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ngwi
thSt
ressi
ntheTi
meofCov
id-
19
By
:Er
ikaC.Sal
vamant
eBSE-
3B

Every
onefeelsstr
essedatsomepoi nti
nthei
rli
ves.I
tmaybei
nacademics,
envi
ronment,soci
alstr
essors,t
houghtsorov
erthi
nki
ngandal
sointi
meof
covi
d-19.Wehav ediff
erentstr
ategi
esonhow wecopeupwi thstr
essin
thi
stryi
ngti
mes.
WhenCov id-19star
tedoureconomycol lapsedmostoft hei nfr
astructur es
hasbeencl osed,mil
li
onsofwor kerslostt hei
rjobs,educat i
onsy stem ar e
aff
ectedthatiswhyst udentscontinuedt ostudybyonl i
nel earni
ngandi tis
cal
ledthe'newnor mal'ineducationalsy st
em.Whent hi
scr i
sisstarted,we
exper
iencedchronicstressandanxi etyoneoft hereasonspeopl elostt heir
j
obsandbecauseoft hattheyfi
ndi tdiff
icultt
ofil
lthei
rdai l
yneeds.
Sohow wecopeupwi ththest r
essi nt hetimeofcov i
d-19?first
,al
ways
thi
nkposit
ive,ev
enweexper iencet hiskindofsi tuati
onweshoul dal
ways
seethebri
ghtside.Second,I nor dert oav oidil
lnessani ndivi
dualshoul
d
makesuret ogetpl entyofrest.Third,Hav eaposi t
ivesuppor tgroup,t
he
bestexampleoft hisi syourfami l
y.Ev ent houghst ressi sapar tofour
every
dayli
vesstress-rel
atedchronicil
lnessescanbepr evented.
I
nt imesofpandemi cweshoul dst r
engthenouri mmunesy stem,Ment al
healt
hl iv
eahealthi
erli
fest
yleandhav ef ait
hi ngodev enifwef acethis
horri
blepandemicinourl i
veswecangett hrought hi
s.Few weeksago
whenAnaPat r
ici
aNon,ay oungf urni
turedesi gnerandbusi nesswoman
organizedasi
mplewoodencar tful
lofsomebasi cgoodsandi tisallf
reeit
i
scal l
edCommuni tyPantr
y.Inthi
ssimpl eini
tiati
v eandlovetot heirf
ell
ow
f
il
ipinosmanyf amil
ieswereabl etoeatthei
rmealwi thoutbuyingit.t
he
mai npurposeoft hecommuni t
ypantrywastohelpthepoorf i
l
ipi
nopeople
t
oatl eastfil
lthegap,wecannotdenyt hefactthatthecashassi st
antwe
r
ecei vefrom ourgov er
nmentisnotenoughtofi
llourdail
yneeds.Mor eov
er,
t
hisi sav erygoodpr ogram t
opr ov
idestr
emendoushelpt othecommuni ty
t
ol essent hei
rstress.

Recognizingandcopingwithst
ressi
napositi
ve,heal
thywaycanhelpyou
remaincal m.Andrecogni
zi
ngthestr
essofother
sandl endi
ngsuppor
tcan
makeev eryonestr
onger.Justhavefai
thinoural mightygodandf i
nd
supportsy st
em t
ocopewi t
hstr
essinthi
sti
meofpandemi c.