Mental Health as Serious as Pandemic

Few months ago, when the whole world was having ordinary busy days, who would have thought that the coming condition would be so harsh. Entry of Covid-19 was unexpected and so as its terror to all. Growing cases and economy recession introduced us with not only the loss of money and happiness but makes us more concern for health too. Now, where everyone is caged with the fear of a virus, mental Health is another major problem facing by people. One side this Covid-19 affecting the physical health and somewhere, mental and emotional health became its victim.

One of every five person is going through this problem. People are fighting with their own mind’s complications. Due to which they face anxiety, sleepless nights, fearfulness, irritability, impatience, frustrations and feelings of hopelessness. Obviously, we can’t ignore the facts due to which people are in this suffering condition such as Economic recession, poverty, unemployment, indebtedness, domestic violence and other abusive relationships.

On one phase, we are getting the news of pandemic conditions going-on all around the world and on other side, these frequent threatened cases of suicide and domestic violence. 

Isolation is helping us to fight with covid-19 but we can’t ignore that this isolation is making people depressed. This is actually not an ignorable fact and should be looked after for. The fact is ‘Virus is affecting the physical health and Isolation is affecting the mental health'. 

Now, How to maintain a positive mental health while being in isolation ? 

During this unacceptable and unexpected situation there is one thing is in our control that is ' To not give up' 

“Increasing the strength of our minds is the only way to reduce the difficulty of life.” 

― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Six tips to manage your mental health :

1.Proper schedule and engage yourself : 

Remember those days, when we all used to work according to our well professional schedule. From waking up to sleepy nights , everything was managed. Why can’t we have this now ? Ofcourse, we can have. We can reschedule things, manage time and can do different tasks such as productive learning and entertaining ourselves by various sources. This step is help us to have a busy life and distract us from our other tensions. 

2. Exercise and meditation : 

We all know, Exercise and yoga not only maintain our physical health but mental health too. And meditation is one of the major way to rest our running thoughts, relief us mentally and helps us to take better decisions.

3. Watch news in limit :

 It is necessary to be aware about the conditions but too much information leads to place a home in our mind and starts affecting us. So, set the limit to watch or read news daily. This is my personal advice because I often do this. 

4. Don’t be socially isolated : 

Isolation means to be in physical distance but what about the social life. Try to talk to your friends, family members, cousins or your loved ones through chats, call or video call , the best way to not fight with your thoughts alone. Ask for help. Seriously, sharing talks make every problem half. And when you don’t have anyone to speak up with, then write your thoughts. ‘Never make loneliness your best friend'.

5. Keep yourself around positive vibes :

 

Try to keep yourself around positive vibes. If you’re not getting happy vibes through people then create your own vibes which makes you strong such as listen motivational speakers, watch inspirational videos, watch comedy movies or series and read good stuffs. Try to avoid the negativity.

6. Seek for health professional : 

Seeking for therapy which helps to maintain your mental health is not a wrong thing. We can actually get a lot help from them. If you’re facing problem in managing your mental health then consulting health providers is a good idea. 

Mental health is a major problem we can’t ignore but Yeah! We can fight it with too. If you’re facing any kind of problem you’ll find a way. You’re not late, take a positive step for yourself now and if you find any of your loved ones going through this then take an important step for them and make this pandemic easier to live. This will pass soon. 

 Help yourself, help others! That’s how we win.