Anyone feeling less anxious about Corona?

[millerjane]

Some of the stats and the anecdotal evidence from my mum (works in A&E) seems encouraging. I feel a lot better personally and think I have adjusted to the idea of lockdown.

How about you? Or do you feel worse?

I’m feeling less anxious, as family members have had it reassuringly mildly. Obviously I am very concerned about the state of the nhs and those who get severe symptoms, from a selfish perspective I am less worried.

I feel less anxious because people around here are taking it v. seriously, practicing social distancing and generally being sensible. It doesn't stop me worrying about my elderly relatives (even though they're self-isolating) because they're v. vulnerable health-wise - but I feel as if my particular area will come through this reasonably well.

We have settled into a bit of a routine with the DCs and there are some positive aspects to all of that. They have time with DH that they don't usually get and they are loving that- so is he. I am liking having more time with him and them too.
His job is safe and he works from home quite a lot but nothing like the hours he does normally (is a Headteacher but his school has closed as no children were turning up and the local authority have opened a hub in the locality which he will have to supervise on a 2 week rota).
But I am really worried about PIL and Dh's grandma (in her early 90s) who live together near us. FIL has health condition and they are self-isolating. MIL, in particular, is finding it hard. SIL is pregnant and unwell and she and BIL are under a lot if stress.
I wonder what will happen in the next few years economically- I think we are fucked basically. I think this will cause an economic depression across the world and social unrest.
I can't see a route back to normality because I can't see how it will happen. There will be some restrictions in place for at least a year I think as it spreads in waves round the world and then comes back as autumn and winter arrive.
In the summer will there be any travel? Can we allow people from affected countries to come here or us to go there and risk setting it off again?
I dread to think what is happening to people in our care homes and hospitals who have this disease. We are not seeing ANY footage of the reality and I think that is deliberate.
The poverty, financial uncertainty and worry that is very clear now for so many is awful.
I am a vegetarian and animal lover and I know there will be much suffering in animal shelters as funds and donations fall and family pets are discarded and animals neglected.
It is all very unsettling and upsetting and I have been really anxious the last few days.

And I think we are going to see much bigger numbers tomorrow in deaths and cases as the government start to include those who have died outside of hospitals and start to test more.

Now I have it I am much less anxious. So far I have had a very mild dose of all the symptoms except fever. Assuming it is Covid19 then I should be immune for at least this year.

I’m not worried about the virus as such, although I’m taking precautions and cautious.

I’m struggling with the lockdown. Doing it obviously and I know it is for the best but it’s difficult.

Nope feeling even more anxious as this is the calm before the storm. I’m a community nurse and we are all being redeployed into frontline as “helpers/ extra pair of hands” I’m actually bricking it as I haven’t worked on a ward for 28 years😳
I’m actually terrified of the tsunami coming.

Should have said that I would be less anxious being able to work from home or away from in patients. I’ll be putting my own dc at risk and that terrifies me.

I had an angry, frustrated day yesterday, but the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach is manageable now. Most of the time.

I feel a lot happier today then I felt week ago. I've kind of got used to being indoors and come to terms with the fact that the schools won't go back until September. Feeling a lot calmer.

I'm fine. This needs to happen so we'll do it.

It's the future I'm dreading.......there's going to be a LOT of job losses. The leisure and tourism industry will take years to recover from this.

Could be worse tho, we could be under Trump and his money protecting antics.

I'm less wary than I was late January when I felt like it was a ticking time bomb and that nothing would be done to stop the spread.

I have been much calmer, and prepared before most were (before all the panic buying came in btw)
But in the past 24 hours its hit me just how bad things are, of course I knew, but it's just started to scare me.

I'm a little anxious because DS and I are asthmatics- not severe so not high risk- but it unnerves me that I don't know how we'll fair if we get it, I'm also anxious as my knobhead Ex is still insisting on having DS for his usual weekends even though he doesn't social distance at work. Apparently that's life and it shouldn't mean he doesn't have DS. I wouldn't mind so much but he cancels DS at the drop of a hat - sometimes going 2/3 months without seeing him!

I do feel fortunate though, we can social distance as much as we want, DH has worked from home for the last two weeks ( and will for foreseeable future), his job is very stable and my job has come to an end (for now) so I'm able to support DS2 through his school work . I count my lucky stars over that stuff.

Nope. Feeling very anxious that we will get the virus ( dh in the vulnerable category ), worried we wont have jobs by the end of the year, we have four teenagers two of whom have lost their part time jobs.

I work in retail and now I'm less anxious as my life in general has not changed. I dont worry specially as I'm dealing with hundreds of customers around me when I'm.at work. I'm very careful but have great colleagues and my manager is very good to so feel less stress as if something did happen to me I know I'd have good support when I'm back. Plus we can all have a good laugh at work so that really helps in this current climate were all in.

YANBU, I read something yesterday that was quite promising about the number of expected fatalities maybe having been overestimated.

I've never been overly anxious about it on a personal level. Don't get me wrong, I do distancing, hand washing, gelling etc, but other than that I don't see the point in worrying about it as we can do no more about it.

I have asthma so wouldn't cope with having it as well as the average person, but for some reason I'm just like 'hey ho, it either gets us or it doesn't.' I can't usually be this laid back about stuff.

I’m anxious today. DH is so negative about how long this will go on for. It’s rubbing off on me. We are both wfh and that’s also driving me bonkers.

DD is an only child and I’m worried about the long term effects on her being isolated from other children if this goes on for a long time. Not to mention her education. She misses her school friends, Swimming, brownies etc.

I miss my family. I’m feeling uneasy because I can’t see an end to this. I worry it will keep coming back and it will eventually get those we are trying to shield.

Sorry I’m usually positive but I’m feeling a bit shit about it today.

I'm very pleased to read that a large teaching hospital is doing some trails on the Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin therapy:)

Very interested that a business friend who had very bad and persistent bronchitis was treated with azithromycin and it cleard up in just Two days!

Similer problem to the COVID lung troubles that the above two drugs in tandem are being trialed for..

"I have gone from thinking the government wasn't doing enough to thinking they've massively over reacted....

Well there’s no pleasing some people."

That is just wrong.

• The NHS is brilliant and worthy of all gratitude
• Notwithstanding the above the UK government should have looked at what was happening in the world (China but then other places..) December 2019 and issued orders to the UK public not to travel abroad (for the meantime) and should have shut down flights from incoming relevant countries (for the meantime...) in JANUARY 2020.

I realise there were other things going on then (Brexit, Boris etc etc) but....
And now we are faced with this.

I'm a bit less anxious now that we're getting better data about mortality rates. But it's still very contagious and unpredictable in individual cases.

We're in much better shape now than we were just 10 years ago in terms of technology to study the virus and develop vaccines. Those who are more worried about the "paramilitary" response than the virus should spend a few hours in my ED.

WorriedMum

Bloody can't win this lot can't they with the likes of you...

Damned if they do and dammed if they don't ..

If they'd told us to all carry on you'd have said they were irresponsible and because they're asking us to stay in , they're overreacting

It's a global crisis ffs. Not something Boris and his medical and scientific advisers have made up.

Give them a break.

The certainly know a lot more than the likes of people on this site, that's for sure, but the truth is nobody knows how this is going to pan out. Nobody.

No I feel worse. I am doing the 3 months by choice thing because I wouldn't be able to use a ventilator - so I don't go anywhere other than round the block for a walk each day, DH only goes to the shops if he has to once or twice a week and showers as soon as he gets in. Then I kept hearing more and more things we should do - I have to open a gate to walk round the block, now I think the gate is going to cause infection, then I heard you have to bleach all the shopping, then I worried about the post - would that be carrying the virus, then my dog's fur (neighbour tried to stroke him), now I hear it lives on the soles of shoes for 5 days.

So basically I am now thinking there is nowhere to hide and after the 3 months I am still going to be just as much at risk.

Its literally being so cheerful that's keeping me going

Feeling just as anxious as I have done for a number of weeks. I fear we have a false sense of security and that numbers will rise again because of the idiots who went out over Mother's Day weekend and Cheltenham.

I'm anxious over food. I think people forget about kids/families and rationing based on household, not per head is hard on larger families.
Throughout, the food situation has stressed me more than fear of the virus (though one asthmatic son).

I'm anxious about my children's education. They've worked so hard but are going into year 10 with a massive disruption.
I worry about their future - the world they will inherit.

I'm anxious about all of it!

I’m feeling less concerned about the actual virus currently, compared to how to manage getting on with normal life. Eg getting groceries, toiletries etc. Having bags of rubbish piling up because the bin men don’t seem to come anymore etc etc.

I’m dealing with my anxiety about the virus, and worrying about the longer term things. Recessions etc.

I’m very worried about all of the people that have been badly affected though, whether by health or money issues. So I know I don’t have as much of a right to worry, because I’m in a very fortunate position in that regard.