Feeling sad and afraid

[Jourdain11]

I don't know why it suddenly got to me today - maybe because the streets outside look so much more "normal" than they have for ages - but the whole situation of Covid-19 and the lockdown has just suddenly hit me and I feel so sad and scared.

Up till now I had so many other things to think about that I haven't been able to let it get me down. But it's suddenly come at me properly!

I miss my kids (they are at the grandparents') and my friends and (even!) my extended family. And this situation is just so sad and awful for everyone.

I know that there are people who have it so much worse than me. And that there are those who have lost loved ones. But it's not only me I feel sad for - although I am also sad myself.

I just can't imagine things ever being the way they used to be again. And it feels so sad!

[Frownette]

It's ok, the feeling will pass. Most of us get moments like that.

Try to distract yourself until it passes and do something that makes you feel better, like a bath or watching a program or speaking to someone. Don't watch the news though :)

[Jourdain11]

Thank you I know that things will get better. I'm just sometimes afraid that they won't! Or of how long it's going to be...

[Lifeisabeach09]

Jourdain11, if it's any consolation, please look at the Far East where things are returning to a type of normal. Also parts of Europe.
What's going to happen is people lives will restart---we will just be wearing masks en masse and maintaining some kind of physical distance.