I am so fucking bored with covid

[Prettybluepigeons]

If we all survive this, when people talk about it in the future, I will say " it was so fucking boring "

All anyone talks about is covid . Alm that us on the news us covid. Can't go to the theatre because covid. Gigs? No covid.
Restaurants are dodgy. Pubs are dodgy. Seeing family and friends is forbidden. It is all so bloody dull.

Plus the smell. Hand sanitizer and disinfectant everywhere. Yuck.

@nocoolnamesleft

But we won't ALL survive it. That's the whole point.

Errrrr over 99% of us will

I really like the smell of my hand sanitiser

I miss doing meetings face to face

@nocoolnamesleft

But we won't ALL survive it. That's the whole point.

We won't all survive anyway. In fact, one day it'll become apparent that NONE of us will survive because we all have to go at some point.

Love the advice that our boredom is because we are subconsciously anxious.

No, we are fucking bored. Intelligent folk need a greater variety of stimulus.

@MadameBlobby that's all good and well if your not at home with young children that you can't take anywhere to entertain or have your hands tied up in other ways.
Most people don't have the free time or opportunity to change the way they earn just now or learn new skills

Same here

Dull

@scotsllb I think it's @NekoShiro who is learning loads of things/changing patterns and thriving

Yep fed up of covid......but mainly of the sadness of all the people dying

My elderly parents who fully support tight control measures are also bored witless. They don't cook or do crafts either. I would have thought "boredom " is one thing that can unite everyone right now (except those who find regular life boring I guess).

I also find insomnia very boring & feel irate at ppl or sleep programmes that assume that all insomnia is anxiety driven.

@nocoolnamesleft

But we won't ALL survive it. That's the whole point.

It’s still boring though. I’m bored too OP. I’m bored of feeling worried all the time. I’m bored of not sleeping. I’m bored of everything being cancelled.

I actually think it’s quite interesting living through a global event that will go down in history. I am lucky in that I’m pretty much unaffected so far so I haven’t had the worries a lot of people have. I feel sad for those who are affected, both directly and indirectly, but I wouldn’t call it boring.

It's unbelievably tedious. It makes me long for the days when all anyone talked about was Brexit.

I do think, sadly, that coming on here makes it worse if you read the wrong type of threads: the obsession with data and statistics; the obsessive scrutinising of every minor detail of the virus; those posters that seem to relish the prospect of the worst case scenario (overwhelmed NHS, virus increasing in schools and universities, exams being cancelled) just so that they can tell us that they told us so.

And God yes: the pious punctuation of every thread with "we're in the middle of a global pandemic, if you hadn't realised".

So very, very bored by it. No, not anxious. Bored.

@nocoolnamesleft

But we won't ALL survive it. That's the whole point.

I hate to break it to you, but to quote The Doors, no-one here gets out alive

Yes, I agree. At the moment I'm particularly bored with discussions about what might be announced on Monday. It's been discussed since Wednesday just announce it ffs.

@Prettybluepigeons

Yes! And all the people talking about 'reporting' people

That's the worst, it's brought out the curtain twitchers for sure

You could always do something different to what you did pre covid, personally I've never been so happy and excited for life, I've shifted the way I earn an income and I'm now doing odd jobs online during the day which keeps me busy and cus I don't have any transport time eating into my day I have so much time to cook fancy meals, watch films I never got around too, I've been doing so much crafting and sketching it's like I'm teenager again always creating things, I started learning 3D modeling on the pc as a new hobby as well, working my way slowly through my back log of public domain classic books, the list of things I can spend my time doing now is endless, I don't get how people can say they're bored, oh and I've been able to listen to sooooo much new music during my 'work' day and I've found loads of new songs I love

I’ve got a nearly 2 year old at home. He can’t go to nursery as I can’t afford it (I’ve lost my job due to Covid) and no groups are running.
He’s not all that good at sitting nicely while I sketch/paint/read/pursue hobbies.

Yes OP I’m fucking bored. Not anxious, bored. Lost my job, my volunteer work hasn’t restarted, toddler at home with nowhere to take him, and there are so many fun, wholesome toddler activities I can set up. We do the school run twice a day. That’s pretty much it.

I am also bored but happy that being bored is the worst that has happened to me so far. I know people who have suffered losses to Covid and who work on Covid wards who would love to be bored because they can’t go shopping without a mask.

I think its brought out the worst in people tbh. The utter judginess and curtain twitching is awful.

I have OCD and it has exacerbated it dreadfully as you might expect.

But yes, I am still bored with it.

Yep, COVID can bugger off. It’s tedious.

And yes we’re all going to die - a tiny percentage from COVID. It can sod right off.

Yes, I'm bored of talking about it, every conversation seems to lead round to it in some way, whether it's we can't meet up, we can't organise that etc.

Try having a funeral in covid times.

We'll be having my mum's soon and we need to wear masks in the hearses and at the service and cannot even have a commemoration after because of the rules.

It makes a very sad and difficult time feel utterly bleak and quite scary. How does one cry in a mask?

Agreed!

I also have people saying how much they’re enjoying lockdown

*hate

Its just having nothing to look forward to. Can't sit and have lunch in the staffroom even which used to brighten my day.

Can't plan trips out. I started looking forward to walks with my friend but thats out now.
I certainly don't minimise the virus but the day to day grind is hard and yes can be boring.

@MrsMcMuffins

I am also bored but happy that being bored is the worst that has happened to me so far. I know people who have suffered losses to Covid and who work on Covid wards who would love to be bored because they can’t go shopping without a mask.

I also find this kind of piety intensely frustrating. People are allowed to feel how they feel without being judged like this. Yes, we're all aware that some have lost loved ones and others work on Covid wards. But that doesn't negate our feelings or make them less worthy of respect. And the snippy little "can't go shopping without a mask" - why can't we be frustrated by the fact that we have to wear a mask while shopping?

Is each one of us only allowed to feel something if we've first checked that there is literally no one else in the world who is in a worse situation than us right now?

Because I bet someone who was living in the Moria refugee camp with the daily threat of hunger and violence, only to have even that disappear when it was destroyed by fire, would love to be working on a Covid ward in the UK right now in preference.