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The impact of Covid-19 on our mental health

Gordon. J. (2021, April). One Year In: COVID-19 and Mental Health. National Institute of Mental Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/messages/2021/one-year-in-covid-19-and-mental-health

At first, the author talks about the multiple challenges we had to overcome at the beginning of the pandemic and how those challenges were harder than anticipated. Then, the specialist talks about how he already knew, because of research on prior pandemics, that people have a hard time dealing with their mental health in these extraordinary conditions. Actually, he mentions that mental problems such as depression, anxiety or insomnia tend to worsen during thse challenging times. Furthermore, the writer, Joshua Gordon, explains how Covid-19 seems to support the previous research made on the negative impacts of a pandemic on our mental health. Also, Joshua Gordon mentions different ways to prevent mental health problems such as taking care of the people around us and making sure that people who already have a mental illness are well taken care of. Lastly, the author states that the topic of mental health has been tackled way more in different countries and he mentions varied sources to use if people need help.


Personally, I believe that the pandemic did hit us way harder than anticipated. While we were in quarantine, I was working from home and I was home-schooled like most of the students. I was having a hard time always being at home, even if I was with my family and my boyfriend. I cannot even pretend to understand how hard mentally it must have been for the people living alone or the people who had a mental illness. Sadly, I feel like we did not talk enough about mental health and the different resources available for people struggling with that aspect of their life. However, I do feel like this topic was more talked about but I feel like we could have talked more about it. Lastly, I believe that looking after the people we know is a great way to prevent mental health illnesses such as depression or anxiety. 



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