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Original poster

To ask if anyone else is feeling really flat at the moment?

111 replies

Cactus1982 · 15/03/2021 18:24

I’m not sure if it’s related to the never ending relentlessness of the pandemic or not, but these last couple of weeks I’ve felt ever so flat and a bit ‘meh’ and feel no enthusiasm for anything and struggle to find enjoyment in things I usually would. I’ve had the vaccine due to my job, and yet I still can’t see the point? I’ve not been sleeping well, but also don’t feel tired either. I don’t feel hungry and have no appetite and yet am perfectly healthy physically (regular tests so not Covid) The only way I can explain is like an emptiness inside.

I’m wondering it’s just me is everyone feeling like that?

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isseys4xmastinselcats · 15/03/2021 18:28

yes this lockdown has gone on for so long and due to my two jobs being retail and hospitality i have been furloughed each and every time i am now counting down to april 12th to go back to one job and at the moment just get up try to get though the day and go to bed but because im not doing any real work not really tired enough to sleep for england only so much housework can be done in a small 2 bed house only so many walks i can do dont have a dog so no dog walk exercise totally fed up now

candlemasbells · 15/03/2021 18:30

Yes. I just need a change of scenery and a bit of peace and some adult conversations.

Mayormaynothavehadit · 15/03/2021 18:34

Yes, feel.just the same, can't believe it's been a whole year with just a few months respite last summer. Seems like a lifetime ago ..

Wondermule · 15/03/2021 18:36

Yes!!! Like all my emotions have been sucked out. I just go through the motions every day. It’s like a prison sentence. I’m so bored.

I think in years to come, they will judge our national response to covid as OTT.

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Cactus1982 · 15/03/2021 18:43

@Wondermule

Yes!!! Like all my emotions have been sucked out. I just go through the motions every day. It’s like a prison sentence. I’m so bored.

I think in years to come, they will judge our national response to covid as OTT.

That’s a good way of describing it. Like all my emotions have been sucked out. It’s all just so empty and pointless.
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SchrodingersImmigrant · 15/03/2021 18:44

I have anger rather than emptiness. Pure anger.
It is starting to show physically with headaches

OverTheRainbow88 · 15/03/2021 18:44

Yes! Flat if a very good work to describe it!

What can we all try to regain some drive?

Wondermule · 15/03/2021 18:46

@OverTheRainbow88

Yes! Flat if a very good work to describe it!

What can we all try to regain some drive?

I find healthy eating helps - been eating wayyyy too much junk and it leaves me feeling so flat. Also keeping on top of grooming, which sounds silly as I only see DP all day but it makes me feel better.

But other than that 😞 I’ve no idea.

Meredusoleil · 15/03/2021 18:47

I'm so glad I'm not the only one. I was feeling like this last week. Like each day was rolling into the next and my life had become work-home-work-home and repeat ad infinum 😐

PensionsYes · 15/03/2021 18:47

What are your hobbies OP?

Frozenintime · 15/03/2021 18:49

Yes I feel trapped. DH is working from home and DS no where to go so gaming. I have no personal space and have shut down somewhat to cope

ifigoup · 15/03/2021 18:49

I feel this way too. The numbness / lack of interest in anything / lack of motivation is a form of depression. I’m hoping that for me it lifts once we can start seeing friends again.

RaisinforBeing · 15/03/2021 18:51

I thought my mood would perk up once kids were back at school. But no, still pretty flat. I’ve hardly done anything over the past week as I can’t muster up any enthusiasm.

TokyoSushi · 15/03/2021 18:51

Yes, all the things I love, shops, bars, restaurants, cinemas, gyms etc etc have been closed for such a long time, I feel like I've begun to shut down a little bit.

I used to be so busy, and social and full of life and plans, but now, I just can't be bothered. Sometimes I don't leave the house for days except for the school run, I'm a bit worried that I'll never get back to normal.

Nearlythere39 · 15/03/2021 18:52

Totally feel the same! I am normally a motivated and busy person but have definitely lost my mojo. Stressed at work, crying alot, can't take joy from things I normally would. It's definitely lockdown blues. I try to be grateful for all I have but I just feel "meh" every day. In a rut and just want some positive stuff to happen to kick me outta it! Friends are feeling the same, so it's not just us.

MrsHuntGeneNotJeremyObviously · 15/03/2021 18:52

Yes, I have no enthusiasm or excitement about anything. I'm worrying about Covid, worrying about the vaccine (now that other countries are suspending use of AZ), if the govt told me it was raining I'd look outside to check! I'm upset about women's rights being constantly eroded - SM is giving me the rage and the news is relentlessly awful - I'm watching something about Syria at the moment. My dad had a heart attack a couple of weeks ago and I'm worried.
I know people in other parts of the world and throughout history have had it harder than me, but it is still horrible not feeling any joy and having a constant underlying sense of anxiety.

Magnificentmug12 · 15/03/2021 18:54

I think it’s perfectly ok if I’m honest, it’s a lot, the pandemic, lockdown, lives changing. I think a lot of us will go through a slump.

I got rock bottom a while ago and just felt like I was aimlessly wondering around in a dream like state with no emotion for anything!

23rd with the announcement of the road map I literally bounced up and been so so excited about planning all the fun and adventurous stuff I want to do over the next 5 years. A complete turnaround in attitude.
People have been being negative with regards to the vaccines and lockdown not ending on 21st June but I’m so happy that it’s even a chance that that’s enough!

You will pick back up, it’s just peaks and troughs at the moment

mummywithtwokidsplusdog · 15/03/2021 18:56

Yes.... feeling completely lacking in strength emotionally and physically, verge of tears etc .... which isn’t great as a teacher trying to be welcoming to my pupils and getting them prepped for tests etc.... feel like my internal dialogue and what I’m attempting to portray on the outside at work are two different people. Hoping Easter holidays bring sunshine and an ability to see friends and family - haven’t seen my parents since last summer :(

tisuldenrep · 15/03/2021 18:58

Feel exactly the same. So empty. Pleased this is a thing and not just me.

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Cactus1982 · 15/03/2021 18:58

@PensionsYes

What are your hobbies OP?
I like running and going to the gym. I was in a choir before lockdown started last year, but then it stopped almost exactly a year ago for obvious reasons and god knows when it will start again, if ever. The first lockdown wasn’t too bad, I walked miles everyday, sat out in the garden read books etc. Once the fear of the virus had subsided I felt chilled and pretty hopeful it wouldn’t last forever. Now I just can’t be arsed with anything. My circumstances aren’t anywhere near as bad as other people’s either, I don’t know anyone who has died for example.
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PrintempsAhoy · 15/03/2021 18:58

You have summed up exactly how I feel OP

Added to that a scepticism about whether we’ll really get our freedom back Hmm (and how long for) (no, am not a conspiracy theorist, but now that saving the nhs decides our personal freedoms, I can’t see us free next winter for example, with new covid strains and flu on top we’ll have another crisis. But I hope I am wrong, I just can’t find my inner optimist right now).

OverByYer · 15/03/2021 18:59

Yes! I have a week off work ( been able to carry on working out of home) have loads of little jobs around the house to do but have zero motivation. Am so tired. Just feel like a hamster on a wheel

Kazzyhoward · 15/03/2021 19:06

Yes, same here. It's really hit me these last few weeks. I've been working throughout and have a ECV husband, so not been anywhere or done anything, not even a day out, for over a year now. It's just week after week, month after month of repetitive drudgery. I'm busier than ever with work (accountancy practice), but it's just furlough claims, covid grant/loan applications, dealing with client redundancies and closures - all very depressing seeing how many small businesses are failing, not to mention the suicide of one of my longest serving clients after his business went bankrupt and he faced losing his home, due to being excluded from the Govt support schemes.

sleepyhead · 15/03/2021 19:08

Yes. Ive also more or less stopped going out other than the weekly shop which doesnt help.

I went for a run at the weekend but same streets, same faces.

hennybeans · 15/03/2021 19:08

I feel somewhat ambivalent about the future. I do want the virus situation to pass, but part of me doesn't really care anymore. My life will never go back to being the same as too much time has passed. My friends' jobs, relationships, routines have changed and it will affect our friendships, groups I used to attend have folded, nothing will be the same. So I guess I can't really see what the future will be like. It's been so long that I'm not that bothered about shopping or restaurants, etc anymore. I don't really know how to make life normal again.
I know that's not exactly what you're feeling op, but I do feel a bit blah.