Psychological preparedness to save psyche from Covid -19 fury

Covid 19 outbreak have once again proved that Pandemics, Catastrophes, Disasters and Natural Turbulence impose serious threats to the psyche, emotions, social relations & commitments. Psychological crisis are predestined of pandemics and epidemic outbreaks. This is because such conditions induce an intense feeling of helplessness, fear, insecurity, emotional apathy, amnesia and trauma. All such symptomatic behaviors cripples a person`s capacity to cope with reality thereby precipitating psychological stress. Victims of all such natural pandemics are susceptible to POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER characterized by anxiety, emotional disorder and mental fatigue and reexperience of the event in recurring dreams, flashbacks or constant recollection. Such victims experience difficulty in concentrating in daily life activities, guilt for losing dear ones in the pandemic, aggression, self destructive motives, emotional insulation and deliberate self harm. Post traumatic behaviors’ are often characterized by confusion, chaotic or bizarre behavior at home, workplace or at public place..The appreciative concern of the present paper being the construct of PSYCHOLOGICAL PREPAREDNESS for Pandemic Disasters of COVID 19 which would prove to be a judicious investment of the psyche in present era of psychosocial threats. It is very important to prepare people living in pandemic prone areas or era for eventuality of such natural epidemic outbreaks to stimulate coping strategy for emotional disarray. The present article humbly attempts to overview, develop and validate a measure of PSYCHOLOGICAL PREPAREDNESS for COVID 19 and any such similar pandemics.