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Wuhan homecoming college students oral: after returning home from Wuhan, I was isolated by everyone as a plague
The third day of the Lunar New Year, it should have been the day most people choose relatives, friends and classmates to get together, and in every previous year, the third day of the Lunar New Year together with drinking and partying, is the rule of the thunder and lightning.
But the onslaught of a new coronavirus has disrupted the rhythm of everyone's lives. There are people on the front line trying to fight it, and everyone is doing their best to do something about it; and for most ordinary people, the only thing they can do is to stop adding to the chaos.
The more it comes to a time when all people are fighting the epidemic, the less you can panic, because the more you panic, the deeper the negativity it brings you.
Today, I talked to a college student friend who was returning home from Wuhan, and he said that from the time he returned home to today, it has been exactly 20 days, and everyone's attitude towards him has changed from being close to him to being far away from him.
Oral:
From Wuhan back home until today, a full 20 days, these 20 days, I experienced warmth, but also experienced despair; now the people around me, look at me, look at my home eyes and attitudes, as if to see the plague.
I myself have read a lot about the observation period of the new coronavirus from the internet, and I have also been reading cases every day, all about how to prevent it and how to disinfect my home.
Since the epidemic has spread to my hometown (a small city in Lunan), the village some time ago to count the number of people returning from abroad in each village, and I was naturally reported to the list.
When people learned that I went to college in Wuhan and returned home from Wuhan, their attitude towards me changed completely.
Before it was so serious, people in my hometown didn't seem to care much, when everyone made a deal: come to my house on the third day of the New Year for a drink and dinner.
I had booked lunch at the restaurant for the third day of the Lunar New Year early on, but this morning buddies were calling me in droves, and some of them were more considerate of my mood, saying that it was inconvenient to come over because of something going on at home, and that they would get together again some other time when they were free.
One of them said directly to me: "You've just come back from Wuhan not long ago, so let's not get together this year.
There is also a friend who directly deleted my phone number and my friends on the microblogging site.
Every day, people from the hospital would call me many times to make sure I was warm, and village cadres would call me to ask how I was doing; my parents, too, were quarantined at home because of me.
The 14-day quarantine period that I read about on the Internet has passed, and I still haven't reacted at all; but in order not to cause any more trouble, I agreed with my parents that I would consider going out again when this virus had passed.
When we ran out of food at home, we called our relatives, who knocked on the door a few times and left the food at the door; when they left, we opened the door to get the food.
From the time I came home until now, I have experienced so much coldness and discrimination; but I know that this is all a process that I have to go through.
I can't do much to help, the only thing I can do is to stay out of the house, so as not to cause any trouble for everyone, but I also hope that the people around me don't treat me as a "plague", and see me as if I were the devil.
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What should we do in the midst of an epidemic?
Those who returned home from Wuhan were not only isolated and discriminated against, but even had their contact information exposed.
And what does it mean to have your contact information exposed? Being verbally abused and attacked by some people, being harassed; they are not only facing pressure from themselves, but also from the outside world.
Under the epidemic, each of us should stand our ground and do what should be done; if they can do self-isolation, they should not have been harassed about their lives.
After all, they don't want to see all the things that are happening at the moment either.
How should we do better in the face of this epidemic?
First: Don't panic too much and don't listen to rumors.
Birth, old age, sickness and death is actually a natural law that every human being has to go through, we don't need to panic too much; if you are really worried and scared, then reduce the number of times you go out, except for the necessary purchase of necessities you need to go out and just stay at home honestly.
The front-line workers are working hard to fight the epidemic, and the only thing we, the ordinary people behind the scenes, can do is: in blessing, don't add to the chaos.
Fear is actually a cold-blooded animal within us humans, and the more fearful you are, the more scared you are, the easier it is to be crushed by it.
Just like some people are afraid of the dark sky, some people always feel that there is someone behind them when they go home alone, and they don't dare to turn off the light to sleep when it's dark, all of these are a manifestation of panic.
And in the face of the epidemic, first of all you have to face up to your own heart, stay at home every day, do disinfection and sterilization, in fact, do not need to go to panic.
No official information clearly released, do not easily go to believe, this is also each of us to stop rumors; if you see the rumors, do not follow the spread.
Second: spend time with yourself and control your emotions.
If you're always feeling bereft, following the epidemic's every move every day, and your emotions are constantly changing along with the data, that's a bad sign.
If you really don't have any control over your emotions, let yourself disconnect from the power and the Internet for a few days, read a book, and interact with your family pets to let your emotions out.
The other day I saw someone square dancing at home, which is actually a good way to reduce stress.
You can look for ways that suit you, such as doing sports at home and exercising properly; for example, reading books, such as raising flowers and planting vegetables, all of these are ways that you can control your emotions and calm yourself down.
Third: Adjust your routine and take care of yourself and your family
If you don't even have the means to ensure your own health, how can you help others?
In the face of this epidemic, the psychology of each of us is actually pretty much the same, there is panic, there is worry, there is fear, there is sympathy, but more likely to be helpless.
If you don't know what to do, you might want to go ahead and get a good night's sleep and live well while ensuring your own good work and rest; live at home, spend time with your family at home, talk to them and talk to them, and prevent yourself and your family from falling into an emotional state of anxiety.
This epidemic will surely pass, it just takes time; and before it leaves completely, each of us should pay attention and learn to respect life and ourselves.
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Fear life, live well
I used to be reluctant to talk about "death", but when we see it, we have to lament: the world is impermanent, life is impermanent.
After seeing the death, we always tend to fall into the psychological alley of self-torture and sympathy for others; the more we think about it, the more we are bereaved, and in the end, it is difficult for us to get out of the bondage of our own mind.
In fact, this itself is a kind of wrong way of thinking, each of us will experience the day of birth, old age, sickness and death, rather than constantly put pressure on themselves, it is better to accept everything that is going through today.
Live hard, live well, carry the fear of life, in the next every day, live in good health, this is also in the new year, we give ourselves the biggest wish.
Difficulty is not terrible when it comes, the key to see how each of us to a healthy mind to look at this matter; if you can not help what help, let yourself do not add to the chaos, which is also to the people in the front line of the struggle, the most basic respect and responsibility.
Some people say that there are eight kinds of suffering in life: birth, old age, illness, death, love and separation, hatred and resentment, seeking and not being able to, and the five yin blazing.
But it is precisely because of these sufferings that the "pure" goodness within each of us is mobilized at the time of each of these sufferings.
Like the SARS outbreak in 2002, which eventually left without a trace, we have to harbor the belief that this epidemic, too, will leave in a better way.
No matter what kind of suffering we are going through, let us not forget the love and pure goodness within.