Many reports are showing a worsening of people’s mental health due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Coronavirus pandemic has the entire ingredients that go into causing anxiety and concern even in people who are not naturally anxiety-prone.
Besides following government health guidelines, Anthony Constantinou says, “there is little we can do to control the spread of the virus or the scale of the pandemic.” It’s a difficult situation, but there are some good ways we can take to cope with the circumstances and ease the suffering.
1. Be kind and Control your Feelings:
No one has thought of facing such pandemic ever before, no one knows the rules or experience find the way along. You perhaps feel lost, confused, anxious and worried that’s all normal emotions. Don’t allow yourself to loss compassion and patience, all emotions are OK, but finding a safe and controlled way to recognize and express your difficult emotions is important.
Do write them down in a journal or letter, talk to your friend, get physical exercise or practice yoga or meditation. If you are not finding relief, contact a mental health professional immediately. Especially, think about how you would react to a friend struggling in this situation, and try to follow the same compassion and advice to yourself.
2. Make the best of the situation and be real:
You can’t do all work like home-school your kids; work full-time from home; keep a perfect household; and take care of yourself and others, be real and let the others slide a little. Leave the things to the particular person and focus on what you can do. Take time out for self-care, focus on your high priority works, and identify things you can control and things you cannot. Accepting the worries of the future, meanwhile finding areas in your life you can control is a good way to start.
Never forget to walk in the fresh air and sunshine. If your children are around more now without school and other activities, try to make them involve in household chores and teach them the easy recipes and little laundry work. We are living in a society where sleep-deprived is chronicle; this is a best opportunity to get some essential rest, enjoy myriad of benefit.
3. Follow your routines and do connect with others without being Physical
Following your schedules and routines like you were doing before is crucial. With some modifications to work time, meals, exercise, activities and a comparatively regular bedtime, you can get over anything you want. Avoid drinking alcohol much than usual and cut back smoking too.
Remember, you don’t have to be socially isolated as we are advised to keep away from others. It’s just not being close to anyone; maintain a social distance and social relationship both. Make an extra effort to keep in touch with family, friends and colleagues via social media, phone calls, video conferencing or any other medium. Your one call to friends or your loved one will not only make you happy, but release the stress from them too.
4. Don’t trust negative facts
Try to look only reliable source of information. If social media is making you feel worried and angry, avoid the risk of “social contagion” and take an essential break. There are several negative side-effects of social media use, so consider restricting your scrolling time and do follow the trusted doctors and social workers information.
We can learn lots of new thing from slowing down and taking care of one another. Once this era passes, we will realize what we got to reform our life positively. Maybe this pandemic isn’t such a bad thing. Maybe recovering to “full speed ahead” is what we want. Before diving in normal life as society begins to reopen, we have to mindfully consider what life lessons we can take away from this odd and unexpected time.
Author details- Anthony Constantinou writes articles for health and finance industry, including the current business trends and professional advice. Apart from writing, he enjoys doing social work, charity, love traveling, playing indoor and outdoor games.
Disclaimer- The News Strike does not hold/take any responsibility for the article. The author’s views are personal.
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