Keeping one’s mind healthy during a pandemic

While Garry Y. Itkin typically blogs about how to keep one’s body in tiptop shape, today, he plans on making a slight change; Garry will share tips on how people can keep their minds sharp and healthy.

A huge part of the overall effect of the current global health crisis is psychological. With a majority of people locked in their homes, anxiety levels are up. And this is just for people who have no mental issues. For those with existing psychological problems, things can be so much worse.

Garry Y. Itkin believes that the first step in helping the mind stave off a mental health crisis is to stay busy. There are several ways to achieve this, especially in lockdown, and even if people have to stay in the same place for long periods.

If people are working from home, there are already ways to keep one’s mind busy. Garry Y. Itkin explains that in many ways, tasks that involve the combination of both the mind and body are more effective in keeping the mind busy.

Exploring one’s home, for instance, may seem like a rather mundane task at first, but it does have its merits, for the home and one’s mind. Picking up new hobbies that lean toward art or fitness is another great way to get those neurons firing. And starting a journal or one’s autobiography that recalls one past is a great mental exercise, Garry Y. Itkin adds.