Coping with stress during COVID-19

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Stress

Stress can be defined as any type of change that causes physical, emotional, or psychological strain. Stress is your body’s response to anything that requires attention or action.

it’s normal to feel sad, stressed, confused, scared, or angry. talking to people you trust can help. The following steps are helpful to overcome stress during a pandemic:

Maintain healthy lifestyle
Seek Professional Help
Gather Factual Information
Avoid Bad Media
Manage your Emotions

Maintain healthy lifestyle

Lifestyle changes will help a person to avoid stress. following are the lifestyle changes one should adopt to avoid stress.

Take a proper healthy diet
Sleep properly
Restrict use of phone and laptop.
Exercise regularly
Quit smoking and drug use.
Social interaction with friends or loved ones at home or online.

Seek Professional Help

For better, physical and mental health seek professional help instead of using any drug such as alcohol.

Inform your mental health professional about your current situation and symptoms.
Don’t lose your hope.
Follow his instructions.

Gather Factual Information

Gather accurate and factual information from reliable resources.
Gather information accurately to determine your risk.
Take reasonable precautions according to the gathered information.

Avoid Bad Media

Lessen the time you and your family spend watching or listening to media coverage of news that you find upsetting.
Watch comedy and informative channels this will help you change your moods.

Manage your Emotions

Manage your emotion by using skills that you have used in the past when facing stress.
Distract your mind.
Adopt mindfulness techniques.