We lived in a world where things were different. We travelled where we wanted to, we spent time together in large groups, and we worked regularly. Everything was the same for some of us. But soon everything changed drastically, life turned upside down due to a pandemic called COVID-19. We had to adapt to the new normal. Things were not easy for most of us, being away from things that we usually used to do, being isolated from our loved ones, and for some being unemployed, all of that took a toll on people’s mental health. The pandemic influenced people’s mental health and has caused an increase in depressive disorders. In this paragraph I will be talking about how covid increased stressful living and depression due to people loosing their low income jobs. How lockdown had potentially increased in home abuse. For people that were social and traveled more staying in the lock down was stressful and increased their depression.
     First, due to the pandemic people that were working on lower wages were unemployed and were stressed about the situation because they had bills to pay, and families to feed. The living situation for people with lower wages was worse because due to businesses closing and people laying off workers things were bad. Financially they were hurt. People who at least finished high school and had a diploma and a degree were in stable jobs and paid that helped them pay off their bills and daily necessities. However, for people who were underpaid living was hard and people were stressed about how they could afford it financially, and too much stress leads to mental health problems. According to one research study, “At least one adverse mental or behavioral health symptom was reported by more than one-half of respondents who were aged 18–24 years (74.9%) and 25–44 years (51.9%), of Hispanic ethnicity (52.1%), and who held less than a high school diploma (66.2%),” and this also included, “essential workers (54.0%), unpaid caregivers for adults (66.6%), and who reported treatment for diagnosed anxiety (72.7%), depression (68.8%), or PTSD (88.0%) at the time of the survey” (last name page number). As shown in this citation it is proved that mental health has affected people that are under paid, people who had less than a high school diploma, and people that suffered from PTSD. Covid was the main factor that increased stress, and depression in the season where people were getting laid of from work and that were getting under paid. As for people that had a stable job and higher education, those problems were not seen, and they were not part of the percent.