How To Stay Mentally Stable During the Pandemic

If there is something that is spreading more than the coronavirus, it is the fear and anxiety concerning this unforgiving pandemic and how it may affect our lives in terms of health, careers wise, finances and relationships etc.

The problem is when we stay stuck in this fear for too long, allow it to consume us and take no action to diffuse it. So, yes. With all the stress and anxiety around you, not to mention acute shortages in medical supplies, it is normal to feel this way, but we also need to understand that our fear gets us nothing and does nothing to make us feel better.

In fact, science today is showing us how stress and anxiety cripples our immune system, raises our blood sugar levels, increases blood pressure, inflammation, further shortens breathing patterns and so much more, putting us in a vicious cycle.

The easiest and powerful action you can take right now is to stay at home. This is not just for you, but everyone else, as each one of us are involved in breaking or building the Covid spread chain.

No matter how many spices and immune-boosting supplements you are popping, a lack of sleep is the foremost thing you need to fix. Numerous scientific and clinical studies around sleep, low immunity, delayed recovery have been done, and yet we take this natural phenomenon for granted.

So, while there is fear, anxiety and distress all around, what action are you taking? Being a victim and staying stuck in fear is not going to help you, but using fear to fuel you into action and smartly. responding to this fear with the necessary lifestyle changes, definitely will.