of motivating your loved ones to shrug off the inertia and beat the lockdown blues relaxation exercise meditation and mindfulness exercise are useful in dealing with stress doing these together at a set time ensures better compliance and can be fun mindful eating exercises when done together in a group are excellent destressors following a set routine is of paramount importance during a lockdown assist the person in implementing this by ensuring that they wake up on time and then help them figure out their schedule for the day global level news can make us feel distraught so help them shifts focus to daily routine activities and short term achievable goals social isolation does not mean emotional seclusion reconnect with at least two of your family friends acquaintances coworkers or people who matter to you during the day