MANDATES
MANDATES ARE COMING TO AN END AROUND THE US AND WHILE FULLY VACCINATED SAN DIEGO WILL HAVE
TO WAIT UNTIL JUNE 15TH TO
DITCH THE MASKS. IT'S AN
EXCITING TIME FOR YET FOR
OTHERS THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH
SO-CALLED POST COVID PTSD LEAD
OF THE TRAUMA AND PTSD
RECOVERY PROGRAM SHARP MESA
VISTA HOSPITAL KIM EISENBERG
JOINS US NOW THIS MORNING WITH
MORE ON THIS. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR HAVING ME. GLAD YOU'RE WITH
US HERE KIM. SO LET'S TALK WHY
IS RETURNING TO THIS QUOTE
UNQUOTE NEW NORMAL GOING TO BE
DIFFICULT FOR SOME PEOPLE OUT
THERE? YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOING
TO BE DIFFICULT FOR MOST PEOPLE
EVEN IF WE'RE OVERWHELMINGLY
INCREDIBLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WE'VE BEEN IN A STATE
OF PROLONGED SHARED TRAUMA FOR
OVER A YEAR NOW COLLECTIVELY
AND PEOPLE HAVE INTERNALIZED
THAT AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT
WAYS. SO THE WAY IT'S GOING TO
SHAKE OUT FOR US AS WE
TRANSITION BACK TO SOME
SEMBLANCE OF NORMALCY IS GOING
TO LOOK REALLY DIFFERENT FROM
PERSON TO PERSON. WHAT CAN
PEOPLE THAT FEEL LIKE THEY MAY
BE STRUGGLING WITH SOME OF THE
CHANGES DO? IT'S A GREAT
QUESTION AND THERE ISN'T REALLY
A ONE SIZE FITS ALL. SO I THINK
THE BIG THING IS FIRST TO
ACKNOWLEDGE FOR OURSELVES
INDIVIDUALLY THAT THE
TRANSITION IS GOING TO BE EVEN
THOUGH IT'S A POSITIVE THING
AND TO REALLY REFLECT ON WHAT
WAYS IT'S SHOWING UP IN OUR
LIVES. SO FOR SOME PEOPLE IT
MIGHT MEAN REACHING OUT AND
ASKING FOR INCREASED SOCIAL
SUPPORT FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS
AND OUR NETWORK FOR OTHER FOLKS
THAT MIGHT BE REALLY RAMPING UP
THE SELF CARE IN TERMS
OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR
PHYSICAL WELL-BEING IS REALLY
DIALED IN ALONG WITH OUR MENTAL
EMOTIONAL HEALTH FOR OTHER
FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE SEEKING OUT
PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE EVEN IF
IT'S JUST IN THE SHORT TERM TO
GET A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA
SUPPORT. THERE MIGHT BE SOME
PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE LIKE
YOU LOOK THESE THINGS ARE
OPENING. I'M EXCITED TO GET
BACK TO NORMAL. YOU KNOW I'M
NOT GOING TO I DON'T FEEL LIKE
I'M GOING TO HAVE ANY ISSUES
JUST GETTING BACK TO THE WAY
LIFE USED TO BE. WHAT DO YOU
SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE OR OR IS
THERE SOME SORT OF ISSUES THEY
MAY NOT BE UNDERSTANDING THAT
THEY MIGHT EXPERIENCE
THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS EVEN FOR
US MYSELF INCLUDED WHO ARE
BEYOND EXCITED WE MIGHT STILL
GET CAUGHT A LITTLE BIT OFF
GUARD WITH SOME EMOTIONS OR
EVEN SOME PHYSICAL SENSATIONS
THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY
CONGRUENT WITH WHERE WE FEEL
LIKE OUR HEADS ARE AT. SO WE
MIGHT WIND UP EXPERIENCING SOME
ANXIOUS PANICKY SENSATIONS
GOING OUT IN PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY
BEING IN PUBLIC WHEN WE
OURSELVES ARE UNMASKED OR OTHER
PEOPLE ARE UNMASKED FOR SOME
OF THE FIRST TIMES OR WE MIGHT
FIND OURSELVES WANTING TO
ISOLATE AND STAY WITHDRAWN EVEN
THOUGH THE WORLD IS OPENING
BACK UP. WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE
BIT INCLINED TO HIDE OUT AT
HOME AND THOSE KINDS
OF REACTIONS CAN BE PRETTY
UNEXPECTED ALL THINGS
CONSIDERED. SO THOSE WOULD BE
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD
LOOK OUT FOR AS WELL IS JUST
BIG, BIG EMOTIONS MAYBE THAT
DON'T REALLY SEEM TO TRACK WITH
WITH KIND OF WHERE IT SEEMS
LIKE LOGICALLY YOU SHOULD BE.
SO IF YOU'RE FEELING
OVERWHELMING SADNESS OR
OVERWHELMING ANXIETY, THINGS
LIKE THAT WHEN WHEN YOU KNOW ON
A SURFACE EVERYTHING IS GREAT.
THOSE COULD BE SOME OF THOSE
UNEXPECTED RESPONSES. LOOK, YOU
KNOW MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH
AWARENESS MONTH HERE AND
COVID-19 IS TAKING ITS TOLL ON
MENTAL HEALTH AND A LOT
OF DIFFERENT WAYS SUBSTANCE
ABUSE, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS. IS
THERE A UNIVERSAL MESSAGE YOU
WANT WANT TO GET OUT THERE? I
THINK GOING BACK TO WHAT I SAID
INITIALLY THAT WE HAVE BEEN
COLLECTIVELY SHARING IN THIS
TRAUMA TOGETHER OVER THIS LONG
PERIOD OF OVER A YEAR AND TO
NOT PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON
OURSELVES TO HANDLE THIS WELL
THAT YOU KNOW, WE WIND
STRUGGLING WITH SOME OF THE
THOUGHTS OR BEHAVIORS THAT YOU
JUST MENTIONED THAT SEEKING
PROFESSIONAL HELP IS ABSOLUTELY
INDICATED AND THAT'S WHAT FOLKS
LIKE MYSELF AND ALL OF THE
OTHER FANTASTIC CLINICIANS.
THAT MEANS THAT THAT'S DONE
JUST IN GENERAL THROUGHOUT SAN
DIEGO ARE HERE FOR US TO
SUPPORT YOU FOR ALL THIS TALK
WHERE WE'RE MAKING IT UP AS WE
GO. BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT
OF REALLY WONDERFUL RESOURCES
AND SUPPORT AND THERE ARE A LOT
OF FANTASTIC AND ACCESSIBLE
COPING SKILLS THAT THAT WE CAN
HELP FOLKS DEVELOP IN A PRETTY
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO GET
BACK TO A REASONABLE BASELINE.
SOMEONE WATCHING RIGHT NOW THAT
WOULD APPRECIATE THAT KIND
OF HELP. YOU KNOW, WHERE CAN
YOU SEND THEM TO? YEAH, WELL SO
FIRSTLY I THINK IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN MEANS EVISTA AND
ANY OF THE SERVICES THAT WE
HAVE WHICH IS A BROAD RANGE
OF SERVICES, WE'RE AVAILABLE AT
EIGHT THREE EIGHT EIGHT FIVE
EIGHT EIGHT THREE SIX EIGHT
FOUR THREE FOUR AND THEN
ANOTHER FANTASTIC RESOURCE IF
YOU'RE IN CRISIS ARE NOT SURE
IF YOU'RE IN CRISIS OR JUST
NEED SOME GUIDANCE IS THE SAN
DIEGO ACCESS AND CRISIS LINE
WHICH IS EIGHT EIGHT EIGHT
SEVEN FOUR SEVEN TWO FOUR ZERO
AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE TWENTY