Why?
Especially if you are alone you might need someone to talk to. What better way than to write down what you are experiencing to get to know yourself in relation to the world right now better. There's nothing worse than just sitting there confused not able to straighten out what you feel and think from bad dreams or worse.
Even if you write one day and then put it aside and then read it later in the week you can say to yourself "OH. I was just having a bad day of overwhelm." Because we all have them. We should expect to be periodically overwhelmed with extreme changes. I listened to my wife's conversation with our housekeeper who isn't coming to the house right now because of the number of people she has to be in contact with in her house cleaning business and I could hear the fear in her voice. Her daughter is home from college. Her two kids are out of school until the fall now trying to figure out how to go online for courses which only her college age daughter can actually figure out how to do this in the first place.
Many many people are completely overwhelmed by what is happening. People who are workaholics by nature are not suited to just sitting around home unless they are working online 8 hours a day instead. But, the general lack of physical contact for single people who might live alone can cause all sorts of psychological problems for people used to going to bars or restaurants or other activities for social contact. I'm someone who is okay just with my wife or kids and a few friends in contact with me. I'm okay even if I'm alone in a mountain Cabin for a long time. But, then again I grew up without anything but radio until I was 6 when we bought our first TV. So, I'm very used to being bored as a child and having to creatively entertain myself which I have now taken to a fine art to where I'm never usually bored now at 71. I always have something interesting to do like in a few minutes I'm going to get into my vehicle and take my Dog for a walk in the forest where there will be no one for a mile or more away from me.
I walked about 3 times as far today so the puppy and I were pretty exhausted when we got home. But, I'm trying to be in the best shape I can in case I have to deal with something serious. Things are just so out of whack around the world now you need to be prepared for literally anything these days sort of like during the Great Depression or World War II.
So, keep exercising walking your pets and jogging if you can do that where you are etc. because you want to be as healthy as you can in case something happens that you don't know about now.
Keep writing so you keep psychologically balanced during these times. Make friends with yourself and understand yourselves and the world better. That's how you are going to survive all this so you understand better how to adapt to whatever is going to happen next.
If you are older and have been through many crises like me help younger people who may be completely unprepared for a crisis like this one. Periodically younger people are going to freak out without warning so be prepared for this. They are physically and emotionally more resilient but may be unprepared through experience for anything like this. Help them especially if they ask for your help.
By God's Grace
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