{"id":12690,"date":"2020-04-06T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T03:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/?p=12690"},"modified":"2020-10-16T14:39:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T18:39:54","slug":"daily-audio-update-coping-with-covid-for-people-with-existing-anxieties-or-ocd-with-dr-christine-korol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/daily-audio-update-coping-with-covid-for-people-with-existing-anxieties-or-ocd-with-dr-christine-korol\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Update: Coping with COVID for people with existing anxieties or OCD with Dr. Christine Korol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/788017222&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" target=\"_blank\"><\/iframe><br>\nCOVID-19 can be especially difficult for people who already had anxiety, OCD, or another condition. We talk with Dr. Christine Korol about the challenges faced by those who were already experiencing mental health issues.<\/p>\n<div id=\"accordions-12687\" class=\"accordions-12687 accordions\" data-accordions={&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:true,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;12687&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;collapsible&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;heightStyle&quot;:&quot;content&quot;,&quot;animateStyle&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;animateDelay&quot;:1000,&quot;navigation&quot;:true,&quot;active&quot;:999,&quot;expandedOther&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}>\r\n                <div id=\"accordions-lazy-12687\" class=\"accordions-lazy\" accordionsId=\"12687\">\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"items\"  style=\"display:none\" >\r\n    \r\n            <div post_id=\"12687\" itemcount=\"0\"  header_id=\"header-1580324481504\" id=\"header-1580324481504\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1580324481504 border-none\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Coping with COVID for people with existing anxieties or OCD with Dr. Christine Korol\">\r\n                                    <span id=\"accordion-icons-1580324481504\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fa fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fa fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                    <\/span>\r\n                    <span id=\"header-text-1580324481504\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Coping with COVID for people with existing anxieties or OCD with Dr. Christine Korol<\/span>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"accordion-content content1580324481504 \">\r\n                <h2>Christine Korol quick chat coping if you are already dealing with anxiety, OCD, etc.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s talk about coping with this current situation if you are already dealing with something like anxiety, OCD, or another issue of that nature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard, and you\u2019ll have to do this on an individual basis with your clients. I have a lot of people who are making terrific progress, whether they have social anxiety or a bit of agoraphobia, and they\u2019re getting out of the house more. They\u2019re back in the house now and a lot of them are telling me \u201cyou know, I actually know how to be okay in here\u201d. So they\u2019re okay but they\u2019re worried about how to manage when this is all over. I remind them the learning curve will be shorter, they know what to do, that they can continue to develop connections and find meaningful things to do while they\u2019re in isolation. That\u2019s been tough.<\/p>\n<p>For OCD cases, the patients that I\u2019m working with that are afraid of germs or that wash their hands too much, we\u2019ve been working a lot on sticking to guidelines. I\u2019ve been emphasizing too that this is not like regular germs or viruses, this is not something we have an immunity to, and we have a very high risk of complications for other people. So we have to flatten the curve right now to help health care workers manage with the influx and protect the people that we care about.<\/p>\n<p>So this is a very unusual situation and hopefully in a year, or however long it takes, we get through this dark tunnel and come out the other side. Another issue is that uncertainty, with anxious people, that\u2019s something we\u2019re working on too. Once we get through that tunnel public health will direct us to what is safe again. Many of my patients are hand washers, and we talk about how they\u2019re washing their hands much more than surgeons are. So we try to keep it within those bounds recommended by public health.<\/p>\n<p>For some of them, they\u2019re still worried about contamination from things that aren\u2019t high-risk for spreading COVID-19, which might be things in their house or they\u2019re afraid of touching the bottle of bleach or other things. So we can still work on that. There are some interesting things you can do with tele-therapy. I\u2019ve actually been using tele-therapy to kind of do home visits with OCD patients for some time now. That hasn\u2019t changed, so I can still do things like exposure therapy. They can show me if they\u2019re afraid of their laundry room, or afraid of cleaning their toilet, we can still work on that kind of stuff remotely.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n            <\/div><hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/788017222&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" target=\"_blank\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nCOVID-19 can be especially difficult for people who already had anxiety, OCD, or another condition. We talk with Dr. Christine Korol about the challenges faced by those who were already experiencing mental health issues.<\/p>\n<div id=\"accordions-12687\" class=\"accordions-12687 accordions\" data-accordions={&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:true,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;12687&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;collapsible&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;heightStyle&quot;:&quot;content&quot;,&quot;animateStyle&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;animateDelay&quot;:1000,&quot;navigation&quot;:true,&quot;active&quot;:999,&quot;expandedOther&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}>\r\n                <div id=\"accordions-lazy-12687\" class=\"accordions-lazy\" accordionsId=\"12687\">\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"items\"  style=\"display:none\" >\r\n    \r\n            <div post_id=\"12687\" itemcount=\"0\"  header_id=\"header-1580324481504\" id=\"header-1580324481504\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1580324481504 border-none\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Coping with COVID for people with existing anxieties or OCD with Dr. Christine Korol\">\r\n                                    <span id=\"accordion-icons-1580324481504\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fa fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                        <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fa fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/span>\r\n                    <\/span>\r\n                    <span id=\"header-text-1580324481504\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Coping with COVID for people with existing anxieties or OCD with Dr. Christine Korol<\/span>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"accordion-content content1580324481504 \">\r\n                <h2>Christine Korol quick chat coping if you are already dealing with anxiety, OCD, etc.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s talk about coping with this current situation if you are already dealing with something like anxiety, OCD, or another issue of that nature.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard, and you\u2019ll have to do this on an individual basis with your clients. I have a lot of people who are making terrific progress, whether they have social anxiety or a bit of agoraphobia, and they\u2019re getting out of the house more. They\u2019re back in the house now and a lot of them are telling me \u201cyou know, I actually know how to be okay in here\u201d. So they\u2019re okay but they\u2019re worried about how to manage when this is all over. I remind them the learning curve will be shorter, they know what to do, that they can continue to develop connections and find meaningful things to do while they\u2019re in isolation. That\u2019s been tough.<\/p>\n<p>For OCD cases, the patients that I\u2019m working with that are afraid of germs or that wash their hands too much, we\u2019ve been working a lot on sticking to guidelines. I\u2019ve been emphasizing too that this is not like regular germs or viruses, this is not something we have an immunity to, and we have a very high risk of complications for other people. So we have to flatten the curve right now to help health care workers manage with the influx and protect the people that we care about.<\/p>\n<p>So this is a very unusual situation and hopefully in a year, or however long it takes, we get through this dark tunnel and come out the other side. Another issue is that uncertainty, with anxious people, that\u2019s something we\u2019re working on too. Once we get through that tunnel public health will direct us to what is safe again. Many of my patients are hand washers, and we talk about how they\u2019re washing their hands much more than surgeons are. So we try to keep it within those bounds recommended by public health.<\/p>\n<p>For some of them, they\u2019re still worried about contamination from things that aren\u2019t high-risk for spreading COVID-19, which might be things in their house or they\u2019re afraid of touching the bottle of bleach or other things. So we can still work on that. There are some interesting things you can do with tele-therapy. I\u2019ve actually been using tele-therapy to kind of do home visits with OCD patients for some time now. That hasn\u2019t changed, so I can still do things like exposure therapy. They can show me if they\u2019re afraid of their laundry room, or afraid of cleaning their toilet, we can still work on that kind of stuff remotely.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n            <\/div>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archivedailyaudiofr"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-31 04:19:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12690"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16664,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12690\/revisions\/16664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}