We Need To Adapt To Virus Times To Stay Mentally Fit, Says Expert

Al Mir emphasised the need to ‘focus on things that could be changed, have realistic expectations, and embrace the current situation to find solutions’

- Mariecar Jara-Puyod

SHARJAH

While various stressors have built up exponentially since the yet mysterious and unarrested SARS-CoV2 has invaded the world, a consultant psychiatrist from the Dubai Health Authority-managed government-owned Rashid Hospital advises everyone to learn to let go and more importantly, never to be ashamed to seek professional help; for, being mentally fit is the need of the hour.

Dr. Khawla Ahmed Al Mir on Thursday said: “The initial shock period is over and we are clearly in the adjustment phase which is extremely important as we need to learn to live with the current realities. We need to learn to adapt (and adjust) in order to stay fit mentally.”

“We have to learn to live with the new normal situation,” she continued.

Al Mir said, “living with the new normal” in order that mental health concerns be not concerning includes a routine such as a time-tabled 15-minute yoga or meditation and journaling, as well as 30-minute physical exercises, walking and being near nature that is “therapeutic,” a balm that helps clear up the mind of any negativities and downsides and improve physiological functions.