{"id":8246,"date":"2020-04-28T09:46:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T09:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/?p=8246"},"modified":"2020-04-28T09:46:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T09:46:23","slug":"financial-distress-signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/financial-distress-signals\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Distress Signals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 has put individuals and economies on lockdown, leading to an unprecedented financial crisis that is affecting millions of households. But you can use this crisis as an opportunity to help yourself and others to become financially resilient.<\/p>\n<p>Economic hardship causes distress that impacts our wellbeing on all levels \u2013 financial, relationships, physical, psychological and emotional. The shift from having &#8220;something,&#8221; even moderate means, to having &#8220;nothing&#8221; can be devastating. The struggle just to meet basic needs is real. When faced with uncontrollable circumstances, and feel the grief of loss, there can be a drastic impact on every member of the family, putting strain on the dynamics of marriage and parenting.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to realise that your situation is not unique. You are not alone. You can limit the ravages of the Coronavirus on your financial wellbeing by not allowing it to rob you of your self-esteem, and by being in touch with how it is affecting you, and those around you, and getting the support you need for recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t allow this pandemic to rob you of your self-esteem. You are still a provider for your family \u2013 you can provide leadership and instil Courage. To do this, you first need to take care of your own health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Common signs of distress<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>guilt<\/li>\n<li>fear of failure<\/li>\n<li>anxiety<\/li>\n<li>depression<\/li>\n<li>post-traumatic stress<\/li>\n<li>severe grief<\/li>\n<li>alcohol or drug abuse<\/li>\n<li>nightmares<\/li>\n<li>panic<\/li>\n<li>overwhelming levels of stress<\/li>\n<li>confusion<\/li>\n<li>feelings of detachment<\/li>\n<li>feeling surreal<\/li>\n<li>over- or under-eating<\/li>\n<li>inability to sleep (or excess sleep)<\/li>\n<li>diarrhoea<\/li>\n<li>nausea<\/li>\n<li>upset stomach<\/li>\n<li>and other physical and mental symptoms of stress and depression<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parents may interact with their children in tense or punitive ways with a short temper, or resort to unhealthy coping mechanisms from avoidance of duties to abuse of alcohol or drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Children may respond with negative behaviours and emotions, and teens may face problems in school, negative peer groups, lost self-esteem, and delinquency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reach out for help <\/strong>if you or your loved one is struggling to cope. Don\u2019t let financial worries overwhelm you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LifeAssist is here to help you and your family<\/strong> with confidential counselling, financial coaching and debt management services.\u00a0 Your family members just need to give us your Sun International employee number to access the service. Confidentiality is guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Call any time, day or night: <strong>0860 111\u00a0322<\/strong> (ask us to call you back if you don\u2019t have airtime)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 has put individuals and economies on lockdown, leading to  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-focus-coronavirus","category-your-future-financial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}