Resilience & Healthy Routine
Coping with emergencies, emotional support, and wartime daily routine
Coping with emergencies, emotional support, and wartime daily routine
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Emotional and Mental Support
If either you or anyone in your family experiences difficulties or stress in response to the war, we have gathered here for you the list of emotional support hotlines that… -
Emotional First Aid in Case of Emergency
Guidelines for emotional first aid in stressful situations, and how to relieve someone's stress using the guidelines of the MAASEH method: commitment, encouragement, asking questions and structuring. -
Traumatic Stress Responses and Coping Strategies
This information will guide you on how to help yourself grow stronger and resume normal functioning or how assist family members who have been exposed to the traumatic events or… -
Post War and Disaster Traumatic Stress
Disasters can have far-reaching and long-lasting consequences for their victims. We have compiled information on a variety of beneficial intervention strategies that can assist people in recovering from stressful and… -
Parental Guidance on Managing Child Traumatic Stress
Anxiety has different manifestations among children of different age groups and between children of the same age group. All the information and recommendations that parents need for coping with anxiety… -
Helping Children Understand Tragic Events
A couple of tips that will help you if you need to talk to your children about difficult subjects. -
Traumatic Stress While Pregnant or Breastfeeding
All the information for women who are coping with stress and trauma while they are pregnant or breastfeeding. Tips for coping with stress, emotional support hotlines and more. -
Healthy Nutrition in Emergency States
Healthy nutrition is important and helps reinforcing our physical and mental resilience. We have gathered here all the information, hotlines and phone numbers on the subject of nutritional counseling and… -
Keeping Children and Adults Busy
Keeping busy and active during crisis times carries therapeutic powers. It helps self-regulation of powerful emotions, relieve tensions and maintain resilience. We have gathered here some examples for suitable activities. -
Information Security and Cyber Security
Israel is currently facing many cyber threats to its citizens, organizations, and companies. These threats come in various forms, including network hacking attempts, phishing scams, fraud, and more. -
Substance Abuse
Stressful and emergency situation may increase abuse of such substances as drugs and alcohol. You should avoid abusing these substances to avoid addiction and you should seek professional help or…
Substance Abuse
During these difficult times, when the mind is coping with stress and trauma on an unprecedented scale, we seek relief. Some find relief in alcohol and other substances. Use of these substances to relieve the pressure, to disconnect or to fall asleep may soon become dependence and place users at risk of growing addicted to these substances.
Various mental symptoms express a normal response to recent uneasy events. Treatment involves recruiting mental strength and support from one's immediate surroundings, which helps to most of us. If a problem persists, it is also possible and preferable to seek professional assistance.
Healthy alternatives
If you are in a state of panic, fear, anxiety, emptiness, loneliness and pain, you should choose things that are healthy for both body and mind to let off some steam and find some peace. Healthy ways to ease our mind may be:
- Engaging in hobbies
- Physical activity
- Reading
- Going outdoors
- Seeking help from friends, family and professionals
Responsible consumption
The availability of alcohol, cannabis and stress-relieving medications at these times and their use on a spectrum between medical use, recreational use and use that causes dependency and even addition. This availability requires us to make informed and responsible use of these substances.
Prescription medications for stress relief
- Only as directed - Use prescription sedatives only if a doctor has prescribed them for you and follow their instructions.
- Do not share - Do not give your prescription medications to friends or family; instead, refer them to a doctor who can provide what may help them.
Alcohol and cannabis abuse
- Know your limits. We all have different reactions to different levels of consumption. You should know your body and learn to tell when you should stop, when you are using these substances for self-medication and when you are using them as a means to escape from facing reality.
- Quantify your consumption times and quantities. Exercise moderation and self-awareness. If your consumption increases in either frequency or quantities, seek professional help.
Note that cannabis has not been proven to be effective in treating traumatic stress immediately after trauma, and it may actually do more harm than good. Therefore, you should only use cannabis for the relief of chronic conditions.
Further information about harmful behavior and substance abuse
Be aware that mixing prescription drugs with alcohol or cannabis can harm how your nervous system works.