Flourish Health & Wellbeing Magazine - Dec23 - Flipbook - Page 87
What to do
Anxiety and worry are
triggered by the preparations
for the natural disaster
Go ahead with your prepara琀椀ons knowing
that it is normal for people to feel this
worry and even to experience occasional
panic. It’s not pleasant, but you can deal
with it.
Feeling that everything is
completely uncontrollable
It is important to remind yourself that
although you cannot exercise direct control
over the natural disaster, you are not
helpless to protect yourself and your family
from its consequences. Undertaking all of
the protec琀椀ve measures contained in your
local disaster emergency guides will not
only help make you safe, it will help you to
feel more in control and less anxious.
Blindly following others
Don’t be afraid to take charge if that is
what you feel you should do. It is
important, however, that you know what
should be done, and that you behave in
a calm, collected way.
The disaster feels ‘unreal’
You need to keep telling yourself that what
is happening is very real and requires
sensible behaviour on your part.
Warnings lose their impact
Watch out for this, as you may miss cri琀椀cal
new informa琀椀on and start behaving as
though things are back to normal.
False sense of security
Always treat the actual danger as very
real so that you can respond realis琀椀cally
and responsibly, minimising the risk to
your family and yourself.