Tips to Manage Eating Disorders During Pandemic

The outbreak of Covid-19 has disturbed and affected every single human being in the world. Uncountable lives have been lost due to this pandemic. The worldwide economy is disturbed because of COVID-19. Moreover, it’s getting difficult for people having eating disorders to survive this quarantine period.

The mental and physical health of people around the globe is being disturbed by this coronavirus (COVID-19). All of us are isolated from our loved ones and the gyms are closed as well. Individuals have to maintain their health at home. With these disrupted routines, there is a high chance that people with eating disorders will fall back to adopting bad habits that include restricting food, bingeing, and purging.

Tips to Manage Eating Disorders

• Create a new routine

• Prevent using social media

• Seek assistance

• Believe you are strong

• Prioritize recovery

Create a New Routine

In the pandemic, everything you are doing must be done by staying at home. Your home is your office, cafe and socializing place. This may trigger some bad habits that you overcame in the past. It is important to make a routine and manage your work, food, and exercise. Don’t abandon your meal.

On your phone, make a schedule that will help you with your daily life including work, meals, and exercise. Don’t let this pandemic make you lose all your progress you did to overcome eating disorders. Health and fitness always come first.

Prevent Using Social Media

As we all know, during any event or pandemic there are memes, posts, and news about it everywhere on social media. Be Careful, idealistic posts and even jokes like memes can hurt you. People post about their weight or body getting skinny, but you must not overwhelm yourself with depressing thoughts as they have a direct connection to your body.

Use text, calls, skype to communicate with others than Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit. Prevent using social media, and keep yourself away from the news.

Seek Assistance

Reach out for help and assistance. Make sure you are getting support if it's difficult for you to keep up on your own. Don’t be in a dilemma to reach out to your friends or family for help. Take help from professionals, go-to meal support centers as they will help you organize your meal routines.

Believe you are Strong

You must believe that you can survive this pandemic. You are not alone in this, this pandemic is affecting almost every single human alive. Just maintain your daily routine and eat after regular intervals. Keep in touch with your friends and family. Your eating disorder is not your weakness. A Lot of people might be dealing with the same thing, they are also trying their best to stay strong and you must too.

Prioritize Recovery

Don’t think that this coronavirus (COVID-19) is the end of it doesn’t matter if you are healthy or not? These are symptoms of depression; you have to deal with them. Your recovery must be the first thing on your to-do list. Your existence matters to so many people around you, to your loved ones. So, prioritize your recovery and live a healthy life.