{"id":83,"date":"2020-04-15T23:06:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.healthwire.pk\/?p=83"},"modified":"2023-05-26T16:32:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T11:32:42","slug":"how-social-isolation-has-taken-a-toll-on-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthwire.pk\/healthcare\/how-social-isolation-has-taken-a-toll-on-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"How Social Isolation has taken a toll on Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With no recent ease in the pandemic outbreak, COVID-19 has a new victim; the mental health.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some are stuck in strict lockdown and others are practicing conscious self-isolation, either way social distancing has certainly overwhelmed people all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHO<\/strong><\/a> is indefinitely stressing on social isolation <\/strong>as it is the second most important precaution against the pandemic. But that certainly does not satisfy people, mostly because they have probing questions. They want to understand the structures. Being unable to have free access to their daily lives has perhaps triggered a deep sense of helplessness in some. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though some people are naturally introverts<\/a>, cognitive behavioral psychologists have mutual consensus on how isolation and limited social contact can lead to depression and mania in extreme cases. Such state of mind, often forces a person to go into a deep feeling of loneliness and anxiety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In such tiring times, looking out for each other, connecting through online means and checking up on our loved ones only becomes more important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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