How to be responsible and socially distance yourself without giving in to depression
It is the importance of community to our well-being that is striking to me today. I am home because my teaching jobs for this week have been canceled. And I am thinking how relieved I am that I went to the library yesterday because I wanted to get outside and feel part of my community. How I am glad I did not wait because I received an email last night that the library had officially closed for the next few weeks.
Many of us are told not to report for work. . So we are isolated from the places where we can connect to friends and colleagues. We are even isolated from family in many cases as we lose the options to have birthday celebrations and weddings and funerals where many people would gather. It is depressing to lose out on things we wanted so badly—the opportunity to celebrate or mourn in community.
a. Check-in with news on a reliable source once or twice a day. In fact, try to check in by reading. It is easier to get alarmed when listening to or watching people whose job it is to keep you watching with their excited reports that are often repetitive rather than new or newsworthy.c. Stop the news feed notifications on your smartphone for the time being. The constant dinging triggers your2. Stay connected to family and friends. Make a list of people you could/should/want to be in touch with.
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