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The Three Basic Psychological Needs

  1. Autonomy: Choosing what we want to do by ourselves.
  2. Competence: Experiencing the satisfaction of completing our aims, goals or desires.
  3. Relatedness: Feeling connected to others.

Being confined to a single place robs us of all our three basic psychological needs.

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Take Care Of Your Psychological Wellbeing

  1. Structure your day so that there is some feeling of control.
  2. Learn a new skill.
  3. Stay in touch with your friends and loved ones.
  4. Exercise regularly.
  5. In case you skipped the previous point, exercise regularly.
  6. Respect the space and privacy of others.

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Cabin fever is a kind of physiological uneasiness... a feeling of restlessness and irritability that happens when we are stuck indoors, or are confined to a small place with many others. The angsty restlessness was a shared experience of millions of people last year during the lockdown months.

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Confinement can frustrate what psychologists consider to be our three basic psychological needs:

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People have three basic psychological needs: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Our internal motivations often depend on how these needs are met.

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According to Self-Determination Theory, there are three basic psychological needs which we want to satisfy:

  • Autonomy (self-determination). We are motivated when we have a choice in terms of tasks, time, team, and technique.
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