“A terrible thing she couldn’t control”: Yuri revealed that pandemic anxiety made her addicted to anxiolytics

More than a year ago, the pandemic broke out in much of the world and meant a sudden paradigm shift for all populations, since the threat of a new virus meant for many the confrontation with the unknown and the uncertainty generated by “a new normality”.

This global health crisis affected millions of human beings in different ways, generating psycho-emotional aspects that have already been studied, with adverse effects on people’s mental health, such as depression, anxiety, panic, and sleep disorders.

These health repercussions were also lived by Yuri Because of the confusion of the first months of the SARS-COv-2 virus pandemic, the singer from Veracruz suffered nervous breakdowns that led her to seek relief from anxiolytic medications to control her thoughts and be able to sleep.

In a chat with the magazine People in spanish, the singer of Behind my window revealed that after having been one of the millions of people in the world who have suffered the contagion of the COVID-19 disease, his spirits were diminished and the nervous consequences soon manifested themselves.

“[Fue] horrible because I am a super active woman. He gave me everything, like everyone else. No one has lived unscathed. We have all lived at some point, something that this pandemic has caused us, “he said.

And it is that despite having been able to overcome the disease that has claimed the lives of millions of people around the world, the television host also revealed that anxieties led to weight loss and a permanently altered nervous state.

“I had to go to see the doctor. When I got COVID I had to see a doctor to give me pills for my anxieties because I did need them, because it was a terrible thing that he could not control. They were too strong anxiety attacks, especially in the early mornings. I didn’t sleep well, I didn’t eat well, I lost a lot of weight”He shared.

The veteran singer admitted to having developed a dependency on anxiolytics, however she soon found the solution to her condition: to get closer to the faith she has professed for more than 20 years and for which she was pointed out at the time.

“Getting involved with God helped me any amount. Like God, my emotions put them in their place. Through prayer I was leaving the anxiolytics … I messed with God, [la solución] It is getting involved with God, having a time of meditation, with the word, listening, reading, praying. Definitely, you cannot walk in this world without God, because God is bigger than an anxiolytic, bigger than what there may be, bigger than your problem ”, he expressed.

The also “researcher” of the reality show Who is the mask revealed that now many people are looking for her, amid the unrest generated by the pandemic and uncertainty, to share the Christian faith, and remembered the time when many asked him to keep his beliefs before the public.

“People are hungry for it now. Unfortunately we have to be almost on the brink of death to receive the things of God. I have received any number of messages from famous and non-famous friends of mine, who tell me: ‘Yuri, how do I look for God, how do I get to him? I want to hear your talks’ … Before they told me to shut up [que no hablara de Dios]Now they want me not to shut up and it’s fantastic, ”he shared.

“I am not the savior, I am not coming to save the world. The only savior is called Jesus Christ of Nazareth, but definitely as an artist, one influences people a lot ”, he pointed out.