05/05/2020
This is a difficult time for most people, bringing up feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, loneliness, sadness, anxiety and more. There are no easy answers to these feelings. But they can be eased with some very simple actions.
* Reach out to someone else who may need help
* Go for a walk or a bike ride, alone or with a friend
* Keep busy, even with trivial things
* Listen to music that you relate to
* Stay away from the news, especially as it's represented on FB
* Do something special for yourself. IE: take a bubble bath
* Write a letter to someone you care about and express your feelings for them
* Actually call someone you haven't spoken to who lives far away
Be creative with the things you can do. Try making a list of 10 positive things that have come from this.....such as I don't have to get out of my pajamas if i don't want to.
But most of all, take care of yourself even if it means reaching out to a therapist for temporary help. We are all there for you to help in any way. There are many low fee clinics which will be suitable for this purpose as well as therapists in private pracdtice who might be able to help with the deepeer issues, such as loneliness that are being stirred up now.
PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. AND BE SAFE.
