How to Handle an Unexpected Extended Period of Isolation: A Few Guidelines

As people, we have some built-in reflexes to deal with danger, crisis, or the unseen. The most well-known options are the fight or flight reactions. These are two possible physiological reactions to highly stressful or threatening situations: to defend oneself (fight) or to run away (flight).

As we go through life and face different situations we grow and learn how to deal with them. Yet when the unforeseen happens or when a new situation occurs which we have not faced before, such as the coronavirus, we suddenly find ourselves in a totally new situation. In that situation, we tend to go back and react with our basic instincts…