According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is when people direct violence at themselves with the intent to end their lives, and die as a result of their actions. Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States.
Domestic violence was already on the rise pre COVID-19, but the health crisis has caused a tremendous spike in incidents of abuse. According to Veronica Stephens, the Lead community education specialist at Laura’s House in South Orange County, with the shelter in place orders, they have received 65% more hotline calls than this time last year. Partners who are on the receiving end of harm in their relationship are actually stuck in the house with their abuser seven days a week.
These phone apps can be downloaded on your smart phone from Google Play (Android) or the Apple iOS app store. These apps are geared to help improve your health and well-being!
According to the National Institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism:
Grieving is an unavoidable part of living for all of us. No one is immune.
In the Grief Recovery Method Guide for Loss they explain grief is the normal and natural reaction to significant emotional loss of any kind. The more significant the loss, the more intense the grief will be. Grief is the conflicting feelings caused by the end of or change in a familiar pattern or behavior. Grief can be caused by the death of a loved one but also:
We all have occasional bouts of mild insomnia. It may be due to an excessively stimulating day, a particularly disturbing event, or perhaps an especially difficult assignment due the next day. Usually these periods are brief and we are able to resume our normal sleep pattern. There are times, though, when stress may be prolonged for several weeks altering our sleep pattern so that getting a good night's rest is quite hard. We may toss and turn, ruminate over too many things, or wake up frequently during the night.