To think lockdown is making people sick.

[Melonslicexx]

I mean alot of people. I have never felt anxious like I do in my life. I'm on edge. I'm panicky.

My best mate who has suffered with her mental health said she didn't want to be here anymore the other day but she's pushing through.

I can't describe how I feel at the moment. It's horrible. So

Vote not unreasonable if you feel ill due to lockdown

Or you are unreasonable if you feel fine.

I am hoping to feel less alone. As to be honest I feel scared and I don't know how to see the happiness in life or relax again.

For the first time in my life I think I might tip over the edge. Working full time plus a couple of extra roles to cover as they are on furlough, kids at home to home school, house needs even more cleaning cos everyone at home all the time. No childcare or sports clubs. On a really lucky night I might catch up on work in time to get 5 hours sleep before it all starts again. Today I thought it would be quite nice to get knocked down by a car because I would get a break in hospital whilst I recovered - not suicidal, just bloody exhausted.

Groups like this often bring overs down and give people other things to worry about

We are allowed to talk about our own mental health. I don't care if I'm bringing others down. I can't talk about it in real life because nobody wants to know.

Brava @ChewChewIsMySpiritAnimal. Get it out.

I'm really sorry you feel like this.

Personally I've found the opposite and mine and my son's mental health has never been so good. I'm truly grateful for lockdown in that respect. I do appreciate we are lucky though.

I hear you OP. It's such a strange feeling. Even though things are now opening up a bit more I've lost interest in doing any of them. But it's not like when I've been really down before - those times it was caused by traumatic events or it genuinely felt like my mind was sick. This time it's just like I'm gradually drifting into a place without colour and joy.

Making people feel this way was the entire point of lockdown

I agree with you. It's really sad. I've always struggled with bouts of anxiety and low mood and lockdown has erased all my little pockets of happiness - the gym, seeing family and friends, the library. I've also just found out I'm pregnant so I'm still cautious even though things are gradually open again. Its soul crushing and my mental health has taken a giant battering.

I am sadly the opposite. I've never felt so free. I'm usually so anxious (socially) and have 2 young children so every family member is always wanting to see them or stay over. I'm dreading going back to normal now that I've essentially been living my dream life 😞

I'm generally ok but I wake up every day with a sense of dread and disbelief...it dissipates throughout the day. I'm an introvert and I've really struggled with no time to myself. It's also really tough because I feel such pressure to make things as good as possible for my dc...some days I'd rather just hide or disengage but I feel like my DC are missing school and friends so I have to be fun mum and do crafts, baking, be enthusiastic etc. It's quite relentless.

I feel pissed off and angry but not anxious.

@OverTheRainbow88

It's not that simple. I live an hour and 20 minutes away from the zoo. I live 45 minutes from an animal park. My two year old son would want to run about at a zoo. He won't walk two meters apart and stand on a spot. Taking toddlers out to places with rules about social distancing is a whole other issue.

I also have been to the park twice this week. My kids both wanted to be on different things and wanted my help. I felt drained from the lack of sleep and then it started to drizzle. I've been for a two mile walk today with them. We saw a duck. I still don't feel any more lifted.

Its great but I don't want to go to the hair dressers right now. With a mask on. Boiling hot and anxious. I can't take my kids swimming because I live half an hour away from the pool.

It's easy to judge. But it's actually helping my mind knowing it's affecting many of us the same. It's literally depressing people. We are all lost and don't know how to be happy. We can't enjoy the shops. We have been banned from taking our children anywhere for months. All of our structure has gone. My kids don't sleep and lots of other parents are in the same boat. We've had to worry about our kids and their happiness. Their school work. We've had to help other family out with stuff.

It's great you've bounced through and are having days out. But not everyone can afford or has the confidence to do that now. I'd people click on this post they are very likely to be feeling down. Reading through these replies and knowing others can relate might actually help them sleep better tonight. We've got to look after eachother. It's not always easy to put it on your families shoulders.

I had just started to feel much better after suffering from anxiety and depression for most of 2019 and then we went into lockdown. Initially we were ok, enjoying stepping off the treadmill of clubs, children's parties, social obligations etc. Embraced home schooling with some enthusiasm and managed to juggle WFH alongside it just about. Then about halfway through things seemed to slump, I started to feel very anxious again, not sure if it's depression yet but it's heading in that direction. Our children aren't back at school so nothing has changed from that perspective, we have been seeing friends and family from a distance but otherwise it does feel like some people are way more back to 'normal' than we are yet. I think we're all bored and frustrated that everything feels the same, every day! I'm not even that desperate to do all the things we haven't been able to, I don't feel like I have massively missed them so it's hard to be sure what is causing the anxiety tbh. Motivation is at an all time low, diet and exercise is crap, too much wine in the evening and lockdown initiatives around the house are going untouched. So YANBU I think lockdown has and is making many of us unwell be it mentally and or physically.

I had just started to feel much better after suffering from anxiety and depression for most of 2019 and then we went into lockdown. Initially we were ok, enjoying stepping off the treadmill of clubs, children's parties, social obligations etc. Embraced home schooling with some enthusiasm and managed to juggle WFH alongside it just about. Then about halfway through things seemed to slump, I started to feel very anxious again, not sure if it's depression yet but it's heading in that direction. Our children aren't back at school so nothing has changed from that perspective, we have been seeing friends and family from a distance but otherwise it does feel like some people are way more back to 'normal' than we are yet. I think we're all bored and frustrated that everything feels the same, every day! I'm not even that desperate to do all the things we haven't been able to, I don't feel like I have massively missed them so it's hard to be sure what is causing the anxiety tbh. Motivation is at an all time low, diet and exercise is crap, too much wine in the evening and lockdown initiatives around the house are going untouched. So YANBU I think lockdown has and is making many of us unwell be it mentally and or physically.

YANBU, I have struggled with anxiety more and more as lockdown has progressed, constantly feel like I’m on edge and in ‘fight or flight’ mode. I really miss work and the structure that bought to my life.

Melonslicexx fwiw, we went to the zoo yesterday and there were kids running all over the place. It was only policed in the animal houses, which were easy to avoid (and we still saw loads). The kids loved the freedom and apart from one grump person, no-one cared.

Yanbu.

I mean I feel mostly ok myself, but everything's changed.

I know that things are opening up again, but I don't know it's just strange, life still isn't normal.

The lockdown has affected so many people's lives in so many ways.

But I suppose we've all been through something huge and we are still not through it. I know lots will say you've only had to stay home and sit on the sofa. But it's possibly the biggest thing in many of our life times. It will take time.

YANBU I feel as though my whole family is losing it. It’s waking up that’s he worst: a horrid sinking feeling as I remember everything. Checking the news.. in case it’s somehow all over. Getting up to Groundhog Day...

@wanderings

Yep. No shit, Sherlock. I knew this would happen, and it's why I thought lockdown was a terrible idea in the first place. It's having a severe effect on mental health; suicides, depression and bankruptcies will be through the roof. By the time those things make the news, they won't matter to Boris: he will have resigned or been removed from the party by then.

And although the masks might (repeat, might) have their place in reducing the spread, for some people, they are exacerbating the problem, by being a very prominent reminder that the "unseen horror" could be anywhere. It's unfortunate that they have to go in such a prominent place, i.e. the human face.

Why worry? It's nearly over now anyway. I'll believe that when compulsory social distancing is in the bin where it belongs, and all our rightful activities such as swimming and recreational sport have been restored.

Agree

Yanbu. I don't know if you can relate but some days I feel like I'm pushing through treacle. I brain feels fuzzy, I think on I must do xyz and then I just sit there, or look at fb/mumsnet and another half hour goes by. Then before I know it it's 5pm and I am still in my nightie and draw been watching tv for hours.
Days like this I feel awful. I have to really push myself to make a plan, have a shower and put.on clothes and get out the house. I would say I have says like this at least once a week now. Please let this all be a distant memory soon.

I feel fine which is strange for me as I suffer from anxiety and OCD. I am starting to go out more again to shopping centres etc. The main thing for me is just making sure my DC get enough exercise & fresh air.

Yep I am feeling some of the deepest depression I have ever felt.

I am just so angry, frustrated, sad. Like a caged animal. Terrified for my health and my children.

I try to pause every day to remind myself how lucky I am and to make a list of what I am grateful for and what I have done well. Need to keep perspective or I get overwhelmed with sadness and fear.

I thought I was very resilient before.

I’m up and down from one week to the next. Last week I was so angry and tearful. Not too bad this week, possibly helped by DS being at Grandma’s for a couple of nights which has meant I can work without interruption and feeling guilty

Unfortunately lockdown (or whatever we are in now) is making DS ill. DS has been unmotivated, restless and not interested in anything, I thought it because he was bored at home so much but he’s been like that at Grandma and Grandad’s too. The penny has dropped for me recalling some other signs and behaviours as well and I realise he is displaying signs of depression. He is 6

Fuck your coronavirus

I have been ok as I live with DH and 3 young adults. I feel so sad for the elderly and the vulnerable and anyone who has gone through this alone.
I work in the NHS and have had people with only months to live saying they might as well just die as they cant fulfill last wishes.
It's been a horrible time for so many people.

YANBU- I am struggling with low mood. Just feel sad and tearful a lot of the time. 2 of my DC are having problems too, mostly with anger and irritability.

YANBU. I am anxious when I go out to the point where I very much limit it. I’m questioning my friendships. My energy levels are the lowest they have ever been. My sleep pattern has been affected. I hate it.