The psychological harm of the lockdown is harder to measure and likely to last longer, driving up the rate of domestic violence, depression and another mental conditions.
Dr. Steven Siegel wakes every morning at 5, feeds his dogs, makes a fresh cup of coffee and begins exercising. By 7:30 a.m., he’s had breakfast, a shower, has dressed and is at work in his office.
“You can’t control the rest of the world but you can control what you do. I have no power over when COVID ends as an individual, but I have a lot of power about how I respond to this.”Concerns about the coronavirus infecting us or our loved ones has fueled anxiety and fear, but the isolation and boredom of sheltering at home can be harmful in their own way.
Dr. Steven Siegel works in his office at home in Glendale. He says routine is best way to combat monotony and stress during the coronavirus crisis.Mental health experts also fear a rise in alcohol and drug abuse as people self-medicate to deal with the stress. Alcohol sales nationwide are up 55% from this time last year while sales of recreational marijuana jumped nearly 50% in one week earlier this month.
And Dr. Michelle G. Craske, director of the anxiety and depression research center at UCLA, has put together a weekly online “Sometimes I kind of am despairing in the uncertainty around it all,” said Melissa Whitson, a professor and coordinator of the community psychology program at the University of New Haven. “If I knew it was a certain amount of time, I’d be like ‘All right, I’ve just got to power through.’ But we don’t know how long it’s going to be.”
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