Are you coping?

[Hellin301]

There are very few threads indicating that people are still struggling mentally with the Covid situation.

Does this mean people are coping better now or are you still struggling day to day?

I have been ok from the start. But usually I only worry when something happens and not what might happen.

I think in this country lot of people finding this hard because life is easier here normally. My Crotian friend he was dodging bombs on way to school so this is not so stressful for him. And I have a friend in Iran who I would not swap with her tbh.

I coped fine the first time even though we had a few financial issues crop up but we got through it. I think the weather and spending time with the dc made it good for me.
Dh worked right through and is still really busy now thank god.

My industry is really suffering due to Covid so I'm worrying daily at the minute abit how this is all going to pan out.
The business can't sustain well when we are u see the break even line every week aswel as having four months with no income.

It keeps me awake a lot at night.

I didn't realise I was worrying so much until I had a panic attack last weekend and it's taken me till now to start feeling a bit better but I'm still feeling fragile and very drained/tired.

Luckily I've got a few days off this week so have just pottered around and taken it easy but my anxiety is not good right now.

I'm constantly having to talk myself back to calm so I'm feeling shit.

Worrying about keeping the dc well in mind aswel.

I'm not really. I'm at home with DS(2), had planned to get a job this fall, but that's on hold now. DH is wfh and it's terrible. We have to stay out of his way when he's working and he decided the kitchen/dining room was the best place to work from. We have an open plan so it's pretty much the whole main floor and I'm upstairs with DS. DH is driving me insane and my mental health has really been affected. He doesn't have a lot of patience with DS, so he's always on him for something and DS does not behave well with him probably because of it. It's peaceful on the rare occasions he goes out. We moved here shortly before COVID so I haven't been able to meet anyone. I'm so very tired of it all. I'm on antidepressants, but I'm not sure what affect they are having.

Today- no. I don't know why. We are isolating. It feels this will never end. I am bored and lonely and wasting my annual leave on a half term at home.

I've had a few bad days recently. We are in tier 2 and it's the thought of a long winter of not seeing people. I just feel hemmed in. But we went out to a local town at the weekend for a change of scenery and ot seems to have put me back on track. I feel very sorry for those in tier 3, particularly some places that have been like that for months.

Last time I was furloughed and I coped because I was absorbed in home schooling, redecorating and catching up on sleep.

Now I'm redundant and job hunting. I'm stressed about money and bloody Zoom, but that means I don't really have time to worry much about Covid.

I was fine in spring but really feel low now. Not 100% related to covid but a very good portion/majority is!

No as I am going to have my weekly covid test today and recorn I have it due to looking after residents with covid

Feel really down today.
I went to do my normal weekly food shop this morning and everywhere was rammed with people essentially clearing the shelves of anything christmas related.

People with 2-3 trolleys that were overflowing.
Depressing.