The Mental health and self-care from the confinement due to COVID-19

Biopolitics and confinement: a transformation of the dynamics and social perception of mental health

Authors

  • Sofia Arechiga Martinez 0000000258720209

Keywords:

mental health, subjectivity, biopolitics, self-exploitation, care of the self, COVID-19, digitalization, mental health, subjectivity, biopolitics, self-explotation, care of the self, COVID-19, digitalization

Abstract

This article analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and subjectivity from a theoretical perspective based on Michel Foucault, Lev Vygotsky, Byung-Chul Han, and Judith Butler. It explores how confinement and digitalization intensified self-exploitation, hyperconnectivity, and emotional precariousness, exposing structural inequalities in access to psychological well-being. Additionally, it examines the concept of “care of the self” as a practice of resistance against power mechanisms that regulate life and subjectivity. The pandemic was not only a health crisis but also a transformation in the perception of reality and social dynamics, highlighting the importance of community bonds and self-care in rebuilding post-pandemic emotional well-being.

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Published

2025-06-30

How to Cite

Arechiga Martinez, S. (2025). The Mental health and self-care from the confinement due to COVID-19 : Biopolitics and confinement: a transformation of the dynamics and social perception of mental health. árbolQestional, 1(2), 48–55. Retrieved from https://revistaarbolqestional.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/arbolQestional/article/view/19

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2025): July-December

Section

Miradas latinoamericanas de las disciplinas filosóficas

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