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Mental Health Experts Give Their 7 Coronavirus Quarantine Tips

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2. Take some time to worry

Although this might seem strange advice considering the topic of this article however Dr Bhatia suggests setting aside 30 minutes a day to analyse what is worrying you, stating “This might seem counterintuitive, but it can actually help reduce worrying.”

The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) also agrees with Dr Bhatia, stating that setting a daily half-hour “worry period” at the same time and place helps to stay in the present moment the rest of the day. During the allotted slot it recommends “distinguishing between worries over which you have little or no control, and worries about problems you can influence.”

Dr Ken Duckworth, medical director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) suggests reducing your daily news intake in times like these as they can severely heighten one’s anxiety levels.

He advises, “If you’re losing sleep over what’s happening or you’re unable to concentrate on anything other than the risk that someone in your life has, you should probably consider [lowering] your dose of media to once a day,”

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