These are uncharted waters for millions-to-billions of us around the world.
Know you are not alone, and take your mental health seriously.
We are given mixed signals as to how we should respond and the timelines under which weshouldrespond.
Polina Zimmerman
Take some time to touch base with your feelings.
In doing so, it is crucial to recognize when you are out of alignment with reality.
Mental clarity is the first step to mental health progress.
If you do not recognize your problems, you will never discover their solutions.
In todays climate, its easy to become an alarmist.
you’re able to prevent alarmism through the system ofworry check.
What effectively happens is we sometimes use it to preempt our fight-or-flight survival mechanism, instead.
Worry check means viewing worry logically.
You are not safer for worrying, and you did not endanger yourself by not worrying in the past.
Remember that without this work, any range of setbacks can unhinge you.
Worry impedes action, and action is essential in the groundwork you must lay to create stability.
Use mindfulness as a reset.
Quieting your mind is a commonly-used and effective mental health tool.
Try meditating through simple focused breathing exercises.
Inhale through your nose for five seconds, then hold for five seconds and exhale for another five.
Repeat this technique while taking inventory of the sounds around you.
Note the sensation of sitting or standing.
Remember to forgive yourself if your mind wanders from your breath and present activity.
Gently guide your mind back to focus on your breath.
Focused breathing, meditation, and mindfulness activities are helpful specifically when you feel disruption or disconnection with yourself.
Movement does not mean you have to run a half-marathon!
Get enough sleep and practice conscious eating.
Do not discount the importance of getting the proper amount of sleep for your body.
Without the requisite number of sleep hours we each need, our brains cannot properly function.
This results in forgetfulness, distraction, and even visual impairment.
Anticipate mood swings to accompany all of that, especially when you arent eating judiciously.
Sleeping and eating healthily require self-awareness, which is one reason why mental clarity is so crucial.
The manifesting community regard gratefulness as the most central component to personal achievement and self-actualization.
Whether you put stock in this belief system or not, gratefulness is a healthy practice.
Some people make lists on paper of three things for which they are grateful per day.
you might think it or say it aloud whatever works best for you.
Just remember to feel gratefulness as you perceive these blessings, or else you arent doing it correctly.
Detachment does not serve you in this activity.
Set goals and keep them.
Do so in a way that makes sense for you.
Designate Tuesday and Thursday to other specified activities.
The block scheduling method is effective for those who procrastinate or detract from course easily.
A schedule can also include recreational activities, like baking a pie or watching a movie.
Its not all work during quarantine.
Accountability matters because we slowly begin to feel lost without goals and aspirations.
Over time, that adrift feeling can become disorientation, and disorientation can become a sense of purposelessness.
Mental health practices seek to avoid such situations.
These are uncharted waters for millions-to-billions of us around the world.
Know you are not alone, and take your mental health seriously.
The outcome is in our control.
We do not want to mess up our response because we are mentally, emotionally, or spiritually unwell.
Lives are at stake.
