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​Looking after yourself during the Covid-19 Outbreak 
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How may this time affect your physical & mental wellbeing?
During times of change and stress it is essential to look after mind and body:
  • Attend to your physical health;
  • Get enough sleep;
  • Prioritise daily physical exercise, even if you need to exercise indoors;
  • Eat healthily and regularly;
  • Create a new routine - this is good for your mind and body. 
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Create a new routine for yourself.  Work out a plan of your activities.
  • Online learning can provide some structure for you. Engage with this whenever you can.
  • Try to stick to a schedule with consistent sleeping and waking up times each day.
  • Set a few manageable daily goals for yourself.
  • Take regular breaks from work to engage with enjoyable activities. Do things that you enjoy.  Carry on with anything that you enjoy, even if it must be online for now.
  • You may find that you have more time.
  • Are you always meaning to take up something new? Give it a try.
  • A crisis can be a time of growth too.
  • Create a new routine for yourself.
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Social connections - Stay in social contact.
You know who is important to you;
  • Stay in touch by Zoom, Facetime, Skype, phone, text, WhatsApp etc.;
  • Helping others can help you;
  • If you feel able to, reach out to others who may be isolated.
 
Be kind to each other; we are all in this together; help others if you can.

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Be positive.
Focus on positive aspects of your life.
  • We all still have things in life that we are grateful for.
  • Every day write down three things that you are grateful for and spend some time focusing on them. Limit your exposure to stressful material.
  • Yes, keeping informed up to a point is useful but try to limit the amount of time you check the news.
  • Stick to one or two reliable sources.
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Be Mindful – take it a day at a time
​Accept your feelings.
  • It is a disorientating time and people will respond in a variety of ways.
  • How you feel may also fluctuate over time.
  • Sometimes you may feel that you are coping quite well and there may be some positive aspects to the changes you are experiencing.
  • At other times, you may feel anxious, confused, afraid, angry, stressed or sad about what is happening.
  • These are normal responses to an abnormal situation.
  • Try to live in the moment rather than projecting worries into the future.
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Ask for Help - it’s OK not to be OK
Other sources of help.
The NHS has produced a list of Mental Health helplines:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines;
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/;

 
If you need more urgent support call the Samaritans on 116 123


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