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10 Ways to Manage Your COVID-19 Stress

Santa Barbara doctor offers tips for coping with pandemic panic.

10 Ways to Manage Your COVID-19 Stress

If you’re not stressed by the COVID-19 pandemic, you’re probably not paying attention.

How can we all deal with this stress without going nuts?

1. To begin, take a breath: Put your hand on your abdomen and as you inhale, feel your abdomen expand. Pay attention to one full inhalation and one full exhalation. A “mindful diaphragmatic breath” relaxes us in two ways: