Massive raids and deportations in the United States could be a source of fear and anxiety in the Latin community, especially those who are not certain in their immigration situation.
Psychologist Alberto Barradas visited Today To talk about this health problem and provide some tips to handle it.
“Fear in this situation is absolutely normal … we are neither calm nor relaxed, what we are going to do is take actions, to the extent that we execute things, to that same extent anxiety and fear are going down,” he said .
The specialist pointed out how a state of anxiety can be identified and differentiates to feel fear.
When anxiety is present in your life and begins to affect your mood, you begin to have anger all the time, melancholy or you are in a state of nervousness “
Alberto Barradas psychologist
“One thing is fear and another anxiety, fear is the emotion it has at a given time, the police come, you are afraid, and another thing is when you are living from fear, when anxiety is present in Your life and start affecting your mood, you start to have anger all the time, melancholy or you are in a state of nervousness, there we enter anxiety and that does have to be guarded and treated, ”he said.
A plan B to be calm
One of the first steps to control anxiety is to accept that things can happen and have a plan B to carry the situation in the calmer way.
“It is essential to be clear about what happens if things go wrong and, in that sense, not having only positive thoughts, which is good that you have them, but also to be doing positive actions,” he explained.
Barradas said that the support of the community is an essential aspect to live these moments calm: “Latinos are resilient, we have lived situations like this and we have come forward.”
How to calm anxiety?
If you are going through anxiety episodes, Barradas gave some tips to improve your mood:
- Relaxation
- Meditation
- Go to the park
- Breathing exercises
- Go to the beach
- Have a support network
- Do exercise
- Expose yourself to the sun
- Stroke your pet
He also recommended “seeking legal help and therapeutic help” and said that it is vital to “divert the attention of things, not be attached all the time to social networks.”
