Managing anxiety during the pandemic

KIMT News 3 is getting expert advice about managing our mental health

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Our day to day routines have been changed.

We are spending more time at home and there's very little social interaction.

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Kaleb gillock?

Joins us live in rochester with how one doctor suggests handling the anxiety born of uncertainty?

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Live if you're not expereincing that anxiety from spending that time cooped up at home?

You're probably experiencing it in other ways by worrying about your job or contracting the virus.

Doctor brent seaton wants you to know that many are experiencing anxiety on some level.

He recommends sticking to as much of a normal routine as possible while abiding by social distancing and other recommended guidelines.

For example?

You should be eating a balanced diet?

Getting and adequate amount of sleep?

And getting outdoors and staying active when possible.

Even with these suggestions?

Health experts still worry about individuals experiencing anxiety and/or depression.xxx the people that we may have the most concern about would be individuals with obsessive compulsive tendencies especially with concerns or kind of intrusive ideas or patterns of thought that relate to fears of being ill.

Still ahead tonight during ???t news three at 10... i will be talking with locals about their thoughts on the suggestions by doctor seaton.

Live in rochester?

Kaleb gillock?

Kimt news three.

Thank you?

Kaleb.

Doctor seaton says if you're missing social interaction?

To utilize the methods of communication that are at your disposal including facetime or simply making a phone call./// here's a live look