To think we've forgotten what it's like to actually just be ill? Call Mom

[WineGetsMeThroughIt]

I'm getting a bit tired now of people saying they've got the worst cold ever, they've never felt so rough, could it be covid, blah blah blah.

AIBU to think that the general public have just forgot what it's like to be ill? We hid away in lockdown for 1-2 years which meant we spent a good chunk of time not mixing with people, and therefore not building up immunity and not getting ill. Now people seem genuinely perplexed when they're actually ill and won't stop talking about it. Obviously we've had covid during all this, but I feel like it's so much more mild now we need to stop treating it like covid and just get on with it rather than let our lives grind to a halt.

No idea why it says call mom in the title 😂

The same virus can affect different people in different ways. YABU to assume because one person was able to get on with life with their illness that someone else won't be more seriously unwell.

There's nothing wrong with the idea people who have a cold or flu should self-isolate at home. The attitude that it's fine to openly cough everywhere, go into the office when you're ill to spread it around, or not take basic hygiene measures like washing your hands is why the government had to take the lockdown steps it did. (And put out videos, telling people how to wash their hands - but I guess there are people who couldn't work that out for themselves.)

The colds (not COVID) that I'm getting now, thanks to my child at pre-school, are definitely worse than they were pre-Covid.
I've had 3 or 4 from Christmas and they have knocked me out. So tired! It's not flu, but I think my body is just low on antibodies after 2 years of not really mixing with others.
Also, you should be careful of spreading it to others, Covid or not. My village has a lot of retirees and elderly and I wouldn't want to pass anything nasty on to them.

I think moaning is the great British pastime. People always moaned about illnesses (and the weather).

I agree that people have forgotten what its like to be ill

My immune system is in bits since my kids have gone back to school . I've had the flu, had common colds and now I have bronchitus.

I've been fatigued for the past 6 weeks, my house is a bloody mess, I've stopped going to all my hobbies because I'm just so bloody exausted and wiped out from being constantly ill.

It's absolutely horrific. I'd forgotten how awful it was being unwell and now I'm just fed up of being unwell all the time

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No idea why it says call mom in the title 😂

To be fair OP, I did used to call my mum when I was ill 😅

No, I completely agree. Even taking account of differing individual responses to a virus.

I definitely felt dreadful with the non-covid cold and yes it was a bit of a shock to the system after 2 years of lockdowns, but I felt at the time that a lot of people had simply forgotten what it's like to be unwell.

I also think the pandemic changed psychological responses to the non-covid cold. Where people were used to pushing through and carrying on and not slowing down, many of us still haven't resumed the pace of our old lives, so have the time to notice and feel it more. And people's priorities have changed, there's still an awareness of how fortunate we are to be healthy and how we need to take time for self care when we're unwell rather than ignoring it.

Yabu to want to dictate how I’ll people should feel

Interesting idea... I've felt awful from the couple of colds we've had in the last few months. I assumed they were worse because of covid, but now you've got me wondering if I've just become more pathetic haha
...probably a bit of both!

I think there is a particularly nasty cold doing the rounds.

DD has had hers for two weeks now and was really unwell for the first week and needed two days off school. Not helped by constantly being pulled out of classes and quizzed about her Covid test results!

DH started with it at the weekend and although he has been working through he feels dreadful and is going to take a day of his holiday tomorrow as he is so worn down with it.

Both have been doing Covid tests every other but all have been negative.

And meant to mention that my DD has a chronic illness that gives her awful pain and sickness when she has a flare up so she is very used to feeling unwell and usually soldiers on but this cold left her feeling rotten.

Nah, I think you've just forgotten how much people used to moan pre pandemic.

People have always moaned about how ill they are

But I do think that we're being hit particularly badly after not getting exposed to anything nasty for a good 12-18 months.

It definitely shows how well masks and social distancing worked and I think people are more aware when they’re ill now whereas before if we got a mild illness we wouldn’t think twice about it.

I was shocked how bad covid was though. I think I had it but this was before tests however this time it really hit me and I knew I had it before I tested. Fortunately it only lasted a day and then I just a headache/felt tired the next couple of days but I would have only had a couple days off work instead of over a week.