Mental health and Pandemic

These days people are revolving around only physical health due to the pandemic. But the most important is the most ignored, our mental health. Human beings are the most vulnerable to isolation as they rely on other people for everything, our physical and mental health too.

So it is natural to feel anxious or depressed in a time where one is isolated. Everyone has their own struggles, different beings of the society have been affected by this and the solution being common for all of us. First of all the one part of the society that is affected the most, the poor people. They are not only taking physical but also mental problems, they are not even sure is they will get food to eat tomorrow. So they are struggling for everyday and for once if anyone can feel their pain, they’d only be amazed of their tolerance, even in normal days. And then come the ones who are trying to protect us from the pandemic. They face extensive amount workload, creating higher chances of burnout and loss of elements in their lifestyles like sleep, appetite which play a great role in mental health and this also poses another problem.

And the lifestyle of students is arguable, for some it is great and for some it is terrible. Well at the very least, it is not healthy as the screen time increase due to the online classes is causing lack of sleep, migraine.

So more or less there are elevated rates of stress or anxiety are there. Higher levels of loneliness, depression, harmful and alcohol and drug use, and self-harm or suicidal behavior are rising.

So what’s the solution?

There are a few ways to deal with mental illness due this lockdown:-

·         Exercise – Regular exercise helps building physiological possibility to deal or to tolerate greater amounts of mental pain, releases hormones to alleviate mood and maintain overall performance at a good pace.

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Socialize – As the problem is caused by isolation, countermeasures can be taken like socializing, with the safest methods possible. Like on an online platform, talk about each others' feelings more often, it is not an easy task but is a huge relief on anxiety and depression.

·         Try exploring new hobbies- These days everyone is having a lot of free time, it is likely that anyone might not use it and spend it goofing around. So it is likely to get depressed under such circumstances. Thus, one needs to find a new hobby to keep going and get their mood alliviated.

Conclusion

No one can deny that these days are hard on everyone. But only because we are not used to it, we are humans and hold the power of adaptation. Just making a few changes is all it takes to alleviate us from anything. Until that, just keep one thing in mind that even these days are temporary. They’ll pass, even these days give us a lesson. Up until now, no one was interested in even talking about mental health like it was nothing. More patients means that this is becoming mainstream and might also help cure the severe cases of depression. The only thing we can do is hope for the best.