Mental Health in Quarantine

Don’t just survive — be okay, too.

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Now is not the time to neglect your mental (or physical) health.

I am the first to admit I’ve been downing those quarantine snacks while sitting on the couch watching Grey’s Anatomy on Netflix every evening.

Hey, I am a 33-year-old married person with no kids, no backyard, and I’m bored.

And it is hard. It is SO HARD.

I’m not joking. That sounds like I am being sarcastic or teasing or joking about how difficult my DINK life is.

No.

I am a relatively healthy adult in week 8 of quarantine and I am having a hard time coping.

Being aware of your mental health in this time is paramount

Stress, anxiety, and depression are amplified in isolation.

We are all worried about our health, our loved one’s health, scared of getting sick, or maybe of getting hurt and having to go to the hospital and potentially be exposed.

Here’s how my mental health is being affected by COVID19:

• I cannot sleep more than a couple of hours per night without medication (and I don’t like taking Ambien every day)