Recognise The Impact A Pandemic Can Have On Your Sanity

Hostage negotiator Terry Waite was kidnapped in Lebanon in 1987 and held alone in an underground cell for almost five years. He was chained up daily for 23 hours and 50 minutes whilst in captivity.

He survived by keeping himself mentally sane and not allowing for morbid thoughts to enter; he knew that the battle was not as much to his body, but with his mind. As he left that small dark cell when freed, he felt he had become a better person, and became a firm believer that out of suffering, something creative can emerge.

Although this is an extreme example of being locked in, it’s astounding how as human beings we are capable of surviving anything.

Even the lockdown most of us have been forced to endure due to the coronavirus.

However frightening, sad, upsetting and confusing it can be, we can survive it, but those old ways you used to feel better, are not going to work at the moment.

Because life has changed, and through this process, you will too.

This is time to learn a different way of being, and boy once this is over with, you’ll be ready for whatever life throws at you.

I’ve outlined the aspects of lockdown which I’ve found has most played with my sanity, and what I’ve done to make this better.