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We have been dealing with a lot of stress around the world due to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak during 2020 until now. Many changes affecting our daily routines, so many new routines have become normal. We all have faced the continued need to adjust to new ways of doing everyday tasks.
OpenJournal PUBLISHERS Opinion Anger Over the 2019 Coronavirus Disease * Ines E.Vigil, MPsych* Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina, Bueno Aires, Argentina * *Corresponding author Ines E.Vigil, MPsych Clincal Psychologist, Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina, Bueno Aires, Argentina; E-mail: estradavigil@arnet.com.ar Article information th th Accepted: June 26th, 2025; Published: July 10th, 2025 Cite this article Vigil IE. Anger over the 2019 coronavirus disease. Psychol Cogn Sci Open J. 2025; 11(1): 30. e have been dealing with a lot of stress around the world Grief, loss, has also been very present during the COV- due to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak ID-19 outbreak. Losing jobs, losing sense of normality and of W during 2020 until now.
course, mainly, losing loved ones. Again, each one of us will give loss a meaning according to our own prior experiences of grief Many changes affecting our daily routines, so many new and loss.
routines have become normal. We all have faced the continued need to adjust to new ways of doing everyday tasks. All these According to what I have said before. Many might be changes in our normality have an impact on us. According to the feeling anger during these times. It is important to understand that meaning we give ourselves about it, we will feel certain emotions. if we are experiencing anger, we must try to unwrap the meaning As a result of that, or those emotions, we will behave. inside of us and see, what does this anger mean, where does this anger comes from, and see what we can do about it. It is quite common to see people behave angrily with this COVID-19 outbreak. Anger is just one emotion. A frequent one. The main issue with anger is that it affects our body in To feel anger is an emotion; to behave angrily is a choice. The in- many ways. It increases adrenaline and other chemicals into the crease of domestic violence rates, the rise in the number of people bloodstream which causes the heart to pump faster, raises the consulting psychologists, counselors, and now on medication, just blood pressure, tenses the muscles, causes dry mouth, and upsets show part of the impact this pandemic has had among humans the stomach. Anger also affects our ability to love, to work, and and the difficulties many have had in handling their anger. live pleasantly, we need to work on the meaning that causes it. As humans, one way to evolve, to face difficulties has Remember, we cannot change what is happening, but we been gathering as societies. Lockdown logically affects our social can work on the explanation we give ourselves about if, and as a interaction. With isolation, this tool is not available. So, with social result, we might even be feeling different. Anger is a sign of our distancing, we will need to adjust. We will have an impact and give distress and a display of our suffering. To feel anger is an emotion. a meaning, an explanation, to this isolation. Each one will have a To be angry is a choice.
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