Are there others who feel their lives ( or their way of being) is just not the same since lockdown?

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I am a key worker so worked during all lockdowns. But something has changed in me. I have not got that desire back to actually go and do things other than the mundane stuff.
I imagined simply going back to normal once everything reopened- but, in reality, I just haven’t.
I have had a lot of stress these last 2 years, mum died after long illness - other family issues and bought a house this month.
i feel like my world has closed in and I have lost all confident and get up and go.
many one else struggling?
my partner is also flat as a pancake and I do feel I am pulled down by his lethargy.
I need to kick myself up the arse.

I have mixed feelings about lockdown, but what I'm struggling with currently is how more selfish the average person seems to be. Just general anti-social behaviour when out and about seems so much more prevalant than before covid, e.g:

The phone conversations on loud speaker in public spaces.
Blasting music loudly from phone/car/house without a car for neighbours etc.
Not waiting for people to get off bus/train before shoving on.
Noise and phone usage in cinemas/theatre.
Shoving into queues.
Parking in disabled bays with no blue badge also barging into my wheelchair when I'm in it.
Drivers paying less attention and being more aggressive.

Invading personal space more than ever before in tight spaces, you would think social distancing would have made that better but nope.

All those things seem very minor, but it all adds up to make leaving my house generally a much more frustrating experience. Why do people feel far less patient and more entitled than they did before?

It’s not Covid that has ruined our lives, it’s the cost of living crisis. We now have literally no spare money to do anything so end up stuck at home or going on endless walks just to leave the house. It’s shit and has destroyed my mental health.

I know it's too late now but you WERE allowed help after a c-section! Why were so many people unaware of the care exemption? It makes me so cross that there was so much misinformation especially for vulnerable people (which you were). This assumes you were in England, but during the first lockdown the rules were the same across the UK.

SIL used to go into MIL every day - even though the carers were also going in four times a day.

The care exemption we were aware of didn’t come into effect until about a month after I gave birth.

Tbh we ended up breaking the rules eventually anyway because I was sobbing to my DH to get us some help.