Studying During Covid-19 - protecting our Mental Health
I have become acutely aware of how Covid-19 has changed the way I live my life, how I work, how I shop, how I socialise and how I relate to people. I'm sure I'm not alone in that realisation. But one thing that has been difficult for me to deal with is my mental health. At first when I realised my mental health was suffering I was experiencing panic attacks. Work pressures were just getting on top of me but this was a new experience and it kind of felt like I was losing my mind. ( "Mental Health Humor and cartoons" by Mental Health Humor is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 ) While it was by no means a humorous experience, in hindsight the above image shows exactly what it felt like - I was standing to one side waving goodbye to my sanity with little or no control over what was happening. I had never experienced issues with my mental health in any serious (or at least identifiable) way up until that point. But I am...