Write a letter to your friend informing him/her about a new hobby or skill (like gardening, culinary, painting, etc) that you have cultivated during the Covid times and how it has helped you to be positive and contributed to your well being.
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Covid-19 has affected over 180 countries around the world and most populations have been placed under mandatory lockdown. In India, while the government-mandated lockdown to control the spread and flatten the curve of coronavirus was initially supposed to end by April 14, and was then postponed to May 3. However, none of us really got out of lockdown if you think about it. People have been forced into isolation and self-quarantine to avoid the spread of this deadly virus. And while most of the working crowd was happy to work from home in the first few weeks, enjoying the free time they craved so dearly, the lack of human contact, social interactions, inability to venture outdoors for leisure or indulge in any form of fun, is having quite a bad effect on people. According to a recent study published in Lancet Journal, the novel coronavirus could have a “profound” effect on people’s mental health, now and in the future as well. One of the paper’s authors, Professor Rory O’Connor, professor of Health Psychology at the University of Glasgow said, “Increased social isolation, loneliness, health anxiety, stress and an economic downturn are a perfect storm to harm people’s mental health and well being.” He added that doing nothing about this would lead to a rise in conditions like anxiety and depression, resulting in more and more people turning to coping mechanisms like alcohol, drugs and gambling, and possible consequences like homelessness. He went on to add, “The scale of this problem is too serious to ignore, both in terms of every human life that may be affected, and in terms of the wider impact on society.”