Between smart-working and distance learning, the pandemic has upset the family balance, generating anxiety and stress especially in the female universe. This is what emerges from a survey promoted by Eurodap (European Association for Panic Disorder) to which 532 women responded.
Meanwhile, in our country, the pandemic continues to spread. According to the data released by the Ministry of Health, today they are registered 13.902 new positive cases (yesterday 20.765). The new deaths are 318 (yesterday 207). The discharged healed today are 13.893 (yesterday 13.467) altogether the new positive cases are 472.533 (yesterday 472.862). The swabs carried out are 184.684, the ICU patients are 2.700 while they remain in home isolation 448.002 patients infected with the virus.
Pandemic stress and anxiety
According to the Eurodap survey, for 73 percent of women surveyed the pandemic from Covid has complicated life. Increasing commitments coupled with anguish and stress. What affected the most was the increased workload. If on the one hand smart working can be considered useful and functional, on the other hand the lack of interaction with colleagues, continuous availability and greater distractions from family needs do not help to keep stress levels below the threshold.
The same for housewives, who suddenly found themselves invaded in their 'work station'. 63 percent also complain about the impossibility of finding time for themselves and, for 45 percent, it is impossible to meet all the daily commitments.
New relational dynamics
“The pandemic has inevitably created imbalances, hardships and pressures that have changed our way of life. In this scenario, the role that women have found themselves playing should not be underestimated ". Eleonora Iacobelli, psychotherapist and Eurodap president, explains this. The expert underlines: “The need to manage the new relational and family dynamics that have arisen, from work to looking after children and the home, has led women to accumulate states of stress and anxiety.
New moods of a new everyday life in which to mitigate feelings such as sadness, depression and fear. Also it smart working and, in some cases, job losses have contributed to increasing the amount of time women spend at home ”. In fact, from Istat statistics in the last year 99 thousand women have lost their jobs. "Therefore, if in the past managing all the different aspects of life was one of the main problems of women - concludes the expert - now it has become even more complicated".
