I'm sick to death of the basic as hell mental health advice about how to survive this. Do you know what would be helpful alongside 'do some yoga' and 'Skype with a friend'? Acknowledging that we're living through the worst global disaster for decades, and not all of us will.

One of the most powerful things you can do for your mental health is to acknowledge what's happening without gaslighting yourself. And one way to do that is talking to yourself as if your best friend had come to you feeling the way you are and asked for your advice.

Connection and exercise are deeply important. But so is acknowledging to yourself - and having more mental health orgs honestly acknowledge - that this is an unprecedented level of fear, stress and change akin to a global war but which no one alive has any prior experience with.

Surely being honest about that is a great way to deal with the days we can't get out of bed, or stop crying, or stop washing our hands, or whatever. And by 'deal with' I mean 'not beat ourselves up for', because if we're honest, not getting out of bed feels kind of rational eh.

So yeah do your mindfulness, it can be really helpful. But a central practice of mindfulness is labelling situations, thoughts and feelings without judgement. And it's pretty important to label this situation accurately, to start with.