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How Love Can Affect Mental Health during Quarantine

By on January 11, 2021
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By Miranda Davis

As much as the pandemic has been a significant cause of depression and deteriorating mental health, it has also helped couples realize how much they loved each other by bringing them closer to each other in quarantine.

The Significance of Love on Mental Health during Quarantine

While the most preached version of mental health during quarantine is negative, there is the other side we rarely get to hear about; the positives. The only way to realize a positive effect on your mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic is by exercising and receiving love from those close to you, among other mental health wellness tips for quarantine.

Exercising love during quarantine helps build a closer relationship with your loved ones, hence kicking out declining mental health chances. Since you stay most of your time indoors, there is a high chance of depression creeping in. But, exercising and receiving love helps lower the cases of depression in the following ways.

1. It Allows You to Discover Yourself More and Deeper

When everything was normal, you might have had a predictable routine where you leave the house early in the morning and come in late in the night from work. This routine may have denied you the chance to interact and express love to those you care about. The quarantine period accords you the opportunity to do right and spend quality time with your family.

They get to identify and define you for who you are and not merely with your job title. Realizing who you are after a long time of getting lost in work is something you need for your mental health development.

2. Improves the Quality of Copulation with Your Spouse

Marriage counselors have often advised couples on the importance of maintaining a healthy sexual relationship. Even when you read the best online dating sites, you are bound to find useful information on how to maintain a great sex life with your partner. All this advice on sex begs the question, why is it important? Sex is more of mental activity than it is physical, and that’s where quarantine comes in. With the extra time you have around your spouse, you get enough time to plan and get ready for sex. And with satisfying sex, you get to relax your mind and keep yourself from stress and other factors that affect mental health, such as quarrels and fighting.

3. Allows You to Express Love through Cooking

Food is a basic need, and preparing tasty and peculiar dishes for someone you love is one of the purest ways of expressing love. But mostly, you don’t get enough time to perfect your cooking skills. However, during quarantine, you have more time to do this noble art for the ones you love. Good food helps boost mental health by giving your body the required nutrients to function well. You also experience peace of mind after consuming your favorite food cooked with love.

4. Helps You to Save Your Deteriorating Relationship

Relationships die for many reasons, and the primary cause for this is a lack of love. However, if you invest time in such a relationship, love always revives. It is evident how toxic relationships affect your mental health, and you never get to hide it. The quarantine is a blessing as it awards you more time with your spouse to rekindle the love that was fast fading away. The feeling you get after saving your relationship has a huge positive impact on your mental health in the following ways:

  • It allows you to become more positive and to welcome relationships
  • You embrace the idea of being close to people
  • You get someone to confide in and share your worries and pains with
  • Give you a positive approach to problem-solving

5. Allows for Personal Time for Creativity

The best way to express love is by giving yourself some time alone and using the time creatively. Having some alone-time helps you think creatively about your dreams and ambitions in life. You can visualize how to build a future and craft a concrete plan to follow until it actualizes. The best time to reward yourself in this manner is during this quarantine period. Keep your mind engaged with creative ideas to prevent your mind from wandering off to destructive thoughts.

Conclusion

Your mental health is essential, and you are either destroying it or building it during this quarantine period. You first need to find love from the people around you and give it in return. The things you do when expressing love are mostly geared towards positive mental health.

 

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Miranda Davis is a freelance writer in the relation and psychology area. Miranda is interested in such topics as building healthy relationships between people, love/sex compatibility, and how to find the right balance in life in general. She is currently doing specific research on the topic. Miranda loves cooking and long-distance walking.

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