2020 was a different, strange, unexpected year. A year with a lot of learning, on a personal, family and professional level. A year in which you were forced to live without distractions, 24/7 with yourself and your loved ones.
Given this, it is worth it Decide if, among the ways to face the new year 2021, it would be good for you to have psychological support.
Why start a psychotherapy process at the beginning of 2021?
Your economy was affected, to a greater or lesser extent. You made decisions in a context of misinformation and uncertainty. Maybe you or someone in your family had COVID-19, maybe you knew someone who was seriously ill or died from that disease. You did the best you could and survived a 2020 with an uncertain prognosis.
Around the festive dates at the end of the year 2020, you reflected and were honest with yourself. Maybe 2020 was a difficult year in which you did not pay attention to your emotional health. You had other priorities. You left it for later. It’s understandable, it’s not your fault.
Now you can affirm that you achieved some stability within this new reality. In principle, the online modality of work, study, shopping and even links is no longer new to you. And you expect that you will live with the covid situation during 2021. That is, you have some experience and have learned to manage yourself in a highly variable and uncertain environment.
If you identify with one or more of the following scenarios, It’s time to prioritize yourself and commit to that goal at the beginning of the year without delays. A psychological therapy process begins! These are several reasons to take into account.
1. Your wishes and resolutions for the new year are still palpitating
In that New Year’s Eve toast, you seal an agreement with your Self, based on the idea of ​​feeling better or achieving certain goals. That motivation will fade as the year progresses. As the days go by, you will put it off again. Now is the time. Your dreams and goals can come true, it depends on what you do from now on.
2. You are tired
This year you tried to get ahead without help. You tried different solutions, without achieving the change in your life that you so need. That tiredness is a powerful motivation to ask for professional help right now. 2020 gave you this learning: it is always better to do, than to let yourself go with the flow. Finally you decide to stop expecting things to improve on their own and seek psychological help to achieve what you want to change or improve.
Psychological therapy can help you solve everyday life problems (relationships, work, study, life projects, etc.).
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3. Going through 2020 left you with valuable self-knowledge learning
That is an excellent starting point to advance in your personal development., hand in hand with psychological therapy. Now you are very clear about what is difficult for you and what is easy for you. The strong points of your personality and those you would like to work on to improve. What you like and what is definitely not for you. Therapy can help you analyze different options, move forward in making important decisions, and take action.
4. Anxiety, phobias and depression were the order of the day in 2020
If you have had psychological problems for years, surely during 2020, those symptoms that you got used to living with for years have increased in frequency and intensity and it has been difficult for you to manage them yourself. You know you need to commit to a therapeutic process. Now is the best time to ask for help, before this condition continues to worsen.
5. Psychological exhaustion due to caring for and supporting others is a reality
From the stress caused by the COVID-19 contingency at a social level, one or more non-specific or isolated symptoms are imposed, such as insomnia, eating disorders, anxiety, irritability, fear of being with many people or closed spaces, or guilt, among others.
These symptoms occur in health personnel and other essential workers. And inside every home, They occur in those people who fulfill fixed and central roles of care, administration or provider of their own family. the triggering situations being one or more of the following:
This condition has become normalized at a social level and is minimized by the person themselves. Of the five scenarios, it turns out to be the most dangerous, because it is silenced.
If you identify with one or more of the triggers and symptoms, please do not delay the consultation. Let the professional psychologist evaluate the severity of your symptoms and suggest the steps to follow.