10 Ways to Manage Your COVID-19 Stress
Santa Barbara Doctor Offers Tips for Coping with Pandemic Panic
If you’re not stressed by the COVID-19 pandemic, you’re probably not paying attention.
How can we all deal with this stress without going nuts?
1. To begin, take a breath: Put your hand on your abdomen and as you inhale, feel your abdomen expand. Pay attention to one full inhalation and one full exhalation. A “mindful diaphragmatic breath” relaxes us in two ways: