COVID-19 and Anxiety
Coping with Anxiety and Isolation During Covid-19
Reframe:
- Change your thoughts and words from
- “I’m stuck inside.”
- To… I can finally focus on my home and myself
Stay close to your routine:
- Structure – Develop an organizational structure to manage your time during this pandemic
- Routine – Keep Your Morning Routine.
- Whether or not you are leaving your house, you should still get up, get dressed, and carry on as usual. Set Work Hours, set a time to help your child with their schoolwork.
- Adapt – Optimize buy online pick-up in-store (BOPIS) and consider scheduled pick-ups, curbside pick-up, and delivery options to reduce exposure risks further.
Avoid obsessing over endless Corona Virus coverage
- Create a personal daily time limit for News and Social Media.
- Create a personal daily time limit for News and Social Media
Clear the clutter
(A chaotic home can lead to a disorganized mind)
- Set up mental zones for daily activities:
- For example, do not eat in bed or work on the sofa just as before, eat at the kitchen table and work at your desk.
Start a new quarantine ritual:
- Use this time to enhance and establish healthy habits
- Inspire your kids with schoolwork
- Connect with others, be informed, but not overloaded
Get Help
- Use telehealth as an option to talk to a professional if your anxiety becomes unmanageable
What?
Counseling, Group Therapy
Who?
Licensed Mental Health Provider
Where to get help:
- Current Providers
- Insurance Company
- Primary care Provider
Online:
- Psychology Today
- Blackfemaletherapist.com
Hotline:
1-866-310-7977
24hours a day
Seven days a week