NAMI: COVID-19 INFORMATION AND RESOURCES GUIDE

NAMI: COVID-19 INFORMATION AND RESOURCES GUIDE: Recognizing how you may feeling during this time is a way to care for yourself, manage your stress and cope with difficult situations. Staying informed, taking action, maintaining health social connections and finding resources to support your care are important. Tips to support self care and reducing stress and anxiety include: be selective about news you consume and set limits on when and how long consume news and information; follow healthy daily routines as much as possible including connecting with loved ones, getting dressed, getting regular sleep, moving your body; practice relaxing in the present moment; do meaningful things with free time; stay connected and maintain social networks; connect to spiritual or religious community. Other tips and resources are provided in this resource. NAMI also hosts online community discussion groups so people can exchange support and encouragement. Free online support is available including for people who speak Spanish. Free peer-to-peer online support is available for people experiencing mental health issues.