AS CORONAVIRUS CASES INCREASE ACROSS THE NATION, MOST AMERICANS REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES.
SOCIAL DISTANCING COULD HAVE A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON PEOPLE WITH DEPRESSION.
“ISOLATION IS SO DEVASTATING TO OUR MOOD BECAUSE WE’RE LEFT STUCK WITH OUR OWN THOUGHTS,” SAID EMILY ROBERTS, A MANHATTAN-BASED PSYCHOTHERAPIST.
THE CORONAVIRUS ISN’T LIKE ANY OTHER CATASTROPHE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEAN ON EACH OTHER AND SHARE A SENSE OF EXPERIENCE AND COMMUNITY. HERE ARE SOME TIPS ON HOW TO PREVENT DEPRESSION.
CREATE A ROUTINE. WITHOUT A ROUTINE, DAYS CAN EASILY TURN INTO WEEKS, AND LOSING TRACK OF TIME IS THE EASIEST WAY TO LOSE YOUR SENSE OF SELF-CARE.
GO OUTSIDE. PHYSICAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES DO NOT PREVENT YOU FROM GOING OUTSIDE NEAR YOUR HOME. NATURAL LIGHT CAN GIVE YOU VITAMIN D AND GIVE YOU A BREAK FROM BEING STUCK INSIDE.
WHILE SOCIAL ISOLATION CAN FEED INTO YOUR DEPRESSION, YOU DON’T HAVE TO GIVE IN TO IT, MAKING SURE YOU KEEP IN CONTACT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS VIA FACETIME AND PHONE CALLS CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
SOCIAL DISTANCING COULD HAVE A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON PEOPLE WITH DEPRESSION.
“ISOLATION IS SO DEVASTATING TO OUR MOOD BECAUSE WE’RE LEFT STUCK WITH OUR OWN THOUGHTS,” SAID EMILY ROBERTS, A MANHATTAN-BASED PSYCHOTHERAPIST.
THE CORONAVIRUS ISN’T LIKE ANY OTHER CATASTROPHE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEAN ON EACH OTHER AND SHARE A SENSE OF EXPERIENCE AND COMMUNITY. HERE ARE SOME TIPS ON HOW TO PREVENT DEPRESSION.
CREATE A ROUTINE. WITHOUT A ROUTINE, DAYS CAN EASILY TURN INTO WEEKS, AND LOSING TRACK OF TIME IS THE EASIEST WAY TO LOSE YOUR SENSE OF SELF-CARE.
GO OUTSIDE. PHYSICAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES DO NOT PREVENT YOU FROM GOING OUTSIDE NEAR YOUR HOME. NATURAL LIGHT CAN GIVE YOU VITAMIN D AND GIVE YOU A BREAK FROM BEING STUCK INSIDE.
WHILE SOCIAL ISOLATION CAN FEED INTO YOUR DEPRESSION, YOU DON’T HAVE TO GIVE IN TO IT, MAKING SURE YOU KEEP IN CONTACT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS VIA FACETIME AND PHONE CALLS CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
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