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To ask what everyone's mood is today.

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Ciaram55 · 26/02/2022 10:45

It's weekend, the sun is shining here, I can feel spring in the air......normally I'd be feeling quite happy and positive. But I just feel flat, no enthusiasm for anything. The thought of those poor people in Ukraine, all the suffering, and also the worries of it turning into a wider war. I feel as if life as we knew it is over. Will it ever get better? How do you all feel today?

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ferneytorro · 26/02/2022 15:30

It's the first war/invasion I have seen where everyone has a camera 'phone which I think adds a new, more scary dimension as you are hearing from real people.

I must admit when I was watching people on Sky News on a Molotov cocktail production line whilst I was fannying about on social media it was surreal. I also thought back to all those Covid is like a war, no it's not it's worse as you could see the enemy threads. Hmm not sure about that.

YanTanTetheraPetheraPimp · 26/02/2022 15:37

@Itsbackagain

Terrified. Got told I had cancer (2nd time) and will also need a colostomy bag. Trying not to watch news.
That’s so hard, I’m really sorry 💐
YanTanTetheraPetheraPimp · 26/02/2022 15:39

I feel flat, restless and can’t concentrate.
I am fed up with DH being completely unable to make a simple decision, fed up with having to think for two of us and I need a holiday.
The dog needs a walk but won’t go out because the Army are doing shooting practice next to our road, I haven’t heard them for months ☹️

Ukraine is so frightening I fear for what effing Putin will try next; I certainly don’t think he’ll stop with Ukraine. He’s a lunatic and unstoppable.

Itsokay2020 · 26/02/2022 15:43

I feel flat too, with a sense of impending dread, not something I experience often (thank goodness!) and trying to keep myself busy! I did a double RPM class this morning, walked the dog across muddy fields, housework done and now doing life admin whilst waiting the Six Nations… the sky is blue, a great tit is sitting in a tree close by and it’s easy to forget the pain being suffered, right now, across the world. It’s hard to reconcile

Itsokay2020 · 26/02/2022 15:43

Watching!

ragged · 26/02/2022 15:44

I feel wiped out from lots getting up early, working hard, driving to Uni Open Days...

Ukraine is very sad situation but doesn't affect my daily life.

Mistyplanet · 26/02/2022 15:45

Flat, lonely, isolated, anxious. Thanks for starting this thread. I was beginning to wonder why i felt like this and had forgotten its all linked to the news over the past few days. Dh is also going away on work on Weds for one month so I'll be solo parenting. The thought of being even more alone without anyone i can rely on or call when im feeling low is also dampening my mood. Im sure I'll cope but opened up to DH today about feeling disconnected to people and he didnt really get it.

Nothingsfine · 26/02/2022 15:49

Feeling desolate.

Helping my DC navigate their dad's terminal illness with the painful backdrop of a war that was totally avoidable. Some days are just overwhelmingly sad so hiding in bed seems to be the only answer.

bubble2000 · 26/02/2022 15:53

Feeling very sad about the Ukraine situation and praying that global community and internal Russia community come together to kick putin put 🙏 😢

VelvetChairGirl · 26/02/2022 15:55

I feel fine.

FarFarFarAndAway · 26/02/2022 15:56

I am usually quite good at blocking out the news if I need to- I did this with covid after a few days of reading panicking threads, I just stopped reading them as it wasn't helpful to me and I couldn't do anything.

I haven't got to that stage yet with the Ukraine, I have a lot of relatives in eastern Europe and keep thinking about them, their past (when the tanks rolled in the last time), their childhoods, it's all swirling around in my mind although I am not worried for their direct safety. My husband grew up in a communist occupied country and it deeply affected him, it's playing on my mind.

That and the last two years of covid, it does feel a bit endless, and the Spring weather isn't picking me up quite as much as I'd like, but I've decided to be kind to myself today, accept I'm a bit worn out emotionally and physically (after lots of minor illnesses recently) and just watch TV and cuddle the cat. Look after myself. Brighter times will come, that's what the Ukranians are fighting for.

bloodywhitecat · 26/02/2022 15:58

Sad. Scared. Overwhelmed. DH is dying before my eyes. He's a good man. He doesn't deserve this.

FarFarFarAndAway · 26/02/2022 15:59

@Nothingsfine you poor thing, I've trodden this path and it's such a hard one, and places so much of the burden on you to be the one to keep going. I can't say anything to make it better, it is entirely shit, all I can say is that somehow we do endure Flowers

Ohmnomnom · 26/02/2022 16:00

@bloodywhitecat

Sad. Scared. Overwhelmed. DH is dying before my eyes. He's a good man. He doesn't deserve this.
I'm so sorry Flowers
FarFarFarAndAway · 26/02/2022 16:00

@bloodywhitecat more flowers for you Flowers. This is the hardest time. You are right, your husband doesn't deserve this, nor do you, but you will be an amazing support to him right now, even if you don't feel it and even if you wish it were completely different. Just knowing you are by his side is something very special that you are doing, although I know you won't feel it and I know it is costing you so much. More flowers Flowers

Ohmnomnom · 26/02/2022 16:02

I'm on the edge of my seat watching the news. I'm praying every minute that a miracle will happen and Russia will not succeed.

So much beauty in this world. So many brave and incredible people. Why do we do this to each other?

Cocycola · 26/02/2022 16:22

@lessthanathirdofanacre

People in the UK are very unlikely to experience any negative consequences of the war. But I’m shocked by the indifference and apathy of some people. I do have close personal connections to Ukraine so it is very close to home for me, but it shouldn’t be too much to ask of people without those connections to at least have some compassion for those in harm’s way. Simply because other wars have been waged in the past, that is no reason to shrug one’s shoulders and say oh well, these things happen.
I completely agree. Some people's indifference to it is very sad.
Isitsixoclockalready · 26/02/2022 16:32

It's one of those times where I feel grateful in comparison to what some others are going through in their own lives and the amazing bravery of Ukranians (and the Russians who are willing to risk arrest in order to stand up for freedom).

PennyDeFuckwit · 26/02/2022 16:52

I'm saddened by Putin's actions, feel compassion and fear for the Ukraine and faintly anxious about the knock-on effects elsewhere in Europe as this situation moves onwards.

But there is nothing I can do about it. It's a beautiful spring day and we've walked our young dog on the beach - he's getting over his latest IBD attack and is less anxious and more waggy, so that's cheering.

I've had migraines for 22 years, woke with another this morning - feel like I've barely had 5 headache-free days this month - but I've finally got an appointment with a neurologist in a couple of weeks, so I have high hopes for a new treatment plan so I can stop managing life around my stupid head.

So I'm cautiously optimistic in general, and praying for the Ukraine to get through this.

bettertocryinamercedes · 26/02/2022 17:13

Not too bad. I keep getting a sore stomach after eating anything and swelling up - I'm so bloated. Don't know what's going on.

Been out in the fresh air most of the day dosing sheep so that distracted me, but now I'm back inside I feel like crap.

Watching the weddings episode of love is blind! Gutted for some of the couples 😢

Ghostofchristmaspasty · 26/02/2022 17:24

I feel in shock the situation is happening in Ukraine. I did GSCE history and struggled to understand how Hitler & could have happened. The last 7 years or so have been eye opening in terms of Brexit, Trump etc. Weak leaders and people ike putin constantly pushing the boundaries. I'm worried for the future of the world and if you're not I don't think you understand the situation. This will have huge repercussions whatever happens.

On a personal note we've had covid for the 4th time in 6 months in our house. Over the whole of half term. I feel angry/ overwhelmed trying to stay afloat when life is so unpredictable at the moment.

Abra1d1 · 26/02/2022 17:32

@Cocolapew

Tearful, my darling dog was put to sleep yesterday. I keep going to speak to her Sad
I know how that feels. Flowers
Marmite27 · 26/02/2022 17:35

I feel better today knowing my children are home (have been at granny’s for half term) and that my Ukrainian friends family has contacted her and they’re safe.

I’m not saying I feel good, but I feel better than I did on Thursday. I could have quite happily chucked myself off a bridge on Thursday in despair at the world.

blueshoes · 26/02/2022 17:42

Sad and feeling helpless for Ukraine. Woke up to check that Kyiv made it through the night. It has.

Sapphireskies · 26/02/2022 17:47

Feeling very worried about the war in Ukraine and upset for Ukrainians. It is horrifically cruel. I'm worried it will turn into a wider war. Can't stop my brain thinking about it