Everyone enjoys having a self care day and staying at home while letting go of their worries and de-stressing. But how does it start to feel when you have to stay home everyday and can’t go out to see your friends? This is the situation the world is in right now and it is affecting our mental health both positively and negatively.

This quarantine has proved difficult for everyone, and believe it or not, it’s been just as bad for introverts as it has for extroverts. Introverts enjoy staying at home and having personal time or time to de-stress and take a break from socializing. However, we enjoy staying at home when we aren’t being forced to do it. It’s like when you are doing your chores voluntarily and then your mom tells you to do them. Well now you don’t want to do them! Extroverts are also having a difficult time as well because they enjoy being out most of the time and aren’t able to do that right now.

So how is this affecting our mental health? It’s obvious that staying at home every single day for months creates a decline in our mental health, especially because we need to socialize. Some people might see this quarantine as something amazing because they never leave their house anyway, but for those of us who are trying to stay sane, this is really making us desperate for some socialization. We need to make sure that, now more than ever, we are making sure that we are ok and that our friends and family are ok as well. It is up to us to have each other’s backs and to be there for each other in this very difficult time.

It’s not all bad, however. School can be a very stressful thing, especially since most kids have to wake up early and don’t get that much sleep anyway. So being able to sleep in a little bit can be very helpful. There are so many other things that make this quarantine and the Elearning not so bad. We are in the comfort of our homes and still have access to our teachers and counselors for anything we might need. We also have, as I mentioned before, more time to sleep and feel rested.

Obviously quarantine has it’s bad moments, but it also has its good moments. It is important that we stay optimistic in this time of pessimism and watch out for each other. Because in this time of what might feel like loneliness, it’s important to remember that we are all going through the same thing and no one is alone. We are all in this together