On a scale of 1-10, how are you enjoying or hating this lockdown ?

[Lardlizard]

1 being hating it
10 bring loving it

I’m kinda about 5
But it might fall lower as time goes on

Things I’m enjoying more time with the kids, actually playing rather than doing tasks all the the time or quite a lot of the time

The weather has been kind

Lucky enough to have things to entertain is like games garden toys crafts cooking photography books

But sad about missing family n friends, and missing going out on days out, holidays, shopping, restaurants, seaside theme parks

Hoping people can come out of this more grateful for what they have and those around them and realise how important supermarket workers are and bin men, food production people, government people,all staff that work somewhere medical inc the cleaners
People hopefully realise every single person is important

I struggle with anxiety anyway and the constant sensationalist headlines don't help either. I know it's a terrible and awful situation that needs to be spoken about but it just feels like there's no escape from it sometimes

We've stopped watching the news apart from once a day and that's it. 24 hour rolling news is terrible in this situation. Whilst the situation obviously isn't great, there is only so much a person can take, before it takes its toll on you.

People shouldn't feel guilty about having good days, as long as everyone is following the guidelines, there is nothing at all wrong with feeling happy.

1. I'm not sure how much more I can take. I spend every day staring at the clock wishing it would get to the kids bedtime and then I start dreading havng to do it all again. Was up to 4am last night. Can't sleep. Don't want to eat. All my coping mechanisms are gone. My mental health is screwed. Can't get any pills though because the GP says the adult mental health team I'm under should prescribe and vice versa because my psychiatrist has been redeployed elsewhere. On top of that I feel absolutely awful, have a horrendous cough/chest pain which has lasted for 4 weeks now, walking up the stairs has me breathless (for reference I usually run up them with zero issues). Oh my Grandmother died and I couldn't go to her funeral/say goodbye.

I can't take much more of this.

1. Ds 27 has sn and all support ect has stopped. So hes home with me 24/7. Its not good at all. He's bored without all the things he does every day.We have tried doing things like baking /preparing simple meals but he loses interest. And on wednesday he had a full on meltdown in the middle of tescos because he doesnt understand that they have implemented a pattern of walking down or up an aisle according to the arrows. So i joined him in his meltdown. Its all getting too much for us. We will be glad when we get back to normal. In fact no make it -1.

Today is a 1. I just don't know what to do anymore. DH left on deployment two days ago, and DS is completely inconsolable. It's shit being stuck at home with a toddler who really needs distracting, but won't engage in anything at home. He asked if we could go swimming, which is obviously a no, and now I'm horrible mummy who won't let him talk to daddy or do anything fun

It was an 8 before this though I'm sure I'll perk up again.

Mine seems to vary on a daily basis and quite wildly sometimes. On Thursday I would say it could probably have been a 9 because I had broken up from work for the Easter break and DD started Easter hols so didn't have to worry about work or home schooling for 5 whole days and that felt fantastic!

Yesterday, I would say it fell down to a 5 - am on quite a few WhatsApp groups and people saying the lovely things they were doing as a family at home/in the garden, I am a lone parent and just made me feel like my DD and I were missing out on lots of fun. It just made me feel a bit rubbish.

Today has gone down to a 4 - a relative appears to have the virus and is not well, I cannot (and do not have the energy to) drag my DD away from the tv, I don't want to make any more Zoom calls or hear any more twee stories on WhatsApp. Tomorrow can only get better!!!

Well I was about an 8, but this morning it dropped to about 2. On account of being in lockdown with DH who has a new gadget and WILL NOT read the instructions.

Benefits:
Me and DH are WFH. I love my job but not the hour each way commute. Neither of us have lost money.
It’s fab having DS (10) at home. He’s working really hard at homeschooling and doing year 8 maths as an extra 😵
We’re appreciating living by the sea for our daily exercise and our lovely big garden.
We’re pulling together as a family really well.
All our family members are sticking to the rules and no one is particularly vulnerable.
We’ve played lots of board games, baked, played sports together etc.

Downsides:
DS is an only child and hasn’t played with another child in 3 weeks.
Thinking of, preparing and tidying up after 3 meals a day every day.
DH is totally deaf and says ‘what?’ every time I bloody say anything to him 😡

Oh and the weather, that makes today a 10/10 day 🥰

I'm up and down quite a bit.

Loving the quiet mornings, walks in our rural local area, nice weather, enjoying nice deliveries from butcher and greengrocer, sitting in the sun with a gin and tonic.

I miss my job, quiet time during the day when DCs were at school (I'm part time), my cleaner, was meant to be flying out on holiday today, can't get a delivery slot,massively miss my friends and family. Worried about my doctor brother in hospital. Hate home schooling as my DCs don't listen to me even though I'm a primary teacher. The worry about death and disease everywhere.

Right now I'm drinking a nice cold pink gin, kids have had a good walk in the sun, we've watched some decent films today (Disney Plus). Bored but OK. 6/10

Some days I'm a 7 and other a I'm a 3.

Really awful things have happened since lockdown day 1.2 deaths (not Covid) buti canr attend funerals, 2 trips cancelled, my husband is having an affair - i found out day 1 of lockdown, not confronted him yet but omfg its hard not to just slap him, I've lost my job and my company is refusing to furlough, had cancer 4 years ago but GP called to say some bloods aren't as expected and need repeating. My mental health is really struggling but my 3 adult dc are home with us and we are all healthy and safe for now. I really try and see that as a positive.

I try to block.oit what I cannot control and deal with right now. On the days I'm doing that well I am enjoying the simplicity of.life with my lovely "kids" that I rarely have together at the same time. Just doing simple things like family quiz night makes my heart sing right now. That would NEVER happen I normal times.

I really miss the sea 😭

5
I'm OK, have had the virus and recovered, have big house, lovely garden, walking distance to shops, park river, quiet roads to cycle on.
Elderly parents coping happily self/sufficient, tech savvy and online deliveries set up, house and garden and lovely neighbours.
But.....Missing school pupils (teacher) and worried will not see them again this school year if this continues.
DC are university students with partners overseas so their lives messed up at the moment.

I'm a 9, I'm definitely a "have" rather than a "have not" but I'm mindful of how fortunate I am and i think, given how much I have, it would be ungrateful and ridiculous to be anything less than a 9.

I had a few weeks when I was terribly unwell - maybe covid19, or maybe very bad seasonal bronchitis and sinusitis as I get both most years.

And I miss seeing my mum who is in her 80's but she is just a few streets away so I can frequently take my exercise in her direction and wave through the window

I'm enjoying the slower pace of life, spending more time as a family (we have eaten as a family every day which is very rare as OH is usually at work or at the gym).

I can't control the fact that my DD's school have basically abandoned her to my dreadful teaching - no phone calls, just one note pm the school website saying "hope you are all ok" on 23rd March, and the pack they sent home on the last day of school together with a huge amount of websites that we have had limited success with. With any luck the teachers have been beavering away to prepare some more work for the new term, otherwise my poor DD is going to have to live with my curriculum haha.

Overall, I could happily stay in lockdown for the foreseeable.

8 or 9.
Retired, small garden, live on the edge of a village and have a good stock of food because I always keep the freezer topped up. DH is finding enough to keep himself occupied and I have plenty of knitting, crochet and craft supplies as well as a mountain of unread books and plenty of seeds to sow.
I’m generally pretty happy keeping myself occupied but the only real problem is my extremely elderly parents who are very frail. Luckily my sister is keeping an eye on them.
Obviously I miss seeing my DCs and dgs, but we’re in regular contact.
I absolutely appreciate I am really lucky.

Cannot find anything enjoyable about the lockdown at all. I think I would be feel better if I thought it would end in a few weeks.
I am lucky to have a garden to spend time with and be locked down with my family but I am a really sociable person who like to be active and I miss doing things and driving to the forest and sea. I think london is a crap place to be in lockdown as not much greenery.

3 - work is busy and stressful so longer hours, I can’t see my family & friends, the weather is amazing and I’m stuck in a flat with a grumpy DH, oh and I’m gaining all the weight I lost.

About an 8 or 9.
I'm working from home, but it's officially Easter holidays, so we aren't being expected to set work and we are only on duty at the hub once every 3 weeks.

I have teens/young adult 'kids' who understand what's going on but aren't worrying about it. They are happy to be in and, while dd2 misses her friends, she's facetiming a lot and keeping in touch.
I've had time to do afew little jobs I've been putting things off.
And I'm lucky that the weather has been nice and we have a garden and a summer house where I love sitting (escaping TV noise when DH is in) and reading.

7 as long as I have enough baking supplies

Varying.

Good parts:
DD1 is home from uni and it's lovely having her
My job has evolved to be at a support hub and it's a huge adrenalin rush and a fantastic team.
No dashing about for children's activities in the evenings.
Dh is working from home so he's home for the evenings rather than working late
Ds is loving pretending to be in WWII
It's giving us some nice family times.

Bad:
I know people who have died from Covid-19 and people who are on ventilators
DD1 is missing uni, and we don't even know if she'll be back next term
DD2 should have been doing GCSEs and as she mucked up her mocks she may get results much lower than they should be.
I'm worried about dd2's mental health as she doesn't want to do anything much outside her room.
Ds is missing his drama group (going to do it by Zoom next term, than goodness)
Worrying about my work and how we're going to get back to normal after being a hub.
Worrying about friends who are struggling mentally and financially.

Overall probably varying between 6 and 9.

9 verging on a 10.
I am not really a have to be honest. In ways I am as we are ‘ok’ for money, we can afford food, the rent and the bills but we’re certainly not ‘well off’ though. We have a privately rented house with a small garden and I am a single mum to 2 children one with SN.
I just love this though. The world is too loud and busy for me to be honest.
The only reason I’d potentially knock a point off is because the DC miss their friends, I miss the couple of friends I have and a day out here and there would be nice.
Other than that I’m not too fussed.
We don’t have any other family aside from one sibling who we only see every few months anyway as they live a distance away and work allot but we facetime a fair bit so in that way not much has changed for us family wise. And again with friends, my Dc and me all FaceTime and chat with our friends too and that works for us!
Before all this I was feeling the sort of tired that isn’t caused by a lack of sleep and I feel like this break from real life has changed my entire life for the better!
I of course fell incredibly sad though for all the people that this awful virus has personally affected and I am sorry for all the people who are struggling with the lockdown

About an 8. I am finding it a bit hard to focus on work, wfh, which is a bit stressful, but it's not so bad otherwise. I have very little family to miss and I'm quite introverted so I'm not missing out on socialising.

1. Keyworker, 50-60 hour weeks, knackered.

Someone was getting bitter about those without gardens. I don't have one, live in a flat, aLways have, even when growing up, so thats's my normal. I try to go our daily for a cycle sound the paths near me and that helps my mood a lot.

As another poster said, 1 because of the anxiety etc. I stay in with my Dd quite a lot anyway so the days aren’t hugely different, but all the rest of it, the worry about us, about our families etc is just horrendous, so we’re not able to enjoy anything, sadly,

1. The sun has helped. I'd like to get out with the dogs more but I don't miss work or shopping. I am a massive introvert.