To want to sleep for a year until everything has recovered from this nightmare

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The bank now think it won't be until the end of next year until everything has recovered and is back to normal.

So much for a V shaped recovery!

Aibu to just want to sleep until this all ends. Not sure I can take a year just to get back to normal :(

YANBU to feel down about it all. It is hard.

If I’ve read it right the Bank of England are today saying while COVID might not be cutting as deep as suspected, recovery might take longer than thought - I don’t think that’s hugely surprising.

But this is a new normal for everyone and I guess while I still have a job, my family are in good health and my son can still get and education I’ll count myself exceptionally lucky. I had coronavirus in March and afterwards I obeyed lockdown extremely carefully as a result. It really is a acutely horrible.

We have a long way to go and we may not return to ‘normal’ for years but we can find a new normal.

It’s going to take a lot longer than a year I think !

This is the new normal. I feel for those that are/have been struggling.

Any personal positives for you, OP?

For me, I was able to still go to work which helped mentally (I was able to keep my job) and put a tiny amount of money aside (from reduced spending). Pace of life reduced, which helped. Netflix, Prime and online delivery were godsends!

I think it's the worst case scenario a year. I and many others cant last a year more of this.

Is this really the new normal? Places empty and job losses announced every hour. There's literally nothing good happening

I dislike the phrase “new normal”. Not being able to hug your own mother may be necessary for the time being, but it is not normal, and never will be. I don’t like use of “normal” at all for these circumstances but if we must, I prefer temporary normal or something which makes clear this cannot go on forever.

I agree with you OP that this pandemic is brutal and I can’t wait for it to be over.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/561517/my-year-of-rest-and-relaxation-by-ottessa-moshfegh/

This is a great novel that deals with this idea - sleeping it all away sounds v seductive right now.

WheresMyMilk I'd go for "current abnormal".

I agree. It’s extremely depressing. I’m really struggling, it feels as if the joy has been stripped out of life and it’s purely existing now

Perhaps it would be best if we were all wiped out by the virus then.

It may seem pessimistic but I don't really see things settling down until at least summer next year, possibly even 2022. So on that I agree with you. But I think an acceptance of that has helped me a lot (I believe that's the last stage of the grief cycle!). However, I am lucky that I have a very secure profession, I'm not at risk of losing my home etc, and the people I care about most are at low risk if they were to catch Covid. So I do recognise I am in a privileged position and I feel for everyone who is worried for their jobs or the people they care about. My mantra has always really been "it is what it is" so that is how I have approached this situation also.

I was just saying last night that I can't imagine what it would be like to go back to "normal". I can't even really remember what it was like even.