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How To Protect Your Mental Health During Quarantine?

​​Since the coronavirus outbreak is not coming to a halt, quarantine seemed to be effective as well as the last solution to stop the spread of this contagious disease. While quarantine is an important step to protect yourself, you also need to take special care of your mental health. Because, the period spent in isolation during quarantine may leave the people feeling helpless, due to inability to perform their regular jobs, they feel like cutting off from the world, which is common. 


What can be the possible mental conditions one can suffer during quarantine?

According to certain researches, people may feel physiological stress during and even after the isolation period of COVID-19​. Some of the common mental conditions may include but not limited:

Insomnia 
Anger 
Confusion 
Sadness 
Numbness 
Stress 
Emotional disturbance 
Irritability
Low mood 
Fear
Depressive symptoms 
Frustration 
Post-traumatic stress symptoms

However, the reactions to self-isolation may differ from person to person, most people are likely to feel anxiety, loneliness, and stress which are usually given the circumstances. 

Researchers have also found certain proofs that show that the consequences may be long-term. 

What can be done to cope up with Mental Conditions?  

Researches convey a high need to keep the mind active to maintain good mental health​ during coronavirus outbreak. Also, healthcare providers suggest the need to buy health insurance to get shielded with an additional layer of protection during this tough time. 

1. Create and Follow Routine

With the inability to perform normal routine work and the disturbance in the routine can make it difficult to cope up with quarantine. You may feel directionless with not having anything to do. To combat this feeling, you need to search and practice the ways to fill your days. One of the best ways to occupy yourself to do your daily official work from home, if possible. Well, this can be a difficult task when other family members, especially children are also home the entire day. So, you need to figure out a routine that works well for you and follow it religiously. 

2. Stay Active 

Keep yourself as active as possible. It has found that physical inactivity can impact your physical as well as mental health. To combat this impact, you can perform several at-home workouts to keep yourself moving and active even if you are confined to your home. Performing regular exercises and staying active will certainly help you feel active and maintain their fitness. 

3. Fight Your Frustration & Boredom

Frustration and boredom are the most common causes of being distressed while quarantining. Thus, it is important to fight boredom and find ways to occupy yourself, by following a routine. If you are not working at home, get indulge in your favourite activities, such as gardening or reading books or do some new activities that you hardly get time for, such as organizing your wardrobe or setting up the kitchen cabinets. These little things can keep you engaged and looking forward to the day. 

4. Communicate 

Keeping in touch with others can be a perfect treatment to combat boredom and loneliness and plays an important role in reducing the sense of isolation. Stay in contact with your loved ones over calls or texts. Communicate with others on social media platforms. 

These are certain things you can do to protect your mental health from being stuck inside your home. Besides these things, make sure you have health insurance at your hands.