9 ways to boost your health and wellbeing while working from home
6. Be aware of when low mood is becoming more serious Under normal circumstances around one in four people might expect to experience a mental health disorder in any given year. But the strain of lockdown might be putting a whole new cohort of people at risk. Depression can come on gradually, and sometimes be difficult to recognise. Stephen McBride from the mental health charity Aware ( aware.ie) recommends keeping in mind the acryonym FESTIVAL (Feeling, Energy, Sleep, Thoughts, Interest, Value in ourselves, Aches and pains, and Lifestyle) as a way of taking stock of how you are coping and wh...