5 ways to reduce stress in Relationships during COVID-19

I still remember when this COVID-19 pandemic was declared last year, and the lockdown was announced all over the country, a close friend of mine told me over the phone that how she is going through relationship stress. The reasons behind it were the sudden life changes life. Everyone started working from home, children's education started online, and people's life changed completely. Now we all have to adapt to this new lifestyle. Since then, the couple started experiencing some sort of stress in the relationship which got steadily increasing.

I found there are two types of people who are under stress, one those who used to stay in the office all day long and spend time together in the evening, now they are under stress because they are together at home than usual, and the second, who is in a long-distance relationship, and only meet virtually, are waiting to meet each other.

So, here I am suggesting 5 ways that you can apply in your daily life to cope up with relationship stress during this pandemic.

• Be in the present – The problem in today's scenario is that people are comparing their lifestyle with their past, they are trying to connect everything with the past. But now you have to accept it, there is no other solution in the time of this pandemic, and your partner is also struggling with the same feelings, so now you both are on the same page. You have to understand that you don’t have any control over this situation; you should not get stress by comparing the time with one when everything was normal.

• Learn to forgive - Honesty if your partner is not committing any emotional or physical violence with you, then forgive them, believing that ‘Jahan chaar bartan hote hain, to bajte hi hai’ when two people are together, it is very common to have a confrontation in them, but due to the pandemic, the stress has increased in people.

• Manage your anger – Sometimes I have noticed, people just start a normal conversation on anything with their partner, and landed up with some messy things, which is stressful for both, so even if you feel a difference in opinion on anything around the world, with your partner, do not try to resolve the issue with your anger, because it will increase the chances to conflict between both of you, and understand that your anger is trying to distract yourself. After some time work peacefully to resolve any issue with your partner. Whatever is causing tension between you, solve the matter with mutual agreement, and whenever you feel that you are getting angry, take some time to relax.

• Be Creative - Keep yourself happy, and engaged, try to add some new activities and fun in your life, Encourage your partner in some indoor activities. Sometimes when people do the same chorus from morning to evening, they get bored, try to change that routine, learn something new and then teach their partner too.

• Check your thoughts- Love is a strong foundation for any relationship, and love is still there, the reason you wouldn’t be able to see or feel that because your negative thought overpowering everything. Keep an eye on your thoughts and regulate them. Try to write down your thoughts to monitor them.

And in this time of the pandemic, the truth is that everybody has been affected by it, from the people who are in jobs to businesses, relationships to health. But this is the time when a person should learn to adapt to the new environment without taking stress, and yes sooner or later the pandemic will end, not relationships.