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People who stuck by UK Covid rules have worst mental health, says survey Trauma of pandemic having lasting impact on people’s mental health three years on, research reveals
The Guardian ^ | November 21, 2023 | Denis Campbell

Posted on 11/21/2023 7:40:51 PM PST by DoodleBob

People who stuck by Covid lockdown rules the most strictly have the worst mental health today, research has found.

Those who followed the restrictions most closely when the pandemic hit are the most likely to be suffering from stress, anxiety and depression, academics at Bangor University have found.

They identified that people with “communal” personalities – who are more caring, sensitive and aware of others’ needs – adhered the most rigorously with the lockdown protocols that Boris Johnson and senior medics and scientists recommended.

However, people with “agentic” personalities – who are more independent, more competitive and like to have control over their lives – were least likely to exhibit those behaviours.

“The more individuals complied with health advice during lockdown, the worse their wellbeing post-lockdown,” concluded Dr Marley Willegers and colleagues.

The fear of catching Covid proved both an upside and a downside, they found. “While increasing individuals’ worry of infection can effectively drive compliance, it also has negative consequences on people’s wellbeing and recovery,” they said.

“Communal” types displayed the highest levels of continuing disturbance to their mental wellbeing. However, “agentic” people had been able to “bounce back” better from lockdown mode.

Willegers, an academic at Bangor University’s institute for the psychology of elite performance, said some people found it hard to make the transition from receiving regular exhortations about following public health advice during the pandemic to no advice when lockdown ended.

“Throughout the pandemic messaging campaigns were designed to ensure people continued to follow the rules. But there was no messaging campaign as we came out of the pandemic to help everyone safely transition back to normality.

“Without this, certain personality types have retained infection prevention behaviour and anxiety that undermines their mental wellbeing,” he added.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: covid; covid1984; mentalhealth
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1 posted on 11/21/2023 7:40:51 PM PST by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

Another reason Boris, Cummings, Hancock and that entire administration should be hanging from lampposts.


2 posted on 11/21/2023 7:42:58 PM PST by nonliberal (Z.)
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To: DoodleBob

No ****, sherlock


3 posted on 11/21/2023 7:45:09 PM PST by Vahan1987
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To: DoodleBob

Out of control government was out of control


4 posted on 11/21/2023 7:49:17 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: DoodleBob

A many not be that photogenic anymore, but I will always be A-gentic!

Think for yourself. Your first plan is to survive.
Be kind and honest as you can practically be.
But always have a plan to ‘neutralize’ any foe in your midst!


5 posted on 11/21/2023 7:49:34 PM PST by lee martell
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To: DoodleBob
As more and more news about the shots creating further health issues I couldn't help but think of those who took the shot and the anxiety they might have ‘after the fact’..... Others would be in full denial that the shot had anything to do with their additional health problems.
6 posted on 11/21/2023 7:55:41 PM PST by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: DoodleBob

Correlation is not causation.

Finding this correlation could also indicate that those who had the worst lockdown experience were the ones with the mental health issues.

They cannot presume compliance with the lockdowns etc caused the mental illness as much as the mental illness made them more likely to buy the false narrative.


7 posted on 11/21/2023 7:57:50 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: DoodleBob

Leftists are full of mental illness. It’s a badge of honor among them. No wonder they’re still depressed over the idiotic responses of their government.
They need Jesus.


8 posted on 11/21/2023 8:09:14 PM PST by vpintheak (There is no Trans. There is only mentally ill)
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To: DoodleBob

“suffering from
stress, anxiety and depression.”

Truly S.A.D.


9 posted on 11/21/2023 8:14:53 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: caww

I just recently sold an item purchased by my father for far too low a price because I didn’t do a good enough job of finding out its value beforehand.

I’m beating myself up over that one.

I can’t imagine what people who shot themselves up with this crap must be feeling.

I’ll get over my dumb dumb move in a few months, I’m confident. Life’s life stuff will consume my thoughts instead. And I’ll someone make up for my stupidity by putting in more effort on some other financial move somewhere or other that I might not have otherwise done.


10 posted on 11/21/2023 8:16:44 PM PST by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: DoodleBob

“...People who stuck by Covid lockdown rules the most strictly
have the worst mental health...”
-
How about:
People with the worst mental health
stuck by Covid lockdown rules the most strictly.


11 posted on 11/21/2023 8:17:12 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: metmom
My thoughts exactly.
12 posted on 11/21/2023 8:18:02 PM PST by Westbrook (The Democrats are wizards at two things: Finding votes and losing evidence.)
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To: DoodleBob

People who stuck by Covid lockdown rules the most strictly have the worst mental health today, research has found.


They were mental to begin with, that’s why they went along with the mandates. It’s not rocket science.


13 posted on 11/21/2023 8:34:41 PM PST by chuckb87
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To: DoodleBob

Were the people who stuck to the covid rules mentally stable in the first place?


14 posted on 11/21/2023 8:45:59 PM PST by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: DoodleBob

“People who stuck by Covid lockdown rules the most strictly have the worst mental health today, research has found”

the question of course, is which is the cause and which is the effect?


15 posted on 11/21/2023 9:01:21 PM PST by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: CheshireTheCat

You can always recover from financial mistakes....what you put in your body is another story altogther! Any medication should be researched otherwise your just a testing field to see if it works or not.


16 posted on 11/21/2023 9:02:34 PM PST by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: DoodleBob

Predisposed as such before covid happened

Like how many happy leftists does anyone here know?

Unhappy childhoods

They hate their families and the west

Basically they externalize their neurosis on the world since they can’t accommodate themselves

Just look at all of them on tik tok and tv

Tons of fat miserable girls no hope of marriage so they demonize it conveniently

Sexually ambiguous young men

It’s endemic

And bodes poorly for all of us

Leftists have a fraction of the family making we do and yes I know all righties aren’t breeders but our somewhat responsible propagation rate is exponentially higher


17 posted on 11/21/2023 9:19:29 PM PST by wardaddy (I have seen true anti semitism is more common in USA than I imagined. A disease in the public mind)
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To: DoodleBob

I pushed back every chance I could. I’m not following rules that are stupid.


18 posted on 11/21/2023 11:45:00 PM PST by roving (👌⚓Deplorable Listless Vessel with Trumpitist who looks Trumpish)
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To: roving

Or *rules* that were clearly designed to control me.


19 posted on 11/21/2023 11:53:10 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: DoodleBob

Or maybe the mentally weakest also were the ones that went along with it the most.


20 posted on 11/22/2023 12:30:36 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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