depression during covid

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How to Avoid Depression During the Coronavirus
Outbreak
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• The outbreak of the new coronavirus has affected
  many areas of daily life, including mental
  health. With the sudden disruption of our
  routines and the new norm of social distancing,
  life as we knew it has dramatically transformed
  in a matter of weeks. Suddenly, many of us are
  facing the stress of the newsand its impact on
  our financesalone, putting us at risk for
  depression during the coronavirus outbreak.This
  is the perfect storm for depression and anxiety,

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Keep a schedule

• Lots of folks have lost their usual routines, and
  that unstructured time can also lead to
  rumination and passivity, high risk factors for
  depression. Schedule your day, down to the hour.
  At the end of the day, check things off and make
  a to-do list for the next day, so you can look
  forward to things. Create a set of goals for the
  week and for the month, then make some
  longer-term goals.
• Its especially important to keep structure if
  youve lost your job. Its natural for people to
  be upset when theyre unemployed. In addition to
  the financial issues, they lose the structure in
  their lives. One way of coping is to structure
  your time.

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Be productive with your free time

• Rather than thinking of isolating as being in
  prison, you can see it as having more free time.
  Try to find moments of happiness in this freedom.
  Make a list of activities you can engage in. You
  can still go outside to exercise, or go online to
  find an exercise or yoga video. Read the books
  and watch the movies youve been meaning to. Get
  around to the chores youve put off, like
  cleaning your closets. Get creative about
  cooking. Maybe youve been ordering takeout for a
  while and forgot you have a kitchen

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