To think lockdown has negatively influenced so many peoples emotions - what's going on for you?

[MrsP2015]

My story.
Well our family are all really close/ get on well.

We are white and there are some family members who are/ or have been with partners from other cultures long term and introduced them and our family have no issue with anyone's colour/ beliefs etc. Mixed race children in the family, biological and step/ blended families.
All great.
However, the last week they've gone mad. Some are saying others are racist, they're answering by kicking off as they aren't. Some are going mad about the behaviours of protestors (not the reason for the protest) and others are saying they're racist then getting parents, siblings involved then nans are arguing with their own older generation siblings. WTF?

Has months of lockdown just made everyone want to fight? Honestly I'm so sad for all my family as they all have the same core beliefs but have clashed beyond repair it seems.

Anyone else?

Yeah people ar pretty angry. I'm not sure what at anymore though - the virus, the government, schools, the fact that we've all realised we have no real control over anything?

I've been more up than down over lockdown but in the last week I've started feeling pretty depressed. I can't seem to snap out of it. Feeling out of control always affects my mental health.

For me (I live elsewhere), it's been the end of lockdown that's been incredibly stress-provoking. For my teen son, who struggles with mental health, it's been the opposite.

I listen to a really interesting podcast, OP, called This Jungian Life - it's on Spotify - and it helps put into context the wide variety of emotions people are experiencing right now.

Everyone i know just feels total apathy. It’s as if theyve used up all their emotional reserves since lockdown and now have nothing left to give.

This weekend has brought up lots of stuff for me too, OP, I forgot to say. Not relevant to the thread, but sparked by what's been happening. I've been so angry that I gave myself a massive migraine and had to sleep most of yesterday to reset.

That podcast has some interesting thoughts on how we respond to unbearable stress - basically through regressing to the less nice parts of ourself. It resonated, and maybe it does with you too, and your family situation.

Yes apathy is the perfect way to describe it!

low mood. finding it harder to motivate myself or take pleasure in things I usually enjoy. easier to focus on things I usually try to block out by being busier.

I’ve developed awful insomnia which has had a knock on effect on my mental health.

I’m a lot happier now than the run up to the referendum. I had heard that the area I moved to was racist. It was shocking to realise just how racist it was. So racist my mum missed out on a flat.