Has Mumsnet saved your sanity in lockdown

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I was thinking about this yesterday.Having other people's opinions and support has been invaluable this past yr.
It is all very well contacting family or friends but I think the topics covered on here are quite broad and interesting.
Anyone else that has loved this site as somewhere to vent and get feedback.

In a way but also been a cause of some anxiety in particular the covid hysteria at times. A mixed blessing.

Yes I guess.I try to scroll past anything that sounds like it might be drama though.

Were it not for the hours and hours wasted here my Nobel Prize for Literature, Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal and globally revered Professorship would all have been in the post.

In fact I should sign out right now.

Yes. I don't have much contact with anyone and my dc's ignore me so I only get company on MN.

I've appreciated the constructive comments and funny threads on MN.

I agree some of it has been fun 😁Just realising other people have the same issues and sometimes much worse from health to relationship s has been helpful.

Sometimes yes but mostly I miss the old mumsnet. There seems to be hardly any funny threads these days which I think we could all do.
I also think people have become much nastier, colder and harsher than before, although that's been the case fir many years now.

That said, the jack of funny threads is probably because we're either all at home bored shirtless or working flat out. The nastiness, I think stems from frustration and fear.

No matter who we are, where we live and how the pandemic has affected us, it has impacted us all in some way and I think that's reflected on here these days.

I pop along to read classics more so these days than active threads to lift my mood.

You don't have to be insane to join Mumsnet but it helps! I think sanity is greatly overrated anyway....I lost mine before I joined!!

I’m a bit sick of the “don’t you know we are in a global pandemic, don’t be selfish or you’re a granny murderer” type posts.

Yes I love it

Not really. It has confirmed to me that the world contains people who are responsible and kind but there are an awful lot of unpleasant and socially irresponsible people too.

Not really - I've used it as much as I did before lockdown - I've been working all through the past year as normal (but from my study!) - it's been useful to find debate on current issues but that's always been the case.

No, it has eased boredom sometimes.
More often than not it has depressed me with the amount of madness, nastiness and complete stupidity exhibited.
I come away from MN most of the time thinking wtf?

Generally speaking yes. I had to avoid covid threads for a while at the start as it definitely added to my panic. I do read a lot of angry and controversial threads now, but I tend not to comment on them.

I’m on a few long running threads and some supportive threads that have started in the last year too. One of the long term ones got even more chatty since lockdown one, and we ended up with an optional group chat for it as well, which has just been brilliant. :)

As time goes on though it’s Facebook that affected my MH in a negative way, I’ve barely looked at it in the last few weeks and I feel better for it.

The first lockdown I left MN alone for a few months it was so bonkers.
It’s still bonkers now TBF but I couldn’t deal with it first time around.

No, Mumsnet's become so much more vicious lately, and the aggressive racism and misogyny has been off the scale lately.

There are a lot of people who get off on screaming at and attacking others.

My favourite place in the whole world 🥂

If anything it makes me worse, and I’ve had to have total breaks from it, as all the wild speculation - even though COVID is meant to be kept to its own board - starts me off.

It provides entertainment though!

@Orangeblossom1975

In a way but also been a cause of some anxiety in particular the covid hysteria at times. A mixed blessing.

Same here, definitely caused as many anxieties as it solved!

I like to think that my sanity has not been in serious jeopardy, but MN has certainly been helpful. I've met a lot of lovely people here, shared recipes, and learned a lot. As a Yank, I sometimes feel like an anthropologist studying a different culture, but that's part of the fun too. The rampant anti-Americanism has not been a plus.

Isn’t this assuming the premise there was a baseline sanity in existence in the first instance ?

This place has destroyed my mental health - I really must try and give it up.

@DynamoKev

This place has destroyed my mental health - I really must try and give it up.

The exit is through the gift shop < links arms and ushers Dynamo in the correct direction >

Honestly, I don’t give Covid much thought anymore. Obviously I sanitise my hands and wear masks when I need to, don’t break restrictions but I have no idea what the case rate it, what percentage have been vaccinated or the latest variant news etc. While AIBU has been brilliant for me I try to avoid the Covid section

Laid up with sciatica for the last two weeks so have dipped in and out more than usual. I am always pleased when people get insightful useful advice. It really makes a difference to a lot of people.

I do cringe, however, at the bluntness of some posters and when people are being deliberately obtuse or picking holes in people's life choices. Not kind.