Here's why it’s completely fine to feel negative during Pandemic Quarantine ?

Acknowledge being Negative. Yes, I mean it! Nothing more or nothing less to it. I have been saying this for quite some time now.

Take the current situation for example. Aren’t we all feeling a bit deprived of certain Comforts during this Pandemic?

So what do we do? Find simple pleasures- Be Highly grateful for what we have.

Some have changed their definition of Comfort. People with maids and cooks now find Comfort in cooking and serving their family.  People who couldn’t spend time with their families now finding Comfort in being with them. Home workouts, self-care, meditation, praying, donating everything right now is for self-preservation and happiness or Comfort.

Breaking certain rules,what we did not considered wrong before this pandemic affected out lives, is now frowned upon EVERYTHING REGARDING MORALS AND ETHICS ARE CHANGED for betterment or shall I say improved  to greater extent now.

Now, every incident where someone breaks law and regulations bothers us incidences of how can people sneak out of their homes? Hide their travel history? Hide their symptoms? Not wear masks and gloves and shake hands? Spit on the road? makes all of us cringe.

I have had these same questions asked and held the same discussions with so many different people, have found more reasons to cherish the lock-down/ Quarantine time. The reason here is simple. It is their way of seeking Comfort. Is it wrong now? Criminal even? Answer - Yes. Why?

Because Novel Corona virus is Highly contagious and how deadly it can be. There are news and campaigns and apps and even the sheer number of people sharing the data on regular basis.

Yet Certain people continuing their pleasure-seeking habits. Where is the self-preservation then? Why are they endangering themselves and their loved ones? 

This is where optimism comes into picture – PUN INTENDED.

Extreme positive thinking to the point of being delusional. Now some People Who are observational Pessimist will have certain unexplained issue with that as well, Yes they do have, Thanks to my Psychological Judgment.

Examples of such thinking: “It won’t happen to me. I am immune that way”. Then there are people with religious or spiritual delusions: “I haven’t wronged anyone, so it won’t affect me”, “I have prayed for the whole world to heal. God is listening”, “Corona virus cannot harm people into prayers or meditation. So group prayers and meditation are all fine”.

There are also carefree ones, “We have to die someday, so why not live today?”, “I am not a coward to get scared of some small virus”, “The death rate is low, and I will survive.” These people are basically seeking pleasure. Their optimism is what is putting them and in turn all of us in danger. Highly Risky I must Put across.

Also people are easily bored and we know it- that we cannot do much about it. We are struggling to get even the essentials to survive, when we were once not concerned about how and what we bought and where we traveled to. 

If the shops/Malls open up, there is hope and we will be tempted to buy a little more than our basic necessities; stepping into luxuries. if the airlines open up we might see ourselves to have our  travel goals ready. We are conditioned to seek pleasure. Just that all of us have different pleasures and different ways of seeking it.

Best Part is -

Regardless, Now, We are getting conditioned to be more responsible and turning out more ethical in way of approaching things, we are cherishing the basic simple things in life, making it not look like a race to win at any Cost.

We have realized the Worth and the Power of Mother Nature as well. No matter how successful & wealthy one might become, It can Be taken away in a matter of Moments- We all are learning to be compassionate towards each other.

So any ray of hope or any positive sign can make us test our self-preserving nature and give in to the adventurous pleasure seeking behavior. That is why I say to feel compassionate towards the existing situation! 

I don’t mean lose hope, just acknowledge being little negative at the moment.

Accept the situation as it is (which is currently not Favorable). It might stay like this forever. Pandemic is changing into something which we all have to adapt ourselves to survive and live with.

We are hopeful,it shall improve in the future, we shall shift our plans accordingly. Our plans will make us impatient and may go wrong. One mistake can cost many lives including those of our loved ones. So do not plan, do not overthink, stay in the moment, accept the situation and seek pleasure in acceptable ways for now. 

So acknowledge the Negative emotions and Be kind to yourself and others!

Stay Safe, Stay Happy !!