Chennai: A ‘Mental Health Survey’ conducted across 8,396 individuals by Yourdost, an online emotional and mental wellness platform, claims that when the nationwide lockdown had just started, 33 per cent of respondents experienced ‘extreme to high stress’, 65 per cent report ‘moderate to mild stress’ while 16 per cent did not experience stress.
However, these stress levels rose significantly as the lockdown period got more and more extended with 55.3 per cent of the respondents reporting an increase in their stress.
The survey was conducted in two phases – at the early implementation of the lockdown and after the lifting of lockdown across most states. Overall, the study incorporated insights from 8396 people. Responses were taken from 1,196 people (560 during the lockdown 1.0 and 636 post lifting of lockdown) for conducting the
survey and compiled the data to see how the stress levels and mental emotions are impacting human lifestyles.
The insights were further combined with inputs from 7000 unique individuals who have undergone counselling sessions during the period of April–July 2020. Additionally, over 50 psychologists, counselors, psychotherapists and coaches were interviewed to understand the kind of cases they have been observing in their respective practices during the lockdown period.