Is it really psychologically damaging to look at the state of the epidemic every day?

Nowadays, every day there are all kinds of news about the new coronavirus pneumonia flooding all kinds of social networking and news websites, announcing how many more patients have been infected, what new special cases there are, prolonged incubation period or shortage of treatment materials. Read too much of this kind of information, there will be some anxiety, panic and chest tightness, the accumulation of too much negative news, many people have different degrees of psychological trauma, in fact, we do not need to be too panicked, the National Health Commission has also organized the introduction of the “Response to the new coronavirus pneumonia outbreak psychological adjustment guide”. The guide points out that we must ensure a regular daily routine and diet, and for those who are already working, pay attention to hand washing and indoor ventilation as usual, and pay attention to personal protection on the way to work, wear a good mask, and touch fewer places where there is a lot of contact with people, and queue up at a distance of more than one meter. For those who are resting at home, they should not stay up late, have a normal routine, do some simple indoor exercise, and arrange to learn some simple skills such as flower gardening, practicing calligraphy, listening to songs, etc. While realizing the seriousness of the epidemic, don’t keep swiping your phone to check the seriousness of the epidemic, avoid reading and discussing negative news for a long time, make reasonable judgments, and don’t listen to negative rumors and fake news, don’t look at your phone before going to bed or in the middle of the night, chat with your friends, and be active at home with some planned living and learning exercises. There are also some special groups of people such as the elderly and pregnant women, etc., should keep a calm mind, do not excessive sadness, learn to do a good job of personal protection measures, reasonable arrangement of their own diet and simple exercise, learn some health knowledge, do not blindly believe, practicing their own doctors, pay attention to their own body changes. I hope that we can pay attention to the epidemic and also pay attention to our own psychology, no need to be overly sad, to believe that our front-line health care workers can win this war! It will get better eventually.