The w88 mobile coronavirus hero: You

If w88 mobile like books or movies or epic poems w88 mobile’ve undoubtedly been drawn into stories of normal people suddenly challenged by extraordinary events. Private Ryan lands on Omaha Beach. Oskar Schindler has a chance to save who he can. Frodo Baggins is given a ring.

w88 mobile heroes. Like you perhaps.

We are currently facing an epidemic outbreak of historic proportions that is asking the extraordinary of us. In a matter of weeks, the coronavirus has reached over 164 countries, with—at the time of this writing (Editor’s note: March 19)—over 240,000 confirmed cases and 10,000 deaths. The virus is spreading fast, and w88 mobile does not look like w88 mobile will slow down in the coming weeks and months.

Chances are, w88 mobile have already witnessed firsthand how this affects our society:

Schools, bars, and restaurants have been closed. Music festivals and sports competitions have been canceled or postponed indefinitely. More people than ever before are required to work from home. And yes, w88 mobile will have a hard time buying toilet paper.

This challenge is not like a winter storm, w88 mobile is more like a winter season, and that season has just begun.

This situation will be thought about and written about for decades to come. It puts us all in a position to reconsider our habits and ask ourselves what we can do to stay safe, protect our loved ones, and slow down the spread. That is a lot to ask, but I think we can better step up to this challenge if we decide to live out this moment as an w88 mobile hero. It is a simple mental device that will slow down mindless choices, and allow you to put your deepest yearnings into your life during this corona winter.

We need to act

If w88 mobile turn on a screen—your phone, laptop, or television—w88 mobile will learn that available spots in hospitals are limited, especially in the intensive care units. And when hospitals become overcrowded, patients receive inadequate treatment from an overworked medical staff, often in the waiting rooms or hallways (if they receive treatment at all).

Medical equipment becomes sparse, making doctors having to decide who gets a potentially life-saving treatment, based on a patient’s probability of survival. Our healthcare system is finite and breakable, and if we overload w88 mobile, we may cause thousands of thousands of unnecessary, otherwise preventable deaths.

We need to slow w88 mobile of the virus so that hospitals and care facilities are able to catch up with the growing demand for medical attention. The more we slow down the outbreak, the better hospitals are able to attend to those in need. If we want to prevent unnecessary deaths, we need to take effective action here and now.

How to do w88 mobile needs to be done

w88 mobile is one thing to list what needs to be done, w88 mobile is quite another to describe how to do those things.

I suggest we assume a simple device. Imagine that your life right now is a movie or novel. It is a story about an w88 mobile hero: You. Every action is being filmed or written down. In this story, the fate of this person’s loved ones depends on the mundane choices she or he makes, moment by moment, day by day. In a sense, the hero is writing this story.

The w88 mobile hero stays home

The w88 mobile learns that the important thing to do right now is to create social distance—to stay home, only go out if necessary, and cancel all social events.

OK, how will this w88 mobile called “you” do that? How will you write your story?

What if w88 mobile get to say how w88 mobile deal with this challenge?

Will w88 mobile do what is needed? Will w88 mobile stock up only what is needed (e.g., for two weeks, not three months)? Will w88 mobile go out as little as possible? This is not only sensible, but it is also kind and responsible. This part of the movie or story is up to w88 mobile. w88 mobile are authoring this script.

The w88 mobile hero washes hands

Washing is so simple, yet really easy to dismiss. Washing your hands is still one of the most effective things w88 mobile can do to protect yourself from catching the virus. w88 mobile know w88 mobile need to do it regularly, do it thoroughly, and do it for at least 20 seconds. I suggest that as w88 mobile do that, imagine a camera is zooming in on your hands. This simple action is meaningful because it is based on your choice and the camera wants to show how even such mundane moments are filled with meaning. Wash your hands like w88 mobile would if it might get w88 mobile a “best actor” nomination.

The w88 mobile hero refrains from touch

This advice is equally simple as w88 mobile is hard. Refrain from touching your face, and refrain from shaking hands with other people. I published several studies over 40 years ago on how to reduce face-touching (w88 mobile was in research on the reactivity of assessment) and based on that research I have a suggestion.

Keep a running tally of every single time you touch your face. It may take a short time to sink in, but it’s important to become conscious of it. Leave your assessment sheet in easy view. Very soon that simple act of recording your face touches will reduce it to near zero, and just seeing the recording sheet will help remind you of it. Let every mark on that tally sheet stand for as an w88 mobile but heroic act, an act of caring by the protagonist. By you.

The w88 mobile hero reaches out to others

In the middle of this outbreak, a lot of people will feel scared, lonely, and isolated. Now is a good time to call friends or family, let them know you care about them and be there for one another. This epidemic is psychologically taxing, and we must not forget our emotional needs. Don’t try to eliminate fear, that only amplifies it and makes fear become fearsome. Every w88 mobile's journey asks the protagonist to face fear head-on. Do that. Be kind to yourself. Inhale your fear. Take it in. Hold it as you would a crying child. That’s what heroes do.

The w88 mobile hero donates

People are going hungry. If w88 mobile wish to donate to help vulnerable people in need, w88 mobile can do so by contributing to food banks.

Where to go w88 mobile here

The coronavirus will continue to spread, and it is up to every one of us, to help slow down the spread and save lives. We can better step up to this challenge if we decide to live out this moment as an w88 mobile hero, the kind who is not noticed but yet show her or his best self through actual behavior.

This is not just about w88 mobile, but about your elderly neighbor, about your friends and families who are dealing with chronic illnesses, and about those who lack the means to prepare themselves.

This is not about eliminating the infection, w88 mobile is here. This is about postponing w88 mobile so that hospitals can catch up with demand.

w88 mobile can learn more about the reasoning and the steps behind socially distancing in this article. Also to stay in the loop about important updates about COVID-19, w88 mobile can check the CDC or the WHO.

Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay socially distanced. Be that w88 mobile hero about whom stories and songs and movies are made. Your story will likely never be told, but it will be noticed. By you; by your children; by your friends; by your family. And most important, it may be noticed anonymously by people you will never meet for whom the reduced demand for hospital beds may be a life and death matter.

(Note: Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., is a Nevada Foundation Professor at the Department of Psychology in the College of Science at the University of Nevada Reno. w88 mobile article was originally published in Psychology Today on March 19, 2020.)