The key to protecting one’s mental health during unprecedented terms of isolation is connection. Nurturing connections with one’s family and friends especially during long stretches of times spent largely alone, overwhelmed, and anxious is critical to fighting against those persistent negative emotions. We are lucky to be in a time where connecting with loved ones is the easiest it’s ever been. Check in on your family, take the time to write a hand written letter, FaceTime your friends. They need you just as much as you need them right now.