The Civil Service Commission held the mental health awareness webinar at the Cebu Technological University in 2020. Ms. Michelle Abella-Cellona, the resource speaker on October 15, 2020 highlighted the constructive ways to deal with negative thoughts and feelings during the COVID-19 pandemic. She said, “the best way to change our feelings is to change the way we think about a situation.”
Ms. Cellona, a registered psychologist, shared a few of these tips, “reframe your thoughts, connect, establish a routine, listen or watch legitimate sources of information”. Acknowledging one’s negative thoughts and feelings is a constructive way to survive this pandemic./ccmr/rmmm