How to Feel Better If You Are Alone This Festive Season
Away from home and loved ones during the festive season? Here's how to not let the pandemic induced loneliness get to you and fight negativity (as well as Coronavirus)!
Away from home and loved ones during the festive season? Here's how to not let the pandemic induced loneliness get to you and fight negativity (as well as Coronavirus)!
1Expert speaks:Kanchan adds, "Mental well-being has been globally affected due to the pandemic. For those who are unable to spend the holidays as they typically do with their families or those of us who have undergone a COVID-related loss, things could feel vague around this time."
2pexels-jj-jordan-3872936.jpgIt is recommended to seek expert assistance if the feelings of loneliness have been disturbing your day-to-day lives and activities. Kanchan suggests some ways to help you uphold your mental health to cope with this festive season:
3Know your"If you understand that you are susceptible to feelings of isolation around this time of the year, it would perhaps help to have more mindfulness about how you feel and what is it that triggers such feelings. Take a few moments to actually understand where your loneliness is coming from and comprehend the kind of care and connection you wish for to deal with the loneliness. You must find ways to support meeting that requirement."
4Acknowledge the"Our foremost response towards feelings that are perceived as negative is to suppress them. It is suggested that we must instead recognize them, and uphold our expectations accordingly. Moving away from how we are “supposed to” feel to accepting how we actually feel can help take off some of the pressure making us feel relieved."
5Connect with loved"If meeting up with your family this year seems difficult, you can consider scheduling an online party with people you are attached to and feel comfortable with. While the pandemic does require us to maintain physical distance from, connecting with your loved ones virtually will help eliminate the social and emotional distance. Make you virtual gathering a fun session by organizing a call and getting your friends and family to play antakshari or a movie night."
6Be kind to"Show yourselves some kindness and sympathy by finding out how we can be a good company to ourselves. This could be achieved by doing small things differently like not getting provoked by an argument with a family member or by ensuring to get support for your tense moments."
7Make new"The festivities are a good time to finally make some networks in your neighbourhood. Due to restriction on movements imposed due to lockdown, it is a great time to make the most of this time to associate with your neighbours. Lend them a helping hand in making festive delicacies or in-house cleaning or you can involve into volunteering act for society to help keep festive loneliness at bay."
8Share with the right"Reaching out to wellness coaches to help monitor your emotional health during such times is a good step in this direction. You must reach out to a professional in case you witness a dip in your mood and energy levels that have been causing loneliness. You can also connect to a mind expert for help if are already aware that you are lonely and are feeling low because of it."
9Limit the social"Another way to uphold your mental health especially when you are alone during festivals is to stay away from social media content that brings you down. Virtual media platforms are filled with pictures and posts of people who are all decked up and celebrating with families. For someone who is away from home, these posts can heighten their sense of solitude."
10pexels-thepoeticimagery-29613622028129.jpgThe global crisis has impacted our emotional health in many ways than one. It will also have an impact on the way we celebrate the upcoming festivals through the rest of the year. To evade this and to support your mental health throughout the festivities, you must try and make the most of this self-isolation time. Connect with people, swap recipes, practice hygiene tips and do anything that makes you feel comfortable and helps you with feeling less isolated and lonely.
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