kochi though there large about health and welfare of people sitting at home most people suffered only mild stress caused by the uncertainty of lockdown rather than covid to a mental health study done department of rajagiri college of sciences the survey whatsapp as the medium to share around 100 in malayalam and english was circulated among a large cross section of the society in the state between april 20 just after the centre extended the lockdown period till may 3 the study found that those who were most stressed were in the age of 35 45 years only 16 among elderly were under severe stress as for genders the had more anxiety and depression women more worried about the financial the job crisis due to the weakened economy we did it as part our research work also because we have a teleconsultation helpline 9895343515 reach out to under stress and mental health problem the study at mental health anxiety depression coping how relationships faring and of the future said jessy fenn principal investigator the project with sanju george noble chacko fr varghese k v tony thomas being the others doing the analysis around 1073 respondents participated with 42 males 58 in the age group of 15 75 years and incomes ranging from rs 20000 to more than rs 80000 25according to the researchers stress is a normal reaction to everyday pressures of and some amount stress is desirable and beneficial but when it becomes more than what person can handle then it affects the functioning of individual and is called distress covid19 and the ensuing lockdown has created stress from both external and internal causes of job maybe restrictions reduced contact reduced comforts life and internal fear of restlessness etc fenn said that perceived stress used to measure and its scores reveal level of stress and the of the sample in each level in short 40 of the are experiencing level of stress during this lockdown moderate highthe top two sources of stress were generalized anxiety state of health collapse of major world powers and what would happen in future this was followed by worries closer financial condition and future of business of we the when our death numbers were the lowest and anxiety regarding covid came in the 6th place of dying and fear of was not so loneliness and loss of socializing which of the main worries in western countries was not as severe in india where people lived families to others still it was a problem for 26 and most were men she added on they coped 75 said covid