Alice's Adventures in Quarantine

Did you wake up at 12pm? It's okay. Do you take a shower every 2 or 3 days? It's okay. Have you consumed more snacks than you would like to admit? It's okay. Do you sometimes wake up feeling a bit flat? I do too. It's okay. Does your mood fluctuate between relaxed and stressed without explanation? Mine does. It's okay. Are you finding social media makes you feel worse about yourself? I am. It's okay. I could go on and on. But whatever it is that you are or are not doing, feeling, thinking, eating - it is okay. You are not alone. My anxiety has been at an all time high. I find myself stressing about things in the middle of the night. I spend hours trawling through the internet trying to figure out how to fix all my problems. My flat is far from tidy. I have only just started wearing underwear and proper clothes again. I get bored easily. These feelings are normal for such an unprecedented situation and you are not alone in having them. It is impor

As we move into week 5 of our social-distancing lockdown, boredom has hit in full force. For the first four weeks I embraced the new found freedom these new restrictions afforded. However, I have ruined my sleep schedule, trashed my flat,  spent money on things I definitely did not need or could afford, negated the need to wear underwear and not a single scrap of make-up has touched my face. The lack of routine and structure to my life is slowly sending me insane.  I have felt a lot of pressure from social media to 'have it together'. When the quarantine routine posts were plastered across instagram I felt as though I was falling apart. Should I have an hour by hour schedule for my day? Should I be doing an activity for my mind and an activity for my body? How are people seemingly OK with this?  My social media intake increased. There I was an hour deep into videos of Golden retrievers and 'before & after' pictures of women who have shed impressive amounts of we