November 12
Dealing with Pandemic Fatigue
Even if we do get to see friends, interact with family and go outside slightly more than we could in March, being in a pandemic is still very difficult. Today’s page aims to help you deal with pandemic fatigue, the kind of tiredness that comes after days, weeks, months of dealing with intense emotions and stresses.
Here are your check in questions:
1. What is the one thing that makes you the most tired? Can you name those emotions?
2. What is the self talk you use to help you go through those emotions?
3. Name 3 things that have made you feel happy/excited in the past two weeks.
activities
Understand what pandemic fatigue is
This can include feelings of:
anxiety
stress
loneliness
sadness
helplessness
The next activity will give you concrete ways to process and deal with those emotions
Tools to Reduce Pandemic Fatigue
anxiety
Get your recommended hours of sleep. Try sleep music and these tips if sleeping is hard during this pandemic
stress
eat healthy foods. it is easy to stress-eat.
at the beginning the day, pick two to three healthy snacks and choose one healthy meal to eat.
also, eat breakfast!
sadness
try positive self talk:
loneliness and helplessness
helping others can make us feel less lonely.
do send a card to SF general hospital through MHASF
