We are in the midst of a global pandemic and a national emergency.\u00a0 Governor Whitmer has issued a “Stay-at-home” order and many businesses, along with schools, are closed for the time being.\u00a0 These are unprecedented times that are creating very drastic changes and stressful situations.\u00a0 Many times, uncertainty and worry can lead to stress and anxiety for people.\u00a0 As the rate of spread continues to increase, we will undoubtedly be affected personally or know someone that is.\u00a0 As the epidemic worsens, so may the stress and anxiety.\u00a0 Home lives may be hectic in light of events and priorities for many will be the health and safety of their families.\u00a0 We also have many parents that are now mandated to work from home as their kids are with them; so home routines may not be as easy to navigate and could create some added tension.\u00a0 So I wanted to share some tips and strategies to focus on the mental health of ourselves and our families during this time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are in the midst of a global pandemic and a national emergency.\u00a0 Governor Whitmer has issued a “Stay-at-home” order and many businesses, along with schools, are closed for the time being.\u00a0 These are unprecedented times that are creating very drastic changes and stressful situations.\u00a0 Many times, uncertainty and worry can lead to stress and anxiety for people.\u00a0 As the… Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1038,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","xfolkentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mashram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mashram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mashram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mashram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1038"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mashram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mashram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mashram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mashram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mashram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/mashram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (https:\/\/adaa.org\/tips<\/a>)\u00a0recommends the following coping strategies in times of stress or anxiousness:<\/p>\n\n\n\n