One needs to have a special bond with someone with whom one can talk about anything under the sun. The facing of challenges and prevailing negativity around one adversely impacts the relationships. Ensure mental & emotional connect while growing together duly spending quality time maintaining due respect and discipline in other’s company. Don’t take anything for granted, have open communication devoid of arrogance, inflated sense of importance and express your thoughts & feelings duly appreciating other’s opinion & seeing a disagreement as a disagreement.    

Mental health challenges (emotional & psychological) makes one struggle while dealing with them. Staying away from family and friends makes one loose connect & with time nothing remains common. Stress due to our uncontrolled thoughts & actions when lonely or suffering in silence results in anxiety or depression. Talking about personal issues, in face-to-face interaction with support group, always provides courage to deal with pressing matters. 

 

 

Going through lot of anxiety and worry is part of life. Hold on to love, trust, and faith. Don’t let your hope of overcoming fears go down. Engulfed in feelings of distress, sadness and utter helplessness, it means you have lot of self-doubts rather than self-love. If struggling with disliking certain aspects about self, work on them to stop before these turn you into a negative & unsure person. Thoughts about not being good enough & suppressed emotions leave you unhappy & dissatisfied. Become aware of your unhappiness, don’t set rigid judgment about self, reflect on good things in your day to day life and express your feelings without inhibition. A trained counselor helps you develop a deeper understanding about yourself.     

 

The prevailing uncertainty is depressing it makes one get stressed, frustrated and angry. The thought “When will all this be over?” takes over because losing valuable time is difficult to handle. One must know that he/she is not alone, many suffer from such type of worries. The anxiety gets heightened by one’s social isolation & loneliness, try to do things which keep you happy & speak to close friends frequently. Addressing the problem rather than escape helps face the challenges, look back at happy memories & deal with conflicts politely, spare time for conversation and reach out to counselor for assistance.

 

Pandemic has made children face social isolation due to prolonged closure of schools and thereby absence of physical proximity amongst them. It has pushed them into digital space because of affordable internet connection of cheap cellular networks and access to smart phones. Some of them risk getting cyber abused, harassed, bullied & blackmailed by anonymous persons of aggressive attitudes & behaviors resulting in affecting their emotional bandwidth, lack of self worth wrecking their psyche and release of emotional toxins. Parents need to supervise optimum usage of smart phones.      

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Suppressed grief & rage at suffering irreparable loss shall soon metamorphose into anger and sadness. Have the strength of conviction to express deep emotions before you get engulfed with the sentiment “I’m done with this! I don’t want this anymore”. Reflect on what gives your life a sense of purpose. 

 

Life is precious but fragile. These are uncertain times and prevailing helplessness, isolation & anxiety is taking a toll on each one of us. Relaxing & calming mind via physical activity, exercise, listening to favorite music, cooking, pursuing hobbies, reaching out to someone seeking help to deal with loneliness, a lost emotion, is highly therapeutic. Talking is part of healing, the coping up mechanism to maintain mental health. Worrying about circumstances not in one’s control only builds stress instead stay strong, be aware & grateful of your blessings, face fear and strive to look after your responsibility towards self, immediate near & dear ones and society as a whole. Every day reinvent self, be creative & find new hobby to give meaning to your present moment.