Will a quarantine affect your physical and mental health?

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  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Personally with living in a rural location, no nearby neighbours it wont feel much different. We have plans to continue more DIY around the house and get the garden ship shape if we do have to self isolate and have time on our hands... neither of us can work remotely due to the nature of our jobs.
  • helen_goldthorpe
    helen_goldthorpe Posts: 340 Member
    Physically no - I’m a cyclist and all winter a lot of my training has been at home on my turbo trainer. At this time of year I normally start riding outside more but I can carry on riding inside. I also have a coach who is adapting my training to take account of changes to my routine.

    Mentally possibly, we will see, but having training to focus on (and for now having work to do from home) will probably help.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    lgfrie wrote: »
    The difference between full lock-down quarantine and our normal routine has been so minimal for me and my wife that we've been wondering this past week if we really need to get out more.

    My husband made a comment like this last night. He was already working from home and it wasn't uncommon for him to have days where he didn't leave the apartment at all. Other than his favorite restaurant being closed and having to cancel his ongoing game night, his life is pretty much the same!
  • toolzz
    toolzz Posts: 163 Member
    I'm still working as usual and won't be quarantined unless (until?) I actually get Covid-19. The traffic during my commute is much lighter so that is less stressful. I have a home gym so working out is the same as well...

  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    My brother is mentally ill and about 6 years back his meds stopped working. That was a very stressful time for us all. My mom's IBS flared up then, and it is back now.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Athijade wrote: »
    So my anxiety peeked last night. Had a full on break down. I was not feeling great (fatigued, headache, scratchy throat) and got scared. Started thinking of the worse that could happen. What I would do if I got sick. How would I get food? How would I take care of my cats? What would happen if I had to be in the hospital? Just over and over with those negative thoughts. Anxiety sucks. Seriously.

    Yes, I am super anxious today and also "horrible-izing." Hadn't thought about my cat though, so thanks for that >.< (JK)

    The weather really affects my mood and it is cold and rainy today. Was not able to get happy hormones from indoor exercise today :(
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Athijade wrote: »
    So my anxiety peeked last night. Had a full on break down. I was not feeling great (fatigued, headache, scratchy throat) and got scared. Started thinking of the worse that could happen. What I would do if I got sick. How would I get food? How would I take care of my cats? What would happen if I had to be in the hospital? Just over and over with those negative thoughts. Anxiety sucks. Seriously.

    Yes, I am super anxious today and also "horrible-izing." Hadn't thought about my cat though, so thanks for that >.< (JK)

    The weather really affects my mood and it is cold and rainy today. Was not able to get happy hormones from indoor exercise today :(

    Yes, cold and rainy here too. I took my normal afternoon walk, but it failed to have the usual mood-boosting impact. :neutral:
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,986 Member
    I'm an introvert and don't think a lot will change for me. I'm worried about working from home as I'll get a lot less movement, and my work place (my dining table) is not very comfortable. But other than that it would be fine.
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    ReenieHJ wrote: »
    Let those worries work for you and try to set up a 'what if' chain of people you would ask for help, if the need did happen to arise. Check into stores that'd deliver groceries, etc. And do your absolute best to stay healthy!! {{HUGS}} to you!! It's hard to not let panic over take your mind, especially when we find our minds wandering when we're by ourselves. :( Time to watch a funny movie.

    I 100% have people here who would help out if I did get sick. I live in the same are as 2 of my cousins and my aunt/uncle. My uncle couldn't help (he is very high risk so he gets to stay home no matter what), but both my cousins and my aunt would. I also have some awesome friends. But Anxiety Brain doesn't care about that. It only cares about the bad things.

    In face, my aunt, cousins, and I have already been helping each other. One cousin has amazon Prime so she has been ordering through them. My aunt is baking bread today for the whole family. My other cousin has a contact with the company who supplies food to the hotel she works at and they are allowing employees to order for personal needs so she put in an order for all of us. Every time one of us is in the store, we look for stuff that we all need.
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Yes, I am super anxious today and also "horrible-izing." Hadn't thought about my cat though, so thanks for that >.< (JK)

    The weather really affects my mood and it is cold and rainy today. Was not able to get happy hormones from indoor exercise today :(

    Yea, the weather has been horrible the last couple of days so I have not been able to walk. I can tell the difference! Even though they were short walks (15 minutes during my morning and afternoon breaks), they do a ton for my mental well being.

  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Despite the stock market overall, Zoom's stock is apparently way up. I just had my first Zoom conference call, and can see the appeal.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
    Well it puts me out of work, but I didn't HAVE to work since we don't have hardly any debt. I worked because I love my jobs (Personal Trainer and yard duty at a middle school). As for gym work, I have my own mini gym at home with more than enough resistance to stay strong and not lose much and am able to go outside and do my cardio. Where I feel the stress is on my kid. With no school she has to be cooped up here at home although she will go out with me on walks to kill boredom and get some air.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    COGypsy wrote: »
    deannalfisher wrote: »
    for those pepole who are much more social animals - a group of friends and i have set up an appointment for a weekly (at minimum) zoom conference call - you can do it from your phones (I think we have 12ppl online last night) and we figured out that we could play evil apples (app version of cards against humanity) in a group online - so we spent 2 hours doing that - social interaction without being close to each other

    My supper club had a virtual dinner last night. We all got online at our usual time and visited for an hour or so on Zoom. It was better than nothing, but god I miss the energy of other people around...

    i guess because we are already fairly geographically separated - we had folks in colorado, texas, michigan and maryland - that we make our own energy
  • Theoldguy1
    Theoldguy1 Posts: 2,498 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Well it puts me out of work, but I didn't HAVE to work since we don't have hardly any debt. I worked because I love my jobs (Personal Trainer and yard duty at a middle school). As for gym work, I have my own mini gym at home with more than enough resistance to stay strong and not lose much and am able to go outside and do my cardio. Where I feel the stress is on my kid. With no school she has to be cooped up here at home although she will go out with me on walks to kill boredom and get some air.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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    You can help here with the e-learning that iis coming
  • rachpaulus
    rachpaulus Posts: 1 Member
    edited March 2020
    I have some ideas for you! CreativeLive is an online education community for creatives. They have wellness courses and right now this is what they have on their site available for free : “Through this difficult time, CreativeLive would like to extend our Health & Wellness classes for free to the creative community. We’re all in this together, please take care of each other and yourselves.” https://www.creativelive.com/

    Additionally, BeachBody on Demand is awesome! I’ve been using their streaming service/workouts for several years now. If you can’t get out to the gym to workout, it’s perfect. It’s about $36 every three months. You can stream it on your phone, tablet (via their app), computer, and I have their app on my Apple TV.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    The hardest part is working and trying to be productive with a 7 and 9 year old at home with me, and sometimes my wife. I've already resigned myself to the fact that I just won't be as productive as I can be in the office, and that's ok...there are bigger issues at hand.

    Exercise wise, I'm actually getting more. Gym closure doesn't really affect me that much as we are going into spring and nice weather has arrived, so very little of my exercise would take place in the gym this time of year anyway other than lifting a couple times per week. I'm taking my boys and my dog for a walk every morning and I'm getting good rides in most afternoons.

    On the food front, I'm the opposite of a lot of people...when I'm stressed and anxious I lose my appetite and have to make myself eat. I'm eating a lot more peanut butter and other calorie dense things to make up for the fact that I don't feel like eating much.

    I'm just mostly wondering what the end game here is. New Mexico is shelter in place since Tuesday...and I get it, but at the same time how long is this really feasible. It also doesn't seem like it's really helping matters in Italy either. Even if summer and the heat help to slow things down, I don't see how this virus will just disappear. I would think it would be back in full force in the fall with the onset of cold and flu season. It seems to me that there will eventually have to be exposure and that we will have to go back to doing things, going to school, going to work, etc. Exposure is the only way to gain herd immunity and I'm just not realistically seeing a way around that.
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