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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Mind Control: Managing Your Mental Health During COVID-19 by University of Toronto

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About the Course

Never in the history of humanity have so many people been feeling intense anxiety related to COVID-19 and the world it will leave in its wake. The intent of this course is to give you a deeper understanding of the anxiety reaction as it relates to various aspects of our current life, ranging from our consumption of news to the way we talk to our children about this. I will also give you clear strategies for managing and, in fact, turning off the anxiety response at least for short periods. My sincere hope is that you will leave this course with a better understanding of how your brain reacts to crises, along with some powerful tools for managing it before it manages you. In this course we will cover: 1.1 Introduction and Overview 1.2 Understanding the Anxiety Response 1.3 The Necessity of Strategies to Manage Anxiety 1.4 Achieving Relaxation: A Skill We All Need to Learn Now 2.1 Why Watching the News is Addicting and How to Manage Your Consumption 2.2 The Critical Art of Mental Distraction to Crowd Out Stressors 2.3 How We Think About Physical Distancing and Explaining it to Our Children 3.1 The Effects of Isolation 3.2 Some Strategies to Make Isolation More Tolerable 3.3 The Importance of Social Connection in a Physical Distancing World 4.1 The Need to Guard Against Depression: The Importance of Control 4.2 Bring it Together: Practice Makes Proficient 4.3 Invitation to Suggest Additional Videos...

Top reviews

AM

Jul 17, 2020

So grateful that a course like this exists. I found the information that was presented easy to understand and in such a way that small changes to my daily routine seem manageable. Thank you very much!

VS

Jul 19, 2020

The course is very insightful. The topics were carefully and simply taught by Prof. Joordens. It's easy to understand and has helped a lot in understanding how our minds work esp during this pandemic.

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By HARSIMRAN S

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Feb 5, 2021

An excellent course, digging into the mental health aspect during the pandemic COVID 19. Course material is interesting and speaker's elaboration works wonder.

By Dorothy I B B

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Nov 5, 2020

Let's do ourselves a favor and help one another through challenging times. This course will definitely help ease our anxious minds. Thank you to the professor!

By Alson A

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Nov 19, 2020

The course is very relevant and useful in this time of the Pandemic. Thank you to our professor, for the University of Toronto, Coursera and DOST Philippines.

By Andraus D L S

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Aug 6, 2020

excellent course, the professor has a great ability to explain everything in a very simple way for everyone to understand all the terms. Enjoyed it very much!

By Ngawang T

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Dec 16, 2020

Short, concise and just the right dose for understanding anxiety...something I have been looking for. Found this course personally and professionally useful.

By Amanda K

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Dec 13, 2020

Thank you very much for this opportunity and knowledge , This will help me a lot in understanding about the virus and i will be able to spread the knowledge.

By Leena S

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Sep 14, 2020

It is very useful topic for this pandemic situation..i got many information regading covid19 too..specially thankyou for relaxing my mind through this topic.

By NORYS M S L

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Aug 16, 2020

Me enorgullece tener la oportunidad de participar en este tipo de cursos, son realmente una oportunidad de adquirir conocimientos y proyectarnos a los demás.

By Tasnova T P

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Jul 20, 2020

This course has been really helpful and now I am quite able to manage myself by controlling the mind .

Thank you, professor and Coursera for this opportunity.

By Padmakar S D

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Jul 1, 2020

course is good but the sound is very low please increase the sound of video. It helped me a lot to how to handle my mental situation of fucking corona virus.

By Maria D

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Jun 23, 2020

Excellent course! Helpful information and guidelines as to how to be in control and taking control of anxiety and redirecting towards a positive outcome.

By Anjulia J

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Sep 23, 2021

I loved this course! Very engaging and full of empathy. We stan an unproblematic Gen X with very insightful and helpful views. Highly recommend this course!

By Eliza V

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Aug 12, 2021

Very useful during these times. If nothing else, the professor has a nice, calm, cool, Canadian demeanor. You should take the course just for that alone! :)

By Sitara P

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Nov 19, 2020

Steve Joordens makes it so easy to express, communicate and understand complex behaviours during Covid. I thoroughly enjoyed all the sessions. Thanks a lot.

By Bhupesh M

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Jul 22, 2020

Course was amazing. I can not describe what I am feeling now. This course is very helpful for these unusual times; it is helpful for future too. Thanks Sir!

By Vidhya

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Jun 16, 2020

This was really a good initiative by Prof. Steve Joordens which we all needed during this crisis moment to recover ourselves from such a pandemic situation.

By Pradip M

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Jun 5, 2021

A very encouraging & informative approach to the mind issues that challenge us in this pandemic that has forced us to re-think our values & our lifestyles.

By Joseph T

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Dec 25, 2020

Overall great course. If put into practice all the advise if very beneficial. Thank you Professor for you ability to spread knowledge for self improvement.

By Deleted A

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May 22, 2020

This course has been super helpful and offered applicable measures to reduce stress about corona. Wishing the professor and his family health and happiness

By Wafa A A A

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Aug 31, 2021

In fact I benefited a lot and he explained to me precisely information about the isolation period and how to deal with it. Thank you so much and good luck

By Gwen R

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Oct 4, 2020

This was a great, fun course, with lots of practical tools and interesting psychology to help manage my own response at this challenging time. Thank you!

By Lakshmi I B

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Sep 29, 2020

It was really useful course during the social isolation and it taught us how to control our mind and how to relax during this pandemic lockdown condition.

By Jhankar P

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Jul 5, 2020

This course is very much helpful and interesting for handling this borring situation. And I learn many things from this course. A big thank you to Steeve.

By Stephany R

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Jun 26, 2020

It was a great course. It teaches how to manage stress and anxiety what to do and what not to do. The course helps us to know what is happening inside us.

By Marie P

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Jan 19, 2021

el maestro guia cada video con una voz que reconforta y con informacion que ayuda a conocer diversas opciones para mejorar nuestro estado actual. Gracias