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Whether or not you are a regular gym-goer, exercising is important when self-isolating as it helps keep you mentally alert and happy. Getty Images
Whether or not you are a regular gym-goer, exercising is important when self-isolating as it helps keep you mentally alert and happy. Getty Images
How to look after your mental health when staying indoors
Setting up regular social interactions to a time and date will hold you accountable, and stop you falling into the bingeing-in-bed trap
Hayley Kadrou
27 March, 2020