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May has been designated as “Mental Health Awareness Month”, because there is no health without mental health. Now, more than ever we are seeing the connection between our physical health and mental health. As we enter the third month of a pandemic, we learn many things about the symptoms that can impact both. It is important to acknowledge that as our world focuses on the COVID virus, other physical and mental health issues continue to be the priority for so many. We don’t want to marginalize the significance of mental health by focusing only on the COVID virus. Other
Returning to life as the COVID-19 restrictions loosen may be much harder than anyone had expected. The experts refer to this as a “new normal” but it is not clear what this may mean for all of us emotionally.
In the midst of this sweeping pandemic, humankind is being faced with an abrupt new reality…our lives are going to change and we are not exactly sure how, yet. As people are asked to stay in their homes to limit human contact and exposure to the COVID-19 virus, many of us are faced with an unsettling concern and uncertainty.