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How badly is mental health affected by the governments fear tactics?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My mental health is no worse off for COVID (been living with issues for at least 25 years anyway).
I don't watch or look at the news everyday anyway. I have my covid routine which has roughly been the same since March and will stick to it until I don't need to anymore. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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turn off all social media. stop watching the news or listening to it.
get on with your life and live it.
if you are going to constantly worry whats going to kill you then you'll never leave the house again.
stop looking for reasons to fear.
the things people fear rarely happen to them.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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During lockdown although I was working, when I came back home the news went on to see what was happening.
After a few weeks I had to turn it off, as it was depressing and putting me into a very dark place. Once it was off I was fine again.
I think the media will fuck up just about any sound mind. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"During lockdown although I was working, when I came back home the news went on to see what was happening.
After a few weeks I had to turn it off, as it was depressing and putting me into a very dark place. Once it was off I was fine again.
I think the media will fuck up just about any sound mind."
I hear you x |
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We cancelled our tv license since the December elections and it did wonders for our mental health. We didn’t realise how much watching the news affected our mental health until we stopped watching it. It creeps up on you without noticing it.
All the best to everyone dealing with these issues  |
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"Dear is the best way to control the masses, and personally my mental health is poor right now. How's everyone else feeling?"
Fear ?
Control ?
I'd advise you stop reading posts here for a start it's obviously affecting you in a very negative way.
It's a WORLDWIDE pandemic not an exercise in control, once you accept that you'll feel a lot better. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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For anyone in need, there are lots of numbers to call, people to talk to and who listen.
I have suffered mental health issues in the past, thankfully I have managed to work through Covid so not felt the same as some talking on here.
But talking to professionals DOES help! For the men out there reading this, don’t take it as a sign of weakness....be the big “I am” and not talking to a stranger.....will never help you. It’s actually harder to talk and be the man you all are!
This will get better everyone....may get worse first.....but it will get better...... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Dear is the best way to control the masses, and personally my mental health is poor right now. How's everyone else feeling?
Is it wrong to be fearful of a potentially deadly virus?"
With a 99.2% recovery rate |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Dear is the best way to control the masses, and personally my mental health is poor right now. How's everyone else feeling?
Fear ?
Control ?
I'd advise you stop reading posts here for a start it's obviously affecting you in a very negative way.
It's a WORLDWIDE pandemic not an exercise in control, once you accept that you'll feel a lot better."
And as everyone you are entitled to believe what you wish, as I and millions of others are |
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"Dear is the best way to control the masses, and personally my mental health is poor right now. How's everyone else feeling?
Is it wrong to be fearful of a potentially deadly virus?
With a 99.2% recovery rate"
Do you know that death is not the only bad outcome? Or does that not suit your narrative? |
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"Dear is the best way to control the masses, and personally my mental health is poor right now. How's everyone else feeling?
Fear ?
Control ?
I'd advise you stop reading posts here for a start it's obviously affecting you in a very negative way.
It's a WORLDWIDE pandemic not an exercise in control, once you accept that you'll feel a lot better.
And as everyone you are entitled to believe what you wish, as I and millions of others are "
You're entitled to your beliefs.
You're not entitled to facts. You're wrong. |
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By *ip2Man
over a year ago
Near Maidenhead |
I'd say swervy and inconsistent and it is indeed a problem. All these U turns??
Alistair Campbell writing in the New European said that he's tried, really tried, to give the government the benefit of the doubt.
After all, he's been on the receiving end of this kind of thing himself in the past and it's not easy. But, he wrote, the government "keeps on making mistakes".
Some people have said that they have felt safer in Spain where the approach is more consistent than they have felt here. |
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Those at risk of life changing consequences or death are really suffering having to protect themselves while society seem to think that they're irrelevant.
Mental health consequences can be mitigated. And some of us try. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"By some of the scaremongering on this forum I would expect people’s mental health is in pieces!  "
Yes to think I spent time listening to Professor Hendrick Streek snd the likes when the answers were on a swingers site..
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By *ip2Man
over a year ago
Near Maidenhead |
Thank you for the link, West Wales Wife. A quote is worth pasting here:
"It is reported that more than a thousand children in the Manchester area have been sent home to self-isolate after testing "positive" with a notoriously non-specific and unreliable PCR test.
"What is sadly missing from the medical discussion is an acknowledgement that terrifying asymptomatic children (and their parents) into believing that, despite feeling perfectly well, they harbour a deadly virus, that they are powerless in the face of this threat from within their own bodies, that they might die or cause their friends and family to die, merely by being near them, will inevitably lead to psychological trauma". |
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"Thank you for the link, West Wales Wife. A quote is worth pasting here:
"It is reported that more than a thousand children in the Manchester area have been sent home to self-isolate after testing "positive" with a notoriously non-specific and unreliable PCR test.
"What is sadly missing from the medical discussion is an acknowledgement that terrifying asymptomatic children (and their parents) into believing that, despite feeling perfectly well, they harbour a deadly virus, that they are powerless in the face of this threat from within their own bodies, that they might die or cause their friends and family to die, merely by being near them, will inevitably lead to psychological trauma"."
... So we shouldn't tell kids the truth and/ or we shouldn't try to protect them, their peers, their teachers, or the staff that work at the school? |
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By *eeleyWoman
over a year ago
Dudley |
"Thank you for the link, West Wales Wife. A quote is worth pasting here:
"It is reported that more than a thousand children in the Manchester area have been sent home to self-isolate after testing "positive" with a notoriously non-specific and unreliable PCR test.
"What is sadly missing from the medical discussion is an acknowledgement that terrifying asymptomatic children (and their parents) into believing that, despite feeling perfectly well, they harbour a deadly virus, that they are powerless in the face of this threat from within their own bodies, that they might die or cause their friends and family to die, merely by being near them, will inevitably lead to psychological trauma".
... So we shouldn't tell kids the truth and/ or we shouldn't try to protect them, their peers, their teachers, or the staff that work at the school?"
I think telling them the truth is totally different to telling them they are going to kill their Granny. |
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"Dear is the best way to control the masses, and personally my mental health is poor right now. How's everyone else feeling?
Is it wrong to be fearful of a potentially deadly virus?
With a 99.2% recovery rate
Do you know that death is not the only bad outcome? Or does that not suit your narrative?"
I believe the percentage relates to survival rate rather than the recovery rate.
There's many who are suffering from lung term health problems as a result of Covid.
Personally, I think far too many are not scared enough. Too many seem to have returned to living life the same as before. The prospect of another country wide lockdown is becoming more likely... |
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"Dear is the best way to control the masses, and personally my mental health is poor right now. How's everyone else feeling?
Is it wrong to be fearful of a potentially deadly virus?
With a 99.2% recovery rate
Do you know that death is not the only bad outcome? Or does that not suit your narrative?
I believe the percentage relates to survival rate rather than the recovery rate.
There's many who are suffering from lung term health problems as a result of Covid.
Personally, I think far too many are not scared enough. Too many seem to have returned to living life the same as before. The prospect of another country wide lockdown is becoming more likely..."
Agreed. Last few virology podcast episodes I've heard about some recovered patients.
One, an esteemed virologist, can't walk up a hill slowly.
The other example was college football players who may never play professionally now given their loss in lung capacity.
They're cured! Yay!  |
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I have to agree with everybody who has said about social media and the media in general. Switch it off. I had previously deleted fb then had to log back on to sell a few bits on marketplace, in them couple of weeks I got so pissed off with the amount of idiots happy to make themselves look like idiots and false news circulating. I quickly deactivated it again and haven't missed it in the slightest.
As for the news, haven't actively watched or read it in years I would say. Only occasionally if one pops up which is of interest to me. If something important is happening, people will always tell you anyway. I find out of my friend who is very clued up on most things current events/politics wise.
Either way, if you are suffering with mental health issues, please do keep your chin up and keep busy. Keep your mind occupied and remember life is beautiful.
Mr x |
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We have done our best to digest what we need to know but then isolate ourselves from the news cycles beyond that.
If you are struggling, please get in touch with friends, family, or one of the many helplines available. No one should suffer in silence.
That said, if you truly believe that the government has taken a line of fear tactics, its likely because the ignorant British public just don't do what they are told, even in a time of crisis, without some coercion. We are not proud of some of the tinfoil nuts we've seen here and in other places.
And if you're meeting, please stop being a dick. Swinging is a million times less important than this. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Dear is the best way to control the masses, and personally my mental health is poor right now. How's everyone else feeling?
Is it wrong to be fearful of a potentially deadly virus?"
At this point in time, for your own sanity, yes. We know a great deal about how to reduce transmission and who the vulnerable are. |
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By *hickennchipsWoman
over a year ago
up above the streets and houses |
So a question. How long should everyone keep putting their lives on hold for? 6 months? A year? No meets? Minimal social interaction? That’s not natural for humans, not is it healthy. The suicide rate must be sky high already! Or should we just be as careful as we can and try and live with some sense of normality? That’s what I’m doing, can’t be doing with the media tapping at people’s heads, the dirty looks from people who aren’t wearing a mask in three supermarket. Damn people are scared, unreal. Turn off the tv, go outside, live your life whilst you have the privilege of having one |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Causing huge harm to children
See this letter in the British Medical Journal
https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3482/rr"
Provocative language.
It really will depend on the nature of the child and the stability and nurturing environment of the home. |
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"We have done our best to digest what we need to know but then isolate ourselves from the news cycles beyond that.
If you are struggling, please get in touch with friends, family, or one of the many helplines available. No one should suffer in silence.
That said, if you truly believe that the government has taken a line of fear tactics, its likely because the ignorant British public just don't do what they are told, even in a time of crisis, without some coercion. We are not proud of some of the tinfoil nuts we've seen here and in other places.
And if you're meeting, please stop being a dick. Swinging is a million times less important than this. "
Absolutely |
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"So a question. How long should everyone keep putting their lives on hold for? 6 months? A year? No meets? Minimal social interaction? That’s not natural for humans, not is it healthy. The suicide rate must be sky high already! Or should we just be as careful as we can and try and live with some sense of normality? That’s what I’m doing, can’t be doing with the media tapping at people’s heads, the dirty looks from people who aren’t wearing a mask in three supermarket. Damn people are scared, unreal. Turn off the tv, go outside, live your life whilst you have the privilege of having one "
Taking precautions during an outbreak of a dangerous disease is a sign of civilisation. |
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Barney had a friend who killed herself after thinking she had given her mum the virus, she had very little help as everything was in lockdown , we all had the virus and Barney took 3 months to recover and his mental health isn't good. We have decided to take timeout from Fab. Who knows if we will come back. |
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By *ornLordMan
over a year ago
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"Dear is the best way to control the masses, and personally my mental health is poor right now. How's everyone else feeling?"
The government’s non-covid shithousery is quite depressing enough, thank you. |
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"Dear is the best way to control the masses, and personally my mental health is poor right now. How's everyone else feeling?
Is it wrong to be fearful of a potentially deadly virus?
With a 99.2% recovery rate"
Just goes to show how bad its getting, it was 99.97% last month |
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"Dear is the best way to control the masses, and personally my mental health is poor right now. How's everyone else feeling?
Fear ?
Control ?
I'd advise you stop reading posts here for a start it's obviously affecting you in a very negative way.
It's a WORLDWIDE pandemic not an exercise in control, once you accept that you'll feel a lot better.
And as everyone you are entitled to believe what you wish, as I and millions of others are
You're entitled to your beliefs.
You're not entitled to facts. You're wrong."
No I'm not ... |
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By *estivalMan
over a year ago
borehamwood |
no different to before all this started.stopped watching the news 2 weeks in cant remember the last time i was on facebook and dont have twitter or such like.way im looking at it is its mother nature so we are stuck with unlesd they find a vaccine that works.not gona stress out about something beyond my control |
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"By some of the scaremongering on this forum I would expect people’s mental health is in pieces! "
Lots had these mental problems way before covid as can be seen on threads on here way before it all.... maybe pass reading things or listening to things on the news, social media and on here if your having problems, but some dont even try to help themselves.....just rather have a moan..... |
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Found it ok.
Usually work stints abroad but have been at home, love it.
Its shown a different way to work, it's actually made me a bit more thoughtful and aware of other people's feelings.
Looking forward to returning to a normalish way of life but feel for those who have or will loose their jobs. |
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A good question and perversely, I'm the one checking on my extrovert friends as they are NOT OK at the moment. Normally they check on me (Goodness knows why !)
I'm positively thriving and enjoying the lockdown. Been at home since 23/3/2020
Home is where I feel safe. Where I can control my environment and who comes and goes. I want something ? Amazon delivers. As do all the rest.
Bored ? No chance. I collect hobbies like a dog collects fleas. Too many eclectic things to list here.
Plus I work from home, and I am more productive.
I like being alone with my thoughts. It gives me a chance to quieten the noise, far from the madding crowd. To focus better and deeper.
I can have one screen on the covid / general news (I'm a news-junkie) and the others on work-related stuff.
I've often thought, if they wanted a fella to do a decade or more solo space exploration, I'm your guy. I think the missus might complain however ! (She can come obvs !)
I've always been like this. It's just the way I am wired.
I did pot-holing once. 1/2 mile underground in total darkness. I could hear my heart beat. It was pure bliss (apart from the others down there with me (missus excluded ofc).
I am worried for my extroverted friends and anyone who is at the other end of the spectrum to me.
This is so difficult for them and I do hope they find an inner strength to get them through these challenging times.
They will. Humans are incredibly adaptive creatures once they learn to change their habits. Hold on to the small pleasures, the little acts of joy, however fleeting. Treasure them, nurture them, and take each day as a new day.
Things will blossom again.
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By *uck NakedMan
over a year ago
Newcastle under Lyme |
I really enjoyed being furloughed and filled my time with gardening,DIY, dog walks and cycling. However when I was called back to work I found my confidence had been diminished. Returning to a fast paced environment was really difficult to handle and only now am I beginning to adapt. I really don't think we realise how all this is affecting us in different ways. Good to share experiences here..
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By *i1971Man
over a year ago
Cornwall |
Personally not at all. I've not bought a newspaper in years, rarely watch the news on TV but do listen to the radio.
Accepted the fact very early on that the only things I have any control over are my own actions. I'll keep as far away from others as I can if I have to go to the shops, but choose quieter times to do that. Never have used public transport so that's not an issue. Visiting the doctors/dentist etc is a bit of a chore, but the plus side to that is you're not having to sit in a waiting room with ill folk  |
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"Personally not at all. I've not bought a newspaper in years, rarely watch the news on TV but do listen to the radio.
Accepted the fact very early on that the only things I have any control over are my own actions. I'll keep as far away from others as I can if I have to go to the shops, but choose quieter times to do that. Never have used public transport so that's not an issue. Visiting the doctors/dentist etc is a bit of a chore, but the plus side to that is you're not having to sit in a waiting room with ill folk "
Exactly the same as me except I haven't owned a TV in 10 years. |
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"We cancelled our tv license since the December elections and it did wonders for our mental health. We didn’t realise how much watching the news affected our mental health until we stopped watching it. It creeps up on you without noticing it.
All the best to everyone dealing with these issues "
The TV is a tool but you have to use it properly or it can be dangers try and watch what you want then turn it off look at what you want to watch don't have it on all the time.
So do you look forward to say life at the Apollo or the bee's?
You need to be in control same with your phone. It not bad if it rings and you don't run or grab for it.
But some games on line can be mind full like drawing or jigsaw. |
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I did a list of every job that needs doing around the house and garden, big and small and those you have promised to do for ages.
Finish the work from home job, cup of tea, get changed and get stuck in, no longer than 90 minutes a day.
Write a list of those jobs, I had 4 A4 pages filled.
Cross off jobs once completed, makes you feel the time at home is not wasted, great to have the jobs done too, more time to do what we want when normal returns. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"During lockdown although I was working, when I came back home the news went on to see what was happening.
After a few weeks I had to turn it off, as it was depressing and putting me into a very dark place. Once it was off I was fine again.
I think the media will fuck up just about any sound mind."
This is one of the reasons I do not have terrestrial tv anymore |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"During lockdown although I was working, when I came back home the news went on to see what was happening.
After a few weeks I had to turn it off, as it was depressing and putting me into a very dark place. Once it was off I was fine again.
I think the media will fuck up just about any sound mind.
This is one of the reasons I do not have terrestrial tv anymore"
I've had enough to be honest. I don't really care if I catch it and die or just get a bit poorly or have no symptoms. I honestly could hardly give a fuck to be honest. I think they call it depressed. Life does not feel like worth living at the moment. Perhaps you're right about terrestrial TV. Maybe it's time to get rid. |
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By *ostafunMan
over a year ago
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"During lockdown although I was working, when I came back home the news went on to see what was happening.
After a few weeks I had to turn it off, as it was depressing and putting me into a very dark place. Once it was off I was fine again.
I think the media will fuck up just about any sound mind.
This is one of the reasons I do not have terrestrial tv anymore"
I have to agree the media go into a frenzy with any little sound bite, yesterday matt handcock said another lockdown is the last resort and since then every outlet is reporting it as inevitable  I now limit my news intake as i am totally fed up with them, wash your hands and keep a distance seems logical to me to reduce the virus as its not going away. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I stopped watching the news because it worried me so much. A friend who I know still hasn't left his home since all this started. He gets his food delivered and and sits in front of the TV watching the news and worrying himself to death. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"They're terrifying people into state subservience. "
There is a clear divide emerging of those who accept and obey, and those who question. It’s not pretty. Turn off the tv, get on with your life, you’ve been told to work etc but not meet family.
Baa baaaa Baaa |
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"They're terrifying people into state subservience.
There is a clear divide emerging of those who accept and obey, and those who question. It’s not pretty. Turn off the tv, get on with your life, you’ve been told to work etc but not meet family.
Baa baaaa Baaa "
There's certainly a divide between people who are able to take a calm and logical approach to the pandemic, and people who act like little babies and throw their toys out of the pram. |
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