5 Ways to Protect Yourself From Pandemic PTSD
5 Ways to Protect Yourself From Pandemic PTSD Experts offer steps to prevent lingering psychological effects from the past year by Meryl Davids Landau, AARP, May 27, 2021 | Comments: Getty Images Not seeing family or friends. Losing your job or watching it transform beyond recognition. Getting a life-threatening disease or fearing you will. Having someone you know pass away. Psychiatrists consider any of these events — which were especially common during the pandemic — to be potentially traumatic. For some, such high levels of prolonged stress may leave deep and lasting psycho...