How can we stay mentally healthy in quarantine?

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Question: How can we stay mentally healthy in quarantine?
Position1 of 4›: Self-care

Self care has become almost a parody of itself in the Instagram world. In reality, it extends a lot further than Korean skincare and HIIT classes. It's all about finding small ways to look after yourself.

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Making time to unwind is an important step in self-care
Finding homeschooling your offspring unsettling? Regretting never learning your own times tables, while telling the kids they can't get through life without them? Days inside can be especially tiring; carve out an hour for yourself to take a break from the noise.
Seeking out positive affirmations is an important self-care routine
Is seeking positive affirmations as a source of self-care quackery? Hardly. Scientific studies prove positive affirmations can really improve the way you feel about yourself in times of distress.
Taking a break from the news is critical for self-care during the quarantine.
If consuming news is getting people down, switch it off. If one feels like he/she can't - put news alerts on one's phone, to get the headlines, rather than the in-depth details on the virus' spread. Thus, sometimes it is necessary to take a break from the news for self-care