How to deal with Christmas blues this pandemic

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 03:16 AM

Christmas blues -- the depression due to loneliness during the holidays -- may had hit many this year and worse than before due to the lockdown and other restrictions, said Dr. Jerome Go, a psychiatrist from the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center. Read more »

Teens in COVID-19 Isolation: 'I felt like I was suffocating'

Teens in COVID-19 Isolation: 'I felt like I was suffocating'

Emma Goldberg, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 13 10:36 AM

The social isolation of the pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of many Americans. But the impact has been especially severe on teenagers, who rely on their friends to navigate the maze and pressures of high school life. Read more »

How to survive your US election day anxiety

How to survive your US election day anxiety

Derrick Bryson Taylor, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 04 12:17 AM

“As the election approaches, I feel an overwhelming amount of anxiety,” Keehnen, 60, said. “So much seems to hinge on the election when it comes to rights down the line and everything else. It’s really wreaked havoc on my sleep.”   Read more »

Facebook content moderators call for better treatment

Facebook content moderators call for better treatment

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 10:16 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - As Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg prepares to be grilled by a Senate committee about the handling of politically-charged posts, content moderators are insisting that properly valuing their work is key. Read more »

Combating pandemic fatigue

Combating pandemic fatigue

Marie Tae McDermott and Jill Cowan, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 24 02:15 AM

In the beginning of the pandemic we rallied, sending loved ones rolls of toilet paper and handing out fruit to delivery drivers. Now, living under a blanket of restrictions has become a way of life, a daily routine of risk calculation and caution. But cases are once again spiking around the world, and many people have what some call “pandemic fatigue.” Read more »

VIRAL: #PisayGiveUsABreak shows snags in learning during pandemic

VIRAL: #PisayGiveUsABreak shows snags in learning during pandemic

David Dizon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 23 03:20 PM

It started with a tweet, posted on a weekend, by one frustrated Philippine Science High School student struggling to keep up with the sheer number of requirements from her school. That initial tweet with the hashtag #PisayGiveUsABreak became the top trending topic Sunday night, spawning 14,000 tweets in 24 hours, and started a Change.org petition.  Read more »

Generation Agoraphobia: My kids don't want to go outside

Generation Agoraphobia: My kids don't want to go outside

Alex Williams, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 22 12:10 PM

“My son, who was a pretty introverted kid pre-COVID, has turned into a hermit.” Faced with a world of ominous warnings, masks and playgrounds barricaded by yellow tape, kids crave the security and familiarity of home — so desperately, it seems, that parents find themselves resorting to pleas, threats or bribes to drag them out of the house, with highly mixed results. Read more »

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