25/05/2021
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/1/12/1178468/-The-fine-line-between-vigilance-and-paranoia #:~:text=There%20is%20fine%20line%20between,those%20of%20us%20who%20do.
The pandemic has unleashed its biggest threat – that of social isolation, paranoia, depression from loneliness, and the psychosis of fear.
We need caution, vigilance, trust & social responsibility to tide over the corona crisis. There is a thin line between vigilance and paranoia. The media (especially the social media) feeds into the fear by highlighting the UNUSUAL news.
Did you know that for every 10% of crime, there is 90% of good news? For every 25% of scary news of spread/deaths and sickness, there is 75% news of recovery / good health and positive disease management?
The news reports the un-usual because the un-usual sells. The human mind likes the thrill of adventure, gossip, and drama.
In the locked-down, distanced world of today, the same “unusual” that gave us thrill is giving us “unreal fear” or “paranoia”
We don’t realize the aftermath of the unreal fear. We don’t realize that the fear of contact will not end naturally when corona ends (if it ends). It will have a lasting effect on us (especially children, because they have under formed judgments).
This short read lends a perspective.
