Everyone is experiencing increased anxiety and stress due to COVID-19, and to a degree, this is normal and expected. When anxiety and stress prevent you from taking care of your daily responsibilities and if you find yourself preoccupied with depressing and frightening thoughts most of the time, you should consider getting mental health treatment NOW.
- Ignoring underlying mental health problems will not make them go away.
- Getting help now will enable you to cope better and come out of this as a psychologically healthier individual.
- Anxiety and stress can have a “contagious” impact on others in the family.
- We will all need our strength when we return to work and to school. Take care of your mental health problems NOW.