Divorce is its own kind of trauma. Any new coping skills you've picked up to help you cope with COVID will also be helpful in dealing with your personal crisis. This is the start of a piece I wrote about the skills you may have discovered...
There is considerable research in psychology to suggest that
after a trauma
we can come back stronger than before. We can become more resilient.
Tragedy can prompt the development of new coping skills.
This can be the case with the Coronavirus pandemic. The difficult times called for new habits in order to keep yourself, your family, and your mental health safe.
Have you developed any new and positive habits during Covid? You can decide to keep these new behaviors as you move through 2021 and beyond.
The virus didn't vanish on January 1st, but we're edging closer, so deciding on your intentions post-pandemic will help you maintain those healthy routines.
Here are 12 examples of some coping skills you may have developed and should definitely keep doing.
1. You exercise and go outside more.
A combination of not having much to do and wanting to get out of the house yielded a huge crop of new walkers, runners, and cyclists.
Like the seesaw diet, it could be a situation where once things return to their new normal, you ditch your new habits. It doesn't have to be that way.
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