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Nature Sweetens the Bitter Taste of Isolation

With restrictions applied nationwide and people under obligation to stay at home, our mental health is at risk. One way or the other, we must have a plan in place on how to get through the days in quarantine. According to the Mental Health Association, 1 in 5 people will experience a mental health condition. This year the theme is, Tools 2 Thrive (#tools2thrive) that every person can use to help those who are suffering. As a result of this recent onslaught of COVID-19 across the United States, this figure of 1 in 5 could only worsen. Whether it is by choice or fate, the state of isolation can be a big stressor and can easily develop into mental health symptoms. Let’s look at a few ways to manage ourselves at such times. Nature is therapeutic Lisa M. Carlson , the President of the American Public Health Association, says and I am paraphrasing it: It is in nature that we must look for relief, peace, and contentment. That’s true in every sense of the manner. She calls natura