Posts in COVID-19 and Mental Health
Coping with ‘A New Reality’ During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Coping with ‘A New Reality’ During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Welcome to Morning in Mental Health. What better place to open up a dialogue about the pandemic than right here, with all of you. For a while now—well, approaching two years to be more accurate—we’ve kept our heads up through the storm and tried our very best to find the ‘light at the end of the tunnel,’ holding on to an inkling of hope that it actually exists. Because although we’ve made tremendous strides towards leaving this pandemic in the dust, as we celebrate over 188 million Americans vaccinated, we’re still here—still fighting, still losing loved ones, and still living in what seems to be an alternate reality worlds away from the life we once knew.

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Mental Health Insights, COVID-19 and Mental HealthJeff MoweryComment
How COVID-19 Is Teaching Us Self-Reliance
How COVID-19 Is Teaching Us Self-Reliance

The pandemic has given each one of us more challenges than we knew what to do with — in various aspects of life, at that. With these challenges, however, came golden opportunities to learn more about ourselves and our capabilities, too. At the start of lockdown, many cried foul as services and resources were reduced or, in some cases, taken away. However, fast-forward to just a few months later, and people have learned to adapt and pick up invaluable skills along the way — in turn, becoming more self-sufficient and resourceful.

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Anxiety, Depression, Counseling and Therapy, Mental Health Insights, COVID-19 and Mental HealthJeff MoweryComment
COVID 19: Are You Living Your Dreams or Your Fears?
COVID 19: Are You Living Your Dreams or Your Fears?

This COVID-19 lock-down has been tough. But I think it’s especially challenging for those of you who already are struggling with OCD. Just like people who survived the great depression still stash money, you might fear that you may incessantly wash your hands, surfaces etc...forever. And the truth is, the media’s atomic bomb of fear around COVID is causing more of you to live your fears than your dreams…

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Anxiety, COVID-19 and Mental HealthJeff MoweryComment