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Anyway, how do people do this every day, anyone that still has to work but mostly all those who work in a medical environment,it must be so scary and I have endless admiration and respect for them.
Then on the flip side you just get people going out without giving a fuck, taking their kids down the beach and ignoring the lockdown.
How can people be so selfish?
Sorry, just a bit of a rant..
Does anyone else find themselves totally overwhelmed at times during this nightmare and how do you deal with it? | |||
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"Today I had to go to the supermarket, walking round wondering if today might be the day I contract the virus as I've left my house, then that leads to thinking about the worst case scenario and what would happen if I died,who would be there for my kids... I'm wearing my 'little bit dramatic' t-shirt today so my obsessive thoughts were allowed
Anyway, how do people do this every day, anyone that still has to work but mostly all those who work in a medical environment,it must be so scary and I have endless admiration and respect for them.
Then on the flip side you just get people going out without giving a fuck, taking their kids down the beach and ignoring the lockdown.
How can people be so selfish?
Sorry, just a bit of a rant..
Does anyone else find themselves totally overwhelmed at times during this nightmare and how do you deal with it? "Your feelings are perfectly normal in the situation, you wouldn't be human if it all didn't get to you at times. I hate going near a supermarket, I'm convinced that is where the virus is being transmitted. All you can do is say 'this too will pass', wash your hands and shopping and love your kids all you can | |||
"Today I had to go to the supermarket, walking round wondering if today might be the day I contract the virus as I've left my house, then that leads to thinking about the worst case scenario and what would happen if I died,who would be there for my kids... I'm wearing my 'little bit dramatic' t-shirt today so my obsessive thoughts were allowed
Anyway, how do people do this every day, anyone that still has to work but mostly all those who work in a medical environment,it must be so scary and I have endless admiration and respect for them.
Then on the flip side you just get people going out without giving a fuck, taking their kids down the beach and ignoring the lockdown.
How can people be so selfish?
Sorry, just a bit of a rant..
Does anyone else find themselves totally overwhelmed at times during this nightmare and how do you deal with it? "Perhaps it is a life lesson for just how privileged we are when we think we are hard done by. There are places in this world where people wonder if there will be a missile strike tonight, whether they will wake up in the morning. There are children in poor countries hoping they find a dry doorway to sleep in and find some food in a dustbin to survive. The list of human misery outside of our country is endless. What we have been given is a small taste of what life is like for some people with no hope of things ever changing. | |||
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"I'm currently working from home, in not ideal environment, think about a sofa, a coffee table, keyboard on my knees, coupled with chronic back pain! Yes I have my pain meds, but I am having to double up with ibuprofen just to keep myself sane and trying to handle the pain I am in. I'm single, I live alone and I don't drive, so I can only shop for what I am able to carry at the time, so just now I am shopping maybe every 2 days, as I need to buy food that I could usually buy at work, so yes, I am putting myself at more risk than I should and yes I am feeling alone and isolated but feel I still need to meet deadlines etc and I have just indulged myself, in my first 'woe is me' cry! Which hasn't happened in a long time! I'm usually a really strong person, but I think at times, we have to let go of our emotions and if needs must, just indulge and hopefully come out the other side feeling just that little bit better. So I wish everyone else well, who just be feeling the same x" Big hugs to you xx | |||
" So I wish everyone else well, who just might be feeling the same x Big hugs to you xx" Thank you xx | |||
"I'm currently working from home, in not ideal environment, think about a sofa, a coffee table, keyboard on my knees, coupled with chronic back pain! Yes I have my pain meds, but I am having to double up with ibuprofen just to keep myself sane and trying to handle the pain I am in. I'm single, I live alone and I don't drive, so I can only shop for what I am able to carry at the time, so just now I am shopping maybe every 2 days, as I need to buy food that I could usually buy at work, so yes, I am putting myself at more risk than I should and yes I am feeling alone and isolated but feel I still need to meet deadlines etc and I have just indulged myself, in my first 'woe is me' cry! Which hasn't happened in a long time! I'm usually a really strong person, but I think at times, we have to let go of our emotions and if needs must, just indulge and hopefully come out the other side feeling just that little bit better. So I wish everyone else well, who just be feeling the same x" Big hugs from me, too. I should be working, and tried, offered to help at a care home nearby (normally work at a day centre that is now shut). It was my first experience ever working with the elderly, and it was awful. I wasn't sure what exactly was required of me (was supposed to be doing activities, with no plan and very limited resources), I felt out of my depth, missed my team and my service users. But I would have got over those obstacles, eventually. Unfortunately, it was my knee that was not up to the challenge  . It did not like the fact that there was a lot of walking, including up and down the stairs, with barely any opportunity to sit down and rest. I lasted 4 days . Currently trying to do some online training while awaiting further instructions from my manager regarding what she'd like me to be doing. Feeling guilty at times that there are people in need of care and support and I'm just sitting at home... | |||
"I'm currently working from home, in not ideal environment, think about a sofa, a coffee table, keyboard on my knees, coupled with chronic back pain! Yes I have my pain meds, but I am having to double up with ibuprofen just to keep myself sane and trying to handle the pain I am in. I'm single, I live alone and I don't drive, so I can only shop for what I am able to carry at the time, so just now I am shopping maybe every 2 days, as I need to buy food that I could usually buy at work, so yes, I am putting myself at more risk than I should and yes I am feeling alone and isolated but feel I still need to meet deadlines etc and I have just indulged myself, in my first 'woe is me' cry! Which hasn't happened in a long time! I'm usually a really strong person, but I think at times, we have to let go of our emotions and if needs must, just indulge and hopefully come out the other side feeling just that little bit better. So I wish everyone else well, who just be feeling the same x Big hugs from me, too. I should be working, and tried, offered to help at a care home nearby (normally work at a day centre that is now shut). It was my first experience ever working with the elderly, and it was awful. I wasn't sure what exactly was required of me (was supposed to be doing activities, with no plan and very limited resources), I felt out of my depth, missed my team and my service users. But I would have got over those obstacles, eventually. Unfortunately, it was my knee that was not up to the challenge . It did not like the fact that there was a lot of walking, including up and down the stairs, with barely any opportunity to sit down and rest. I lasted 4 days . Currently trying to do some online training while awaiting further instructions from my manager regarding what she'd like me to be doing. Feeling guilty at times that there are people in need of care and support and I'm just sitting at home... "I understand how you are feeling, especially with the guilt aspect of it all and my heart does go out to you, as I know having limitations piss us off at times but unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it, and you have to understand there is not much you can do about it than manage your own pain restrictions and how to deal with them. I have daily 10 minute calls with my team and whilst they say all the right things, like 'take as many breaks as you need', nobody who has better working conditions than I have, has offered to take on some of my workload. But seeing as I work in accounts and it is our year end, the deadlines haven't shifted, and I feel obligated to carry my weight but I am off on Friday, so that is helping me get through this week, so all I am thinking is 'little steps' at this time, so I hope you can find some resolution xx | |||
"I'm currently working from home, in not ideal environment, think about a sofa, a coffee table, keyboard on my knees, coupled with chronic back pain! Yes I have my pain meds, but I am having to double up with ibuprofen just to keep myself sane and trying to handle the pain I am in. I'm single, I live alone and I don't drive, so I can only shop for what I am able to carry at the time, so just now I am shopping maybe every 2 days, as I need to buy food that I could usually buy at work, so yes, I am putting myself at more risk than I should and yes I am feeling alone and isolated but feel I still need to meet deadlines etc and I have just indulged myself, in my first 'woe is me' cry! Which hasn't happened in a long time! I'm usually a really strong person, but I think at times, we have to let go of our emotions and if needs must, just indulge and hopefully come out the other side feeling just that little bit better. So I wish everyone else well, who just be feeling the same x Big hugs from me, too. I should be working, and tried, offered to help at a care home nearby (normally work at a day centre that is now shut). It was my first experience ever working with the elderly, and it was awful. I wasn't sure what exactly was required of me (was supposed to be doing activities, with no plan and very limited resources), I felt out of my depth, missed my team and my service users. But I would have got over those obstacles, eventually. Unfortunately, it was my knee that was not up to the challenge . It did not like the fact that there was a lot of walking, including up and down the stairs, with barely any opportunity to sit down and rest. I lasted 4 days . Currently trying to do some online training while awaiting further instructions from my manager regarding what she'd like me to be doing. Feeling guilty at times that there are people in need of care and support and I'm just sitting at home...
I understand how you are feeling, especially with the guilt aspect of it all and my heart does go out to you, as I know having limitations piss us off at times but unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it, and you have to understand there is not much you can do about it than manage your own pain restrictions and how to deal with them.
I have daily 10 minute calls with my team and whilst they say all the right things, like 'take as many breaks as you need', nobody who has better working conditions than I have, has offered to take on some of my workload. But seeing as I work in accounts and it is our year end, the deadlines haven't shifted, and I feel obligated to carry my weight but I am off on Friday, so that is helping me get through this week, so all I am thinking is 'little steps' at this time, so I hope you can find some resolution xx"Thank you, all the best to you, too. | |||
"Today I had to go to the supermarket, walking round wondering if today might be the day I contract the virus as I've left my house, then that leads to thinking about the worst case scenario and what would happen if I died,who would be there for my kids... I'm wearing my 'little bit dramatic' t-shirt today so my obsessive thoughts were allowed
Anyway, how do people do this every day, anyone that still has to work but mostly all those who work in a medical environment,it must be so scary and I have endless admiration and respect for them.
Then on the flip side you just get people going out without giving a fuck, taking their kids down the beach and ignoring the lockdown.
How can people be so selfish?
Sorry, just a bit of a rant..
Does anyone else find themselves totally overwhelmed at times during this nightmare and how do you deal with it? "I've only been to the shop twice since the lockdown, both times I've come home and scrubbed my hands, door handles, door lock, anything I may have touched and the milk bottles I bought from the shop. I'm not scared of dying, I'm scared of leaving my daughter. | |||
 he put my mind at rest, gave me advice and made me laugh, bless him. Felt really uneasy walking around the supermarket. Could quite easily have burst into tears. Then I got to the checkout and could tell the cashier was nervous and really didn't want to be there. So I tried my best to make her laugh and thanked her. I drove home with a huge sigh of relief that I had finally done the shopping, and gratitude for those putting themselves out there every day. | |||
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"OP totally understand the feeling. I haven't been to the supermarket for three weeks. Kept putting it off. Felt terrified if I'm honest. I rang my brother this morning, my 'Big Brov' he put my mind at rest, gave me advice and made me laugh, bless him. Felt really uneasy walking around the supermarket. Could quite easily have burst into tears. Then I got to the checkout and could tell the cashier was nervous and really didn't want to be there. So I tried my best to make her laugh and thanked her. I drove home with a huge sigh of relief that I had finally done the shopping, and gratitude for those putting themselves out there every day."Mrs N works in grocery retail. Every day she goes out I wonder if this is the day we get it or got it. I'm hoping we are the 80% ers as it's almost inevitable we will. Best not to dwell on it. What will be will be. | |||
A good way to reduce stress is to stay away from the news. Get your daily dose at 5pm if needed but then keep away from it as much as you can.
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"Today I had to go to the supermarket, walking round wondering if today might be the day I contract the virus as I've left my house, then that leads to thinking about the worst case scenario and what would happen if I died,who would be there for my kids... I'm wearing my 'little bit dramatic' t-shirt today so my obsessive thoughts were allowed
Anyway, how do people do this every day, anyone that still has to work but mostly all those who work in a medical environment,it must be so scary and I have endless admiration and respect for them.
Then on the flip side you just get people going out without giving a fuck, taking their kids down the beach and ignoring the lockdown.
How can people be so selfish?
Sorry, just a bit of a rant..
Does anyone else find themselves totally overwhelmed at times during this nightmare and how do you deal with it? "I feel the same,went to supermarket yesterday it was stressfull,do not plan to go for a few weeks now I hipe | |||
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"I keep repeating this because it resonated with me when I first saw it. We're going through a global trauma. There'll be a lot of PTSD coming out of this. We're suddenly helpless against an invisible and all encompassing enemy, our lives turned upside down. Feeling overwhelmed is normal. Feeling numb or paralysed is normal. Out of control. Angry. Exhausted. Panicky. Shit sleep and eating patterns. Normal. I think we have to get out of this before we can resolve it. But know you're not at all alone. We're in this together. Your feelings are a natural response. Take comfort in your community, help if it helps you feel solidarity. Find things you have power over. Practice self care rituals." | |||
"This is a fabulous response Swing. Those of you who skip through, READ THIS: I keep repeating this because it resonated with me when I first saw it. We're going through a global trauma. There'll be a lot of PTSD coming out of this. We're suddenly helpless against an invisible and all encompassing enemy, our lives turned upside down. Feeling overwhelmed is normal. Feeling numb or paralysed is normal. Out of control. Angry. Exhausted. Panicky. Shit sleep and eating patterns. Normal. I think we have to get out of this before we can resolve it. But know you're not at all alone. We're in this together. Your feelings are a natural response. Take comfort in your community, help if it helps you feel solidarity. Find things you have power over. Practice self care rituals."  | |||
"This is a fabulous response Swing. Those of you who skip through, READ THIS: I keep repeating this because it resonated with me when I first saw it. We're going through a global trauma. There'll be a lot of PTSD coming out of this. We're suddenly helpless against an invisible and all encompassing enemy, our lives turned upside down. Feeling overwhelmed is normal. Feeling numb or paralysed is normal. Out of control. Angry. Exhausted. Panicky. Shit sleep and eating patterns. Normal. I think we have to get out of this before we can resolve it. But know you're not at all alone. We're in this together. Your feelings are a natural response. Take comfort in your community, help if it helps you feel solidarity. Find things you have power over. Practice self care rituals." Swing always has the best responses, true words of wisdom | |||
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". Does anyone else find themselves totally overwhelmed at times during this nightmare and how do you deal with it? " I rationalise it, and think that out of every 10,000 people in the UK, 9,999 haven't died from Covid-19. Then I think of things I do, or have done (e.g. I smoked for 18 years), and I realise my chances of dying from them were unbelievably high by comparison (e.g. 1 in 3 smokers die from their habit). And I think, it's so fucked up that I worry about Covid-19, yet I never gave a second thought to smoking. | |||
" I rationalise it, and think that out of every 10,000 people in the UK, 9,999 haven't died from Covid-19. Then I think of things I do, or have done (e.g. I smoked for 18 years), and I realise my chances of dying from them were unbelievably high by comparison (e.g. 1 in 3 smokers die from their habit). And I think, it's so fucked up that I worry about Covid-19, yet I never gave a second thought to smoking. " this. Humans have a very interesting understanding of risk and probability. Flying is the safest way of travel yet people worry about getting on planes. You're more likely to be hit by lightening yet people still by lottery tickets. | |||
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"I'm just cracking on with life while sticking to the necessary restrictions. I'm sure most of us have or had relatives who this time 76 years ago were doing their final training exercises before being sent to fight their way inland in France against the mighty Wehrmacht knowing that they probably wouldn't come home, that must have been far more terrifying than sitting at home for a few weeks to avoid a flu virus. I'm missing seeing friends and family and hope vulnerable people are keeping safe, but personally I'm more concerned about the enormous recession that will follow than I am about the virus itself." Yeah you are right mate. This is the way to out it in perspective. It is exactly what my Mum would say were she still alive and she lived through V1s and V2s etc in Kent. | |||
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