This checklist can help to keep ‘in check’ with our psychological well-being. The aim is to help to notice early signs of distress and take action before the distress spirals and becomes more difficult to manage.

Whether you realised or not, you probably had a bit of a routine in place before COVID-19. A flexible routine can help to feel a sense of control and normality (especially when there is so much outside of our control at the moment and not much that feels normal). It also helps to make active decisions and provide structure and stability in our lives.

Before you judge yourself and how you are coping, just remember that everyone in lockdown is trying to figure out how to adapt their normal lives to live within these restrictions and it’s not expected to look perfect. You may be demonstrating normal coping in abnormal circumstances. It’s still hard, so here are some general tips to try and help to cope with lockdown and COVID-19:

When you find that phone conversations or video chat becomes tiresome or monotonous (because there’s not much to talk about that isn’t COVID-19), here are some tips for staying social during social isolation…with a little more fun and variety.