Covid-19 and Your Mental Health
This season is quite overwhelming and extremely draining its important to direct our energies to more positive and rewarding thoughts. Ensuring that we follow the dictates of the country as applicable to us to avoid insult on the inflicted injury of COVID-19 consequent lockdown and the likes. Many individuals around the world have had to face the consequences of flouting the lockdown order. A few days ago a Nigerian famous actress Funke Akindele was in the news for hosting a party at her house. Which contravenes the lockdown rule. You can read a lawyer's reaction on her conviction here 👇 https://thenigerialawyer.com/why-the-conviction-of-funke-akindele-cannot-stand-in-law-by-inibehe-effiong/ 👈.
This is a time to rest, to think, reflect, bond or detach, reevaluate and end up at a life-changing standpoint.
For example, think about the positive effect of this occurrence on family units, the marriages it will mend and friendship it might restore forever. I saw a video recently on Aljazeera or BBC news can't remember precisely, with the hashtag #weremember It was visualizing/ projecting life after COVID- 19 and how we will all look back with joy and sense of relieve. (You can watch the video below this post)
As a part-time counsellor/ teacher I have had to counsel a lot of people/my students including myself on coping with issues that affect mental stability from time to time. I remember sometimes in 2015 I met a student slipping into depression based on the circumstances at the time. I kept inviting him to my office after classes and reassuring him that life is much more than the veins and vanities, at some point I had to talk him out of suicide plans. That encounter remains one of my many success stories in academia. I digressed a bit, what I am saying, in essence, is that life occurrences will sometimes mess with our mind and emotions, it is always important to make conscious effort to stay strong and sane through the process despite all the negativity and sometimes hopelessness. Let us continue to pray to our heavenly father, show love to one another, stay clean and practice social distancing. The end is nearer than we think we will survive and come out stronger.
This is a time to rest, to think, reflect, bond or detach, reevaluate and end up at a life-changing standpoint.
For example, think about the positive effect of this occurrence on family units, the marriages it will mend and friendship it might restore forever. I saw a video recently on Aljazeera or BBC news can't remember precisely, with the hashtag #weremember It was visualizing/ projecting life after COVID- 19 and how we will all look back with joy and sense of relieve. (You can watch the video below this post)
As a part-time counsellor/ teacher I have had to counsel a lot of people/my students including myself on coping with issues that affect mental stability from time to time. I remember sometimes in 2015 I met a student slipping into depression based on the circumstances at the time. I kept inviting him to my office after classes and reassuring him that life is much more than the veins and vanities, at some point I had to talk him out of suicide plans. That encounter remains one of my many success stories in academia. I digressed a bit, what I am saying, in essence, is that life occurrences will sometimes mess with our mind and emotions, it is always important to make conscious effort to stay strong and sane through the process despite all the negativity and sometimes hopelessness. Let us continue to pray to our heavenly father, show love to one another, stay clean and practice social distancing. The end is nearer than we think we will survive and come out stronger.
Yeah! Yeah!! Yeah!!! We're coming out of this STRONG! There's bright light at the end of the tunnel.
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DeleteYes darling (Dr.husband🤩🥰). We will soon sing a new song of victory .
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