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Here are some ideas for coping with the coronavirus as we get through this pandemic. Stay informed but limit the time you spend to an hour or so per day. Make use of credible sources such as the World Health Organization’s (WHO) website. It is important to ensure that you are getting information that is neither alarmist nor minimizing. Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. Wash them for 20 seconds, or the time it takes to sing “Happy birthday” twice. Make sure you wash the backs of your hands and between your fingers. Don’t touch your face. This is the tough one. Have you noticed how often we touch our faces? It is an unconscious habit. The key is to make yourself aware of the habit. There are a couple of strategies. You can keep your hands busy so that you are less likely to touch your face. Try doodling, knitting, fiddling with a rubber band or other activity that occupies your hands or you can try mindful focus on your face and/or your hands. With this strategy, focus e...

When we are in love, we look forward to meeting that special someone with a lot of anticipation.    Meeting a lover or dating is as exciting as it can be a daunting experience for some.    It's quite normal to have butterflies in one's stomach before a date but it is a totally different situation when you are gripped by such anxiety and panic that you end up canceling your date.    Yes, dating anxiety is real and many people suffer from it.    We suffer from a feeling of anxiety for many reasons but everything comes down to one breaking point--it makes the entire experience of dating feeling like a nightmare.    In case, you also suffer from intense anxiety before going on a date, here's what you need to do.   Don't hurry or fall under pressure   Sometimes the reason behind anxiety before dating is not our sense of low self-esteem but the undue pressure we take to please a date.    Some people will go to any lengths t...

Up to 55,000 people could be infected with coronavirus in the UK and 20,000 are expected to die, according to the government’s top scientific officer.  The number of predicted deaths was ‘horrible’ but would still represent a ‘good outcome’ given the amount of people expected to become infected with the deadly disease.  It is estimated there will be one fatality for every 1,000 cases, which would mean that there are ‘potentially 55,000 cases’ at present.  However, the stringent social distancing measures introduced on Monday should ‘have a very significant effect on the peak’ and lead to a reduction in cases and deaths after two to three weeks.  At present, the policy is to test only those in hospital already, or those at a care home or prison infected with the virus. So far, 50,442 people have been tested, of which 48,492 were confirmed negative and 1,950 were confirmed as positive – a jump of almost a third from yesterday’s figures.   At the moment, there is a...