How to Cope With Quarantine Fatigue

It could be at least another year before everyday life returns to normal due to COVID-19, so it’s important to find ways to adapt to current circumstances.
Routines and schedules are helpful. If yours have been disrupted, try to find new ones.
Make personal time for yourself while also connecting with friends and family.
Try to allow time for physical exercise and maintaining your diet while staying away from less healthy vices.

It’s been more than 2 months since self-isolation and shuttered businesses became the norm in most of North America due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
While there’s talk of gradual re-openings in some areas, we still could be more than a year away from life returning to normal.
As “quarantine fatigue” takes root, experts say it’s worth checking in with yourself and others to deal with this uncertainty in a healthy way.
“A lot of people describe being really fatigued at the end of the day,” Mary Fristad, PhD, ABPP, a psychologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, told Healthline.
“This is due to so many reasons. One is we’re all experiencing so much change and unpredictability in our life,” Fristad explained. “A lot of people are feeling very anxious, particularly if they’re having financial difficulties, which so many people are. The extra demands of getting through the tasks of the day, when suddenly parents are supposed to be working from home and also providing education for their children, add up to an exhausting schedule for many people.”

How are people holding up?
Melissa Wesner, LCPC, a licensed clinical professional counselor and founder of LifeSpring Counseling Services, told Healthline that while there are some commonalities to the way people are responding to the pandemic, individual responses can vary.
“There are some situations that are similar across the board and other responses depend on each person’s unique life experiences,” she explained.
“For...