COVID-19 Isolation: Tips to Keep You Mentally Healthy

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COVID-19 Isolation: Tips to Keep You Mentally Healthy

Isolation is stressful and can hurt your mental health. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, many of us are isolated and alone. That’s in addition to dealing with anxiety about your health and the health of your loved ones.

These tips can help you maintain and even enhance your mental health when you are isolated because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

How to Stay Mentally Healthy If You’re Isolated

Here are three helpful tips to deal with COVID-19 isolation.

• Create new routines. Routines are key for mental health and wellbeing, yet this coronavirus disruption has thrown off so many of our ordinary, predictable routines. Stay balanced by creating new routines for you and your family. Set and keep a regular sleep/wake schedule. Establish times for work and schoolwork as well as for downtime.
• …But avoid being rigid. Now, more than ever, the ability to be flexible is important as rules and regulations change almost daily. Be willing to adjust your routine as you go.
• Establish new healthy habits. Regular physical exercise and healthy eating are crucial. If you can’t continue your ordinary activities, create new ones at home. YouTube is a great source for free exercise videos. Also, it’s still okay to step outside for a walk. Getting out of the house for a 30-minute walk provides a great mental health boost.

Use these tips to keep your days—and your mood—balanced for optimum mental health during the COVID-19 isolation.

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Your Thoughts

Today's Question: If you are isolated due to COVID-19, what are you doing to boost your mental health? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experience, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.

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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• How to Support Someone From a Distance
• How to Adapt to Employment Changes in the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Coping With Chaos and Depression
• I Haven't Heard Schizoaffective Voices in Almost 2 Months
• How I Keep Anxiety Low with Chronic Health Conditions
• What Does It Take to Find Success with ADHD Medication?
• Finding Gratitude in Quarantine
• Can We Please Not Call It Social Distancing Anymore?
• Why My Insurance Company Is Making Me Anxious
• Remote Work: 3 Tips to Handle Depression When Working Alone
• How to Treat PTSD Nightmares
• Helping Others Will Build Your Self-Esteem
• Negative Emotions in Bipolar Disorder Thanks to COVID-19
• Build a Quarantine Routine to Support Self-Esteem
• Manage Dissociative Identity Disorder with Art Therapy
• Coronavirus Confinement Triggers My Binge Eating
• 3 Tips for Quarantining with Loved Ones
• My Mental Health Emergency During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Overcoming Mental Resistance in Quarantine
• Dealing with Anxiety During COVID-19

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. Creative Projects for Recovery from Mental Illness
2. Without Gun Control, We Are All More Anxious
3. How PTSD Can Cause Depression/a>

If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Mental Health Quote

"You have to learn to care about people without taking on all their problems."

Read more mental health quotes.

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