Mental health during the Coronavirus pandemic

The mental health of a person living in the modern world is very precarious and exposed to a huge number of factors every day. Nowadays, it is no surprise to anyone that your friend pays a huge amount of money to a high-class psychologist, and a teenager next door takes antidepressants. During the coronavirus pandemic, many people who previously had no mental health problems began to experience panic attacks and depression.

While millions of people are fighting for life with a dangerous virus, even more people are fighting for their mental stability. Many people were not prepared for the fact that they would have to give up their usual lives and stay at home with their families or even alone. A real challenge!

So in China, the regime of self-isolation provoked a surge in bruises across the country. A few months of being locked up with your beloved turned out to be much more difficult than surviving an outbreak of the virus. People simply did not have time to relax from each other and got on the nerves of the partner with their presence.

Regarding self-isolation alone, many experts point out the risk of schizophrenia and anxiety. However, this is not the main problem of being locked up. As stated in the article "Coronavirus anxiety: How to cope with life after lockdown” (https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52443108) (Published 11.05.2020 Accessed 20.05.2020) it will be more difficult to return to real life after the removal of quarantine restrictions. Nicky Lidbetter claims that many people are anxious just to go out for a walk. This indicates that after returning to routine regular life like it was before the quarantine, most of us will face new problems, however, no longer associated with a dangerous virus, but with our mental health.

No matter how sad it is to realize this, our mental stability and mental health are in our hands. Coronavirus is just another test for the endurance of our nerves. The quarantine will end soon and we will all be able to enjoy nature, long walks in the fresh air, meetings with friends and of course traveling again! Stay home&take care of yourself and your family!