This is the kind of stuff we need to be worried about. Drug and booze abuse too. This stuff is real.
https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/state-and-regional/suicides-up-in-dane-county-mental-health-experts-see-link-to-covid-19/article_b96dbef5-8ac7-5fd1-b143-ef408cacc250.html
https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/drug-addiction/news/drug-alcohol-use-rising-during-covid/
So, what should we be doing differently?
It's hard. I don't really have any reason to be having difficulty with all this. I'm not out of work; nor is my wife. I'm already a misanthrope, so not seeing people should be ideal for me. But even so, it's been rough on my mental health. I think it's that unlike usual, I have very few events or other things to "look forward to."
Usually we have events, trips, and other things all planned months out in advance so there's always something around the corner. Even most years I'm looking forward to Purdue sports [as depressing as they usually are!], but for a while I thought that was gone.
I was definitely not doing well, probably drinking too much, and generally being a sloth because even having the puppy around he took a long time to figure out how to go for walks. I feel like I'm finally starting to get out of that funk, with the puppy now wanting [demanding] a walk every morning and having gotten back into golf so I have a goal--to get my swing back and to get out on the course often.
But as for the question of "what should we be doing differently", I don't have an answer. I'm not changing my behavior and avoiding events/trips because "someone" is telling me not to do those things or that I can't do those things. I'm changing my behavior because with this pandemic, changing my behavior is prudent and smart.
Orange County is on the cusp of going to the next tier of reopening, but I'm not going to go out and do things I shouldn't be doing just because it becomes legal.
That's what I don't think people get about the mental health issues. For some people, they would avoid mental health problems by behavior that could risk their physical health, and those who are being careful about COVID will be experiencing the mental side of it regardless of whether things are open or not.