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Seen and Heard
A MENTAL HEALTH Around The District

CONCERN
Touching Lives and Delivering Hope
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Stress also makes it easier to forget things.
Even if there's a chance of getting sick, MINDFUL MOMENTS
being too exhausted can keep us from
putting the brakes on currently inappropri- WITH METROPOLIS LIONS
ate situations since doing so would require RESPITE MEALS DELIVERED
effort. "Complex decisions require a lot of
energy and we can get tired when mak-
ing those decisions about which risks are …..on the move to serve the community by
worth taking versus the rewards that we delivering food to the PSA-2 precinct in
get," Gollan said. Reduce your stress by Brownsville Brooklyn, a neighborhood that
practicing self-care: When you can, was seriously impacted by the Coronavirus.
exercise, cook a warm meal for yourself
or meditate. Work on the values that
help you feel good about yourself,
Zillmer said. Feeling good is incompati-
ble with anxiety and sadness, which can
cause caution fatigue.

Shift Your Mindset
You can't usually reproduce the initial
survival instincts that kicked in at the start
of the virus outbreak now that we're well
past that first wave of awareness. So mak-
ing smarter decisions also involves rear-
ranging how you perceive risk and reward
so that safety precautions no longer seem
dreadful. Fear is no longer the motivation,
so you need another source of inspiration. ……hot meals were also distributed to
Ask yourself, "What's the reward I get for 35 EMS workers at the FDNY Station
the choices that I make relative to what 44 located at 266 Rockaway Ave
I'm giving up?" Maybe the reward Brooklyn, NY 11233.
is your health, or altruistically the health
of your family or others. Or it's that you've
mastered staying safe during the pandem-
ic. Figuring out how you can safely do Submitted by:
some part of your normal routine can give
your brain something else to control be-
sides limiting your reactions to threats. Lion Nicole Jones Follins
And you can still feel in control of your Brooklyn Metropolis Lions Club, Inc.
health.

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June 12, 2020