{"id":1785,"date":"2022-01-11T12:38:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T12:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mahonywoodpsychotherapies.co.uk\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2022-01-11T12:44:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T12:44:02","slug":"week-2-tips-for-coping-with-isolation-and-working-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mahonywoodpsychotherapies.co.uk\/week-2-tips-for-coping-with-isolation-and-working-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 2: Tips for Coping with isolation and working from home."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Hello fellow colleagues, co-workers and friends welcome to the second in our series of weekly well-being guides designed to help support you (and offer some tips) as we all continue to navigate the shockwaves of the Covid-19 virus together. The reason we decided to create this guide in a weekly format was because we believe that fundamental changes to our lives, and new unsettling experiences like the one we are all going through, are an ever changing journey. Journeys can be a lot like a game of snakes and ladders, there will be times where we shoot forward and up a ladder and times where we find ourselves sliding back down a snake. Our initial idea was to write a brief guide, but we would like to provide some explanation to the tips we offer, so our apologies for it being longer than anticipated. Please feel free to cherry-pick the headings that are of personal interest, or perhaps read in chunks – we do understand it is a lot to digest right now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can\u2019t believe we have all been navigating Covid-19 for as long as we have now. Time is maybe starting to feel distorted (and a little surreal) after adjusting somewhat to the immediate circumstances which felt like they knocked us off our feet. We were thrown into working from home, physically separated from others, our movement restricted by the threat of a deadly unseen enemy. In the earlier days it seemed there was a panic\/survival response with fear being played out through buying toilet rolls and food; others maybe sought to stabilise by galvanising into setting up community response teams, tackling household projects, and even writing well-being guides! We are now perhaps a bit further down the line, knowing that food and toilet rolls will still be available, learning to reset our lives and work and relate in different ways, yet still mindfully aware of the ever sinister threat of this lethal virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last week we started by offering tips on how to initially adjust, and concentrated on our physical well-being. This week comes from more of a psychological viewpoint. As therapists we believe things are best tackled in a manageable sequence, and hence our rationale for approaching things this way. For example, it can be hard to give attention to emotional and psychological issues if we have not first settled and balanced our physical well-being. A simple illustration to demonstrate this is that<\/p>\n\n\n\n
when our sleep and diets are out of synch it is harder to regulate our emotions, this in turn makes life feel overwhelming and then our problems can quickly seem insurmountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As we write these guides we would also like to acknowledge that we have only included a few of many ideas that could have been introduced. We are a group of therapists (with different professional and personal experiences) trying to give some helpful points for thought, but let\u2019s face it asking therapists to agree on what to include in a well-being guide is like asking a class of five years olds to agree which pup in Paw-patrol is the best (it\u2019s Marshall all day long) it\u2019s never going to be easy or without long debates. If, in the future, we find that people would like more on any area which we have touched on we would be happy to expand, so please do let us know what your thoughts and needs are. We hope that you do find some of the points\/tips in this guide helpful, or just useful reminders for you. Remember there are no right or wrong places to be on your journey so please use whatever strategies, tips and guidance that suits where you are at any given time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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