A Guide to Self Care while Social Distancing
Channel: Risk Bites
Date: 2020-03-23

A guide to how to take care of yourself and those you love when your stuck at home as a result of social distancing and self-isolation, and anxiety and coronavirus cabin fever begin to set in!     

Social distancing and self-isolation are critically important to controlling the spread of coronavirus. But they can also be extremely stressful and anxiety-inducing as routines are disrupted, the people you live with start to drive you up the wall, and you begin realizing just how important social interactions are in your life. 

To help navigate this new world of social distancing and distant socializing, our colleague Michael Bernstein came up with a great guide for self-care in novel corona times, based on his own experiences. We cover many of his suggestions in this video, and the full guide can be downloaded in the links below.

As Michael says, “The weeks and months ahead will be challenging, but that doesn’t mean they have to be miserable. Knowing what social distancing and (voluntary) self-quarantine may entail is a great first step to being prepared and setting yourself up for a (possibly even) personally rewarding response to these trying times”.
   
Self-Care in (Novel) Corona Times (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6646151529524973569/

PDF: https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/document/C4E1FAQErnNKHlksHOQ/feedshare-document-pdf-analyzed/0?e=1584892800&v=beta&t=ifyDTq8NRywl3xxCNppY3wTrWLijJKGyJw1wm_BqOTA 

CONTRIBUTORS

Michael Bernstein PhD


USEFUL LINKS

Purpose of mitigation strategies 

CDC Community Mitigation Strategies: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/index.html
 
Observable Consequences of waiting: https://observablehq.com/@yurivish/dont-be-italy  

Medium Consequences of waiting: https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca 
 
Types of mitigation strategies 

CDC steps to protect yourself: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/prevention.html  

CDC Manage Anxiety & Stress: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/managing-stress-anxiety.html  

CDC Caring for emotional health: https://emergency.cdc.gov/coping/selfcare.asp  

Expectations of mitigation strategies 

Lancet: psychological impact of quarantine: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30460-8/fulltext  

Coping mechanisms 

NPR Make Working from Home Work for You: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/15/815549926/8-tips-to-make-working-from-home-work-for-you?t=1584375408693  

NPR Coronavirus and Parenting: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/13/814615866/coronavirus-and-parenting-what-you-need-to-know-now 

The Atlantic Socializing during a quarantine: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-quarantine-socializing/608020/ 

Becoming minimalist: practice resting (shout out to friend for this ref): 
https://www.becomingminimalist.com/resting/?f bclid=IwAR1e-QxPSQhvSs0xFnZm6gPYPQqLo-nFhdSWLqgLrbDK9VnkHc2sDugROyQ
  
Compendia 

Google’s Coronavirus page
https://www.google.com/covid19/

https://coronavirustechhandbook.com/  

Resources for parents 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR0gzeXQLzKi739PYsBm2y8-M5LG7tl2F2dBW4S8_1YSK91PhF40Ra3STl-UsjW0IS-00qE6_6G5JTB/pub  

Daily news aggregator 
https://cronyclecovid19.substack.com/p/covid-19-160320-catching-up-170845
 


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Professor Andrew Maynard is a scientist, author, and leading expert on risk and the ethical and socially responsible development and use of new technologies. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, serves as co-chair of the Institute for the Advancement of Nutrition and Food Science (IAFNS) Board of Trustees, is a member of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research President’s Research Council, has served on a number of National Academies of Sciences committees, and has testified before congressional committees on several occasions.

As well as producing Risk Bites, Andrew’s work has appeared in publications ranging from The Washington Post and Scientific American, to Slate, Salon, and OneZero. He co-hosts the podcasts Mission: Interplanetary and Future Rising, and is the author of the books Films from the Future: The Technology and Morality of Sci-Fi Movies, and Future Rising: A Journey from the Past to the Edge of Tomorrow.    

Andrew received his PhD in aerosol dynamics from the University of Cambridge in 1993, and is currently a professor in the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and an Associate Dean in the ASU College of Global Futures.

More at http://andrewmaynard.net