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It's Saturday night. I'm bored, lonely, miserable and anxious. Hope you are all doing better then me

40 replies

ssd · 25/04/2020 21:45

This sucks.

I feel like a good cry but I don't have any tears left.

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ssd · 25/04/2020 21:46

And I didn't enable bloody voting.

Even mn is falling apart.

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ludothedog · 25/04/2020 21:58

It's tough. I"ve been struggling all week too. Fo you have any family and friends you can call on?

missyB1 · 25/04/2020 22:00

I have good days and bloody terrible days with all this. Are you having any good days?

NurseJaques · 25/04/2020 22:02

Not much to offer but Wine have a virtual drink and tell us what you're struggling with and what we could do to help?

Spinakker · 25/04/2020 22:05

I've been feeling a bit like you, lots of ups and downs but today I'm feeling like things will get better. What exactly are you worrying about the most?

SkinRash · 25/04/2020 22:05

If it makes you feel any better I got up and dressed at 10.15 am then have just sat on my bed the whole day/night.

No motivation to do anything.

Nowhere to go.

It's really tough just now on many people.

What's going on in your life just now?

custodiandiscount · 25/04/2020 22:05

it's shite isn't it. no it's not just you, there is lots of us!

Macaroni46 · 25/04/2020 22:06

Lots of love to you OP. These are tough times. You are not alone Thanks

YouTheCat · 25/04/2020 22:14

Ssd, it's just so shit.

Do you have anything nice to look forward to tomorrow? I'm trying to focus on small things. Chopping my day up into sections and so I don't become too overwhelmed. I've got lists of films and books to watch and read and am having a bash at Latin on Duolingo.

Hope you feel a bit better tomorrow.

Yabadee · 25/04/2020 22:17

I’m on the couch watching Gino, Gordon and Fred’s American Road Trip, great trashy tv for a laugh. I have baileys and Pringles.

Feel very tired today, have developed a cough and my temp has been up and down all day, am trying to ignore it and hope I feel better after a good nights sleep! Really should go to bed but 5 yo DD has just gone an hour ago and I need some maw time.

Hope u have a better day tomorrow

ponchek · 25/04/2020 22:39

Have some wine.

Watch 'too hot to handle'on Netflix. Or just put 'The Durrells' on loop (Spiro is a salve).

I just trapped my toe in the bifold door. Well, two hours ago and still in agony. That really distracts one from virus woes. Can't even sleep for the pain 🥺

ponchek · 25/04/2020 22:41

Seriously watch The Durrells. And tomorrow go on a really good walk or bike ride. And mow the lawn if possible. Do laundry. Wash curtains. Achieve some good tasks.

bridgetreilly · 25/04/2020 22:41

Ditto.

I have eaten all the carbs and junk food in the house today. That's it. That's all I've done.

ssd · 25/04/2020 23:36

Thanks everyone

I've walked today and did the laundry. Tomorrow is forecast rain.
Am just down. And I thought I'd got to a good place with this, my mood has been OK for a few days, calm even.

Today has just been shit. Its overwhelming and shit.

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ssd · 25/04/2020 23:42

I walk every evening for an hour. Same walk but it's nice. I've done all the walks round here. Over and over. I dont have a bike. Ds wants one but can't afford it.
And the telly is shite. Tragic actually. I don't watch much telly, never got into box sets or Netflix. And now I can't concentrate on anything. I want to be away, away from here. Not even necessarily mixing, although I do miss seeing friends.
Just away, gone from here and routine.
But I'm bloody terrified to go out, to mix and catch this bloody thing. I have health anxiety and this has blown it way over the top.
I'm scared scared scared. And the news is overwhelming. I turn it off, but to what? Re runs of Only fools and horses?
Sad

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northernlittledonkey · 25/04/2020 23:44

@ssd I’ve felt like that 3 days this week. Best thing was a friend telling me to stop trying to achieve & allow myself that it was ok to feel low. Did long bike ride yesterday & will go out again tomorrow morning abd it does lift my mood. Am feeling better now but making small achievements not big ones!

northernlittledonkey · 25/04/2020 23:45

Get into Netflix, it’s a whole new world of films series etc.

FiveFootTwoEyesOfBlue · 25/04/2020 23:48

Not trying to downplay your feelings, but thought this might raise a smile.

It's Saturday night. I'm bored, lonely, miserable and anxious. Hope you are all doing better then me
YouTheCat · 25/04/2020 23:51

There's some decent stuff out there to watch.

I do get how you're feeling. Some days it is all calm and 'yeah, we can do this' and the next day you can't even contemplate brushing your teeth.

Tomorrow will be better. x

ssd · 25/04/2020 23:51

I might have a look at Netflix. Dh uses it a lot. Not sure if we have the multi screens thingy. I'll ask him.

I try to save my walk for the evening, if I do it during the day then the rest of the night just stretches out. And it's so bloody long.
It's a relief to get another day over with. And I hate wishing the days away. I should treasure them, God only knows what is in front of me.

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YouTheCat · 25/04/2020 23:52

What sort of stuff do you enjoy watching?

ssd · 25/04/2020 23:53

That's funny fivefoot 😁

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ssd · 26/04/2020 00:00

I don't even know what I like on telly. I don't like dramas. Don't watch entertainment stuff. I like factual stuff, but nothing in particular. I quite like housewives of Beverly hills! I started watching spiral and I liked that cause I didn't know the actors.

I think I'm just overwhelmed by how this is going to go. My dcs are at uni and it's just overwhelming how things have gone for them. I worry so much for them. Both have lots going on. Well had lots going on. Not now.

Thanks for listening. I'm going to bed now, being able to off load here a bit has helped. A problem shared and all that.

Hopefully tomorrow will be better for us all.

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YouTheCat · 26/04/2020 00:01

There's a fair few documentaries on Netflix.

NotOneToShoutOut · 26/04/2020 00:05

Its shit. I haven't been out of the house since the 9th of March. Not even in my garden. Not sure if I've have a breakdown.