B2 – Upper Intermediate
In the advent of the global pandemic Covid-19, people in many countries were put on lockdown or quarantine in their own homes in order to stop them from passing the virus on to each other. Being restricted to go out of our houses is something no one is accustomed to. Hence, many individuals struggle with this new and hopefully, temporary lifestyle we have.
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Discussion Questions:
- How do you keep yourself mentally healthy during the quarantine in your country?
- Talk about your routine now that you are stuck at home. How is it different from your old routine?
- What do you think are some effects of this quarantine on people’s mental health?
3 replies on “How to Keep Mentally Healthy During a Quarantine”
1. How do you keep yourself mentally healthy during the quarantine in your country?
To keep my mentally healthy, I try to maintain a daily routine to keep my mind Occupied with little free time.
2. Talk about your routine now that you are stuck at home. How is it different from your old routine?
My routine starts every day with working until The afternoon. then, I do some fitness exercises and finally, I read books, watch movies or play videogames.
The big difference from my old routine is that I can’t do sports with my friends anymore.
3. What do you think are some effects of this quarantine on people’s mental health?
In my opinion, depends on the personality and the situation of each person. Some people Can feel depressed or upset.
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To keep my mentally healthy, I try to maintain a daily routine to keep my mind Occupied with little free time.
> To keep myself mentally healthy, I try to maintain a daily routine to keep my mind Occupied and so I only have a little free time to think or worry.
My routine starts every day with working until The afternoon. then, I do some fitness exercises and finally, I read books, watch movies or play videogames.
> My daily routine starts with working until The afternoon every day. Then, I do some fitness exercises and finally, I read books, watch movies, or play video games.
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In my case is very easy, because I work in muy house and the most time spend to work.
> In my case, it is very easy because I work from home and most of that time, I just spend working.
yes, is very diferent. In the morning wake up more late that if i go to the office.
> Yes, it is very different. In the morning, I wake up more late than when I used to go to the office.
I not driving to go at office and all the day stay at home.
> I do not need to drive to go to office and I just stay at home all day.
The effects to stay al the day at home are stress, sadness, and other problems more seriusly.
> The effects of staying at home all day are stress, sadness, and other more serious (mental) problems.
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