Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Is spending time quarantined bad for your mental health?
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No, quarantine is not bad for our mental health

This position holds that being quarantined need not harm mental health. It argues that the time can be turned to positive ends — pausing to reflect, learning a new skill, spending more time with one's children, or decluttering the home — yielding good mental-health outcomes.

Supporting arguments · 4

  1. You can declutter your living space
    Decluttering is often overlooked when we are balancing work with our social lives. Without these distractions, quarantine will allow us to improve our living spaces, and with it, our mental health.
  2. We can all take a step back and think
    The disruption quarantine causes in our lives will give many the opportunity to take stock. This will result in better decisionmaking and better long-term mental health outcomes.
  3. You can learn a new skill
    Learning a new skill has positive mental health outcomes. Quarantines afford people the time to do this.
  4. You can spend time with your children
    Building stronger parent-child bonds pay dividends in mental health outcomes over one's lifetime.