Family Health During COVID19 An Ultimate Guide For All

Family health during COVID 19 is very crucial.

A healthy family is when you and your family feel loved, supported, safe, positive & secure.

This means physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.

In normal circumstances, people work, travel, meet with friends and colleagues, party with them, and enjoy with the family to come out of their busy and stressful life. 

Unfortunately, this pandemic has swelled additional stress, insecurity, depression, anxiety, and ordeals in everyone’s life.

Circumstantial Stress during COVID 19

Circumstances, uncertainty, and instability during COVID 19 are very common factors to push one into the whirlpool of mental problems.

Due to pandemic COVID19, people are losing jobs, salary cuts, no domestic help to share the domestic workload.

Poor people are finding it difficult to meet their needs. This is making them vulnerable to domestic violence and illegal activities. 

Everywhere physical and psychological torture has been at its peak.

People are losing the potential to think rationally and assess the situation to make sound decisions.

COVID 19 and Family Health Issues

Many around us are suffering from mind and body related issues and this pandemic made survival all the more difficult.

For instance, the Indian film industry has recently lost a young, talented gem who seemed to be so full of life.

Yes, Sushant Singh Rajput a promising, hardworking, and successful actor. An epitome of intelligence and good looks.

On 14 June 2020, he was found hanging in his apartment.

He was battling with depression from the past so many months as told by the police.

His suicide shook everyone around the world. 

An actor who has contributed to such influencing and positive movies like Chichore and MS Dhoni which inspired people globally, it is tough to understand why he remained so unmotivated in life.

At such a young age, Sushant Singh Rajput had accomplished everything, which most people only dream of achieving in their entire life.

Still, ending life seemed easier to him than living it.

But, unfortunately, this is not the sole instance of depression. 

This pandemic brings forth many such victims of depression.

Therefore, no one knows about the internal suffering of a happy face. 

What can we do?

Before seeking a solution to the problem. Let us first understand the two main aspects of health.

• Physical
• Mental

What is Physical Health?

Physical health refers to the fitness of our body. For our physical wellbeing, we need to drink plenty of fluids, do regular exercises, intake a balanced nutritious diet and lots of sleep. This aids in maintaining healthy body weight, and lifestyle. 

What is Mental Health?

Mental & Emotional Health includes psychological wellbeing. 

Some Symptoms of Mental illness?

• Stress
• Isolation
• Hopelessness
• Nervous and aggressive behavior
• Loneliness
• Depression
• Poor performance and poor concentration
• Boredom
• Headache
• Stomach Aches
• Lack of sleep, nightmares, sleepwalking
• Appetite disorders
• Moodiness.
• Anxiety

What is the need of the hour?

So, what’s the demand for the current situation.

For Physical health DO’s

• It’s time for us to introspect the mental and physical health of our family members. No one can be happy & peaceful without good health.
• Intake of healthy and nutritious food is very important. A fit body is a simple secret of a healthy life. 
• Refrain from going out of your house. Go out only if it is very much needed.
• Wear Mask.
• Wash hand with Soap regularly.
• Use alcohol based sanitizer frequently if you are going out.
• Do not touch your face with your hands.
• Maintain at least 1 metre distance from others.
• Regular exercise, yoga, meditation, and proper sleep contributes majorly to a fit body and a happy mood.

For Mental health Do’s

• Share the workload of family members and do some fun activities together.
• Families and Friends should inculcate the habit of listening to their loved ones. 
• Sometimes people are not seeking a solution to their problems through discussion they just want people to listen to them and have some empathy towards what they are saying.
•  It is important to feel, understand, express, and handle positive and negative emotions in a balanced way. As said by Rainer Maria Rilke ‘ The only journey is the journey within’.
• Change is the part of life and the only thing permanent. One has to readily accept and manage the changes and uncertainties of life.
• Untreated psychological illness needs medication and therapy. But often one avoids it due to the stigma attached to mental health in India. Seeking a doctor’s help should not be considered a taboo. 
• We need to learn more about mental health and try to remove barriers to successfully cope up with this illness.
• Psychological health needs more sunlight and more unashamed conversation. Sharing stories, experiences, trust, and truth can bring down the stigma attached to mental health.

Conclusion

Mental and Physical health of a person goes hand in hand.

At every stage of life sound mental and physical health is very important. 

Only a mental and physically fit person can attain the efforts needed to maintain and facilitate a sound relationship with others.

 This needs more support and help from families, friends, and communities.

Let us form a supportive community and promise to be with each other always.

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