In Order To Maintain Mental Health During Emergency PPKM, Here Are 5 Ways

Illustration of how to take care of mental health during emergency PPKM (Pexels/George Milton)

JAKARTA – During the Emergency PPKM period, you and your family are required to stay at home. While limiting activities outside the home, social media and all platforms can be accessed via smart devices.

However, there is also news that makes you unhappy. In order to maintain mental health, there are simple ways that can be done as follows below.

1. Balance it by reading positive news

The constant exposure to bad news related to viruses, especially COVID-19, can trigger fear, increase stress hormones, and increase anxiety. Reported by Cosmopolitan, Friday, July 9, according to a professor of psychology at the University of Sussex that bad news can trigger an overreaction.

Therefore, bad news needs to be balanced with positive news that calms the heart and mind. If possible, you can also detox bad news or choose news that is calming or related to your hobby.

2. Regular exercise

There are two reasons to make exercise into the routine. First, exercise can trigger the production of endorphins, also known as the happy hormone. Well, the second has become an open secret if it is useful to maintain physical health.

3. Maintain communication with others

Being at home doesn't mean you don't communicate with other people. For example, you can interact with distant family by video calling or sending each other encouraging messages.

Limited social interaction, according to research published by the Economic and Research Social Council, has a big impact on mental conditions. So to minimize the negative effects on the mental but still undergo restrictions on physical encounters, keep communicating with other people.

4. Make the atmosphere at home more fun

The way to maintain mental health during Emergency PPKM can be to make the atmosphere at home more pleasant. Such as keeping the house neat and clean, gardening on the balcony or yard, cooking favorite nutritious menus, listening to music, and reading favorite books.

5. Meditation

Meditation is a way to increase self-acceptance or self-acceptance, both accepting external and internal conditions. Meditation can also overcome anxiety, anxiety, stress, to depression.

You can meditate regularly while turning on the aromatherapy. Can also be done in the yard to breathe fresh air.