Muashara

All of us are stressed because of COVID-19. We can’t go out without the fear of getting exposed to the virus. We hear news about the exponential growth of the virus and it is very scary. We are stuck at homes and day by day it is getting frustrating. We must find activities to keep our selves distracted because due to this pandemic it’s hard for us to shake off the anxiety about the virus. We have plenty of free time on our hands and this can become difficult for us as free time leads to overthinking and overthinking about the bad things going on around the world may affect our mental health badly. Here are some strategies which can help us against the stress and anxiety caused during this pandemic: ·        Clean your homes: This is a perfect time to clean your homes as all of us don’t get this much free time during regular days and we can do the things we always wanted to do at our homes like painting the walls, arranging the furniture in a new wa...

 The list of where we fail and what we feel ashamed of is almost endless. Joking and making critical, potentially humiliating comments about a person’s body size or weight is body shaming. Body shaming is ubiquitous, part of our routines and everyday experience. Negative comments about appearance are constant. Body shaming happens with everybody, at least at some point of their life. OMG don't you think you have put on a little weight? Do some exercise… eat this, you look ugly, OMG he is so skinny, how does he even walk. We have all heard and sometimes even used statements like this without realising that, our words are powerful and it can hurt people, maybe the girl you're calling fat is starving herself, she is crying all night thinking about what you said, stress eating that nothing is gonna work on her, no one is going to like her, marry her, she is just a joke for everybody. The boy you call too skinny is maybe beating himself up in the gym to put on a little weight, j...

(2 mins read) There are a lot of reasons that are cause of major stress all around the world like misinformation about the virus on the internet, rise in the number of cases, changes in our lifestyle, staying home alone, social distancing and many more. If we try to list down the causes there will be huge list of the stressors because of COVID-19. All of the us are focused on erasing the virus and we are not seeing how it’s affecting the mental health of the people. Everyone has a fear of going out in public and getting exposed to the virus. Once the virus is eradicated from the world the new problem is of the psychological issues that people are going to face. As all of the governments have ordered their people to stay at home and stay in isolation is going to affect the mental health of the people a lot. Longer periods of physical isolation, especially if experienced as involuntary, without an adequate and convincing explanation, or accompanied by financial losses can c...