Handling Your Mental Health During The Second Wave Of Covid-19

DMM DEPARTMENT

MB Enterprises

The second wave of COVID-19, according to some experts from WHO can turn out to be much more dangerous than the first wave. Although people are well aware of the hazards associated with COVID-19, there is plenty that still needs to be done to encounter the associated ill effects. COVID-19, also known as Coronavirus, originated from China, and later spread in almost the rest of the world with huge impacts in United States, United Kingdom, and Italy and later in India and Brazil. These countries tops the list of nations in terms of registered cases and casualties that resulted from the pandemic, i.e. a unique one in history of pandemics.

In many countries, where people are working remotely from home, there has been some mental health issues that are surrounded by people due to COVID-19. These are some of the tips that will definitely help in encountering the second wave of COVID-19;

LEARNING FROM THE FIRST WAVE:

‘Why is it necessary to learn from the First Wave?’ a question that is asked by many individuals who are still fighting mental health issues due to COVID-19. ‘As they say, first impression is the last impression’, similarly the second wave shall be a complete shadow of the first one is not exactly true. However, the second wave will have most effects associated with the first wave that has been a complete disaster in terms of

financial as well as human losses. Taking some fruitful lessons from the first wave shall definitely help taking precautions that are necessary in future.

As most people are now well aware of the impacts of COVID-19 and how to encounter these impacts, this is true that the forecasted magnitude of losses will be lesser than what they were in the first wave.

MONITORING YOUR TECH DIET:

Strictly monitoring your tech diet and how much digital media you need to use should be strictly monitored. As due to many people working from home, the use of technology has automatically increased as people are working more remotely. The need of the hour is to have a check on how much you need to work online, while working remotely. This is in order to balance and minimize the mental health problems that people have been encountering since the first wave of the lockdown happened. Balancing your tech diet in normal circumstances is also highly critical. Therefore, in times of a complete lockdown it is important that maintenance should be there.

A study of July 2020’ from statistics Canada shows that more than 60% of Canadians aged 20 and older have been watching T.V. and using the internet more frequently during the first wave. This is something that is not indeed good for the associated mental health problems, while there is always a lack of balance found in the effective use of the technology.

PRACTISING SELF-CARE:

‘Self-Care’ is not only a precautionary attitude, it’s a social responsibility that individuals must always adapt while handling a pandemic situation. If people will make it their second nature to follow precautionary measures they will never have to worry for the second wave consequences. It’s a wave that is expected to be more dangerous in some geo locations due to the higher intensity of cold weather. Taking care of your own mind and body, through regular sleeps, meditation exercises, walking and regular fitness regimes will surely help individuals fight the pandemic in second wave of COVID-19 as well. ‘There is no health without mental health’ and it’s necessary to fight everything through the immense powers of a fully developed human mind. Whatever a human mind can perceive, it can achieve as well provided some mental and physical efforts are combined together to achieve the desired results. Naturally, self-care is one of the best ways to fight the dangerous pandemic in the second-wave as well.