Corona Virus, The Creative Art Industry & Mental Health – Edem Fairre

&NewLine;<p><br><br>At a time of huge uncertainty across all sectors&comma; many are trying to understand the ongoing impact of covid-19 on the workforce&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In the creative industries<br>there is a strong ambition to understand the impact upon public venues&comma; freelance workers and micro businesses as these sectors are directly threatened by the pandemic&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Due to the closures and ban on public gathering&comma; the Creative Arts Industry has become dormant&period; This was the result of the directive by the government to all unions and other groups to suspend their activities in the face of the outbreak of coronavirus&period;<br><br>Revenues of creative arts and cultural organizations reliant on tickets sales have ceased&period; During closure the average reported weekly revenue loss has ranged from &lbrack;75&percnt; -100&percnt;&rsqb;&period; Without revenue organizations must cutback on hiring staff and independent artists and professionals&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The pandemic has badly effected both inbound and outbound tourism&period; To prevent further spread of the Corona Virus&comma; governments have virtually shut down the entire industry&period;<br>Flights&comma; and hotel bookings have been cancelled thus negatively effecting the economy since tourism has direct impact on transportation&comma; accommodation&comma; food service&comma; creative arts&comma; trade and tourist sites just to name a few effect areas&period; &period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Today&comma; more than ever&comma; the importance of cultural arts and creativity for society is clear&period; The availability of cultural content contributes to serine mental health and wellbeing&period; Fortunately&comma; many creative institutions have created online and free content in recent weeks for that purpose&period; Sustainable business models during and after the initial crisis are imperative for the sectors survival&period; If we chose to leave behind the more fragile part of the sector the result could cause irreparable economic and social damage&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The current challenge should motivate us to design a public support that alleviates the negative impact in the short term&comma; and identifies new opportunities in the medium term for different public&comma; private and non-profit actors engaged in cultural and creative art industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Edem Fairre foundation for Mental Disorder —Depression &amp&semi; Anxiety&comma; has recognized the outburst of negative comments on almost every platform&period; Truth is&comma; most people are angry&period;<br &sol;>The little things we do to dodge some painful memories can no longer be escaped due to the lockdown&period;<br &sol;> <br &sol;> Some people have lost their jobs&comma; Spouses as well as family member who are perhaps Breadwinners&period;<br &sol;>The oblivion of uncertainty&comma; of &nbsp&semi;́what is next’ is enough to drive us crazy&period; In a person with anxious thoughts such as &OpenCurlyQuote;all hell is about to break loose and nothing positive will happen&period;’<br &sol;>Voicing out can drive people away or get you tagged as being &DiacriticalAcute;dramatic&period;’<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As an organization built on the backbones of doctors and nurses who give counseling for the mental wellbeing of others&comma;<br &sol;>our team assures you that all hope is not lost&period;<br &sol;>Any emergency case will be attended to&period;<br &sol;>Do not hesitate to contact us&period;<br &sol;>And if you know anyone showing consistent mood swings that could possibly lead to suicide&comma; Do get help as soon as possible to avoid serious mental injuries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Do not keep this information to yourself&semi; educate others in languages they will understand&period;<br &sol;>Stay calm&comma; there’s nothing too big under the sun&period;<br &sol;>There’s always a solution to your problems&semi; you just need to talk to the right person in a confidential environment whiles obeying the social distancing protocols&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>NB &colon; <strong><em>this is just an advice&colon; To help boost your immune system as well as promote mental wellness you can&semi;<br &sol;>Optimize your access to vitamin D from the Sun or intake of vitamin D3&semi;Dietary Supplement that has Glutathione &lpar;GSH&rpar; for example&comma; I take Cellgevity as well as MaxOne &colon; Probiotics&lpar; Garlic&comma; Onion &comma; mushrooms&comma; Zinc and Vitamin C&comma; But most importantly&comma; try to have a good sleep for Atleast 8 hours&comma; Watch enough comedy to relax your brain or read comic books&period;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>I am also thrilled to see a lot of our influencers coming out to help with talks on stigmatization on mental disorders—especially&comma;Depression &amp&semi; Anxiety &period;<br &sol;>This is an assurance that you are not alone and it is ok to ask for help&period; After all&comma; we are all human&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p> <br &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mystorymagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;05&sol;cfc8e901-e856-4d5d-a0b0-40ccfb43fcff-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-9380"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;