Monday Musings-Mental Wellbeing
Naturally, we are all focused on adjusting our new normal as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. For example, we are adjusting to being in lockdown, working from home and trying to balance childcare.
We all know how important it is for us to stay at home to prevent the spread of Coronavirus and protect everyone's physical health but we might be forgetting how important it is to take care of our mental health during lockdown. Everyone is adjusting to the pandemic in their own way and whilst the pandemic is affecting us all, it is not affecting us all equally.
It is all too easy to throw yourself into work, working 14-18 hour days or to realise that you haven't moved all day and watched the whole of Netflix in one day. Neither of these are healthy. Instead, we need to use this time to make sure that we are looking after our mental wellbeing as we adjust to a new way of life.
Communicating with friends, family and co-workers is important not just for yourself but for checking in on others who might be struggling. We all have good and bad days as part of life but the management of how we respond to bad days during the pandemic is important. Normally we can tell if a friend is down by looking at them or if a work colleague is struggling by their silence but as we cannot interact with others like we usually do, it is important to actively check in with people and ask for support if you are having a bad day.
I have listed some helpful websites and YouTube videos below that you might find useful:
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