This is a difficult time. We will get through this. Here are a few tips that will help you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Get a healthy routine and stick to it<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Eating healthy 2. Keep connected and stay involved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can stay connected by using remote face-to-face contact. Connect \nsafely with elderly or vulnerable people in your community or family, \ngive them attention remotely, and focus on helping them any way you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Keep active and connected to nature.<\/strong> 4. Keep the faith<\/strong>
\nRefrain from alcohol and drugs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nInactivity raises blood sugar levels, to the extent that a mere two \nweeks of inactivity can hasten the onset of diabetes in seniors. And on \nan emotional level, constant physical inactivity makes us feel sluggish,\n lethargic and depressed.
\nGet outside in the light as much as you can. We need nature as well as activity to help us feel, calm, clear, and hopeful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are currently self-isolating, remember that doing stuff, keeping a routine, exercising and getting out in nature safely, and keeping contact is vital. But you may still have lots of time to mull, worry, and potentially catastrophize. So know, that you are resilient and strong. You will get through this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n