While I believe this is a great time to help other people, I also think this is the time we need to pay special attention to our own mental health and specifically how much negative information we will allow/invite into our brains during this crisis.  Too little and we may not be facing the brutal facts of our situation. Too much and we may bog ourselves down, hurting our efforts to move, work and/or study in these trying times. For your own mental health, I believe you can take proactive steps during this time:

• Only watch the news once a day to get the highlights

• Remember past successes in times of trouble:

  • We’ve 100% overcome all the obstacles thus far that we’ve faced 

• Counteract bad news with the good news (i.e., how people are helping others, etc.)

• Large scale gratitude.:

  • “We haven’t seen anything like this in a long time”

  • ”This will end”

  • “Life will be good again” 

• It’s natural/primitive to want to protect yourself and those you love (though, I challenge you to take a step back and think before you rush to hoard items etc.  Ask yourself:

  • “am I doing this because everyone else is?”

  • “am I getting what I need and only what I need for the time being?”  

• Continue therapy sessions as much as possible, via online or over the phone

If you need help getting through this, please don’t hesitate to call us (719) 465-0900  

Hope this helps!