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crimsonlake · 15/04/2022 21:59

'I’m bored but can’t find motivation to do anything to not be bored' - exactly this.
So many plans to do things and live my life when we were free after lockdown but my life has stayed more or less the same. I cannot summon the energy to do anything apart from go to work and come home.

orangeisthenewpuce · 15/04/2022 22:00

Nothing has changed for me. Life goes on with its up and down as it always has.

Grapewrath · 15/04/2022 22:02

It didn’t really
It re-affirmed how shit our government is but other than that nothing really changed. I still worked etc. I wasn’t very fearful of getting covid and I didn’t care that I couldn’t see people. Face time was enough to see my friends. It made me see who I wanted in my life and who I didn’t miss
I cooked well, are well and got loads of exercise when I was off work. I wouldn’t mind another lockdown for me although recognise it would be awful for other people and the economy

Archersandlemonade · 15/04/2022 22:06

I now very rarely iron, and nothing I wear matches. This is because I got so used to not going anywhere and not seeing people that it didn’t matter what I looked like.I’m also very lazy, everyday i just sit down , I’mbired but it’s like I’ve forgotten how to live . Wierd

Allinhistiming · 15/04/2022 22:07

No longer would feel guilty for turning down invites that I don't actually want to go to so am now less of a people plesser than I used to be and I feel better for it 😊

Gardeninspring · 15/04/2022 22:09

I feel my panic attacks and anxiety are much worse now but for no particular reason, I can't put my finger on why but I've always got this underlying feeling of unease even when I feel happy. I also find that I want to be at home more these days, especially in the evening. If I get an invitation to go out at night I feel anxious and have to decline. If I do go out at night, I fret and can't wait to get back. It's a comfort zone thing, hard to explain.....but I know it sounds odd

Grapewrath · 15/04/2022 22:12

In terms of covid itself- I’ve had it twice. Both short bouts of illness and no long term side effects, luckily

Budapestdreams · 15/04/2022 22:14

I have long Covid, don't know if I'll ever have the energy now to travel, socialise or have fun again.
Lockdowns brought out family closer together, I think the kids coped well with them and we spent more time together than usual.
I hate this government even more than I already did.
DH less stressed wfh so that's good.
Our GPs doing telephone appts has been really good and has made it easier to get an appt. I also love not having to traipse into the surgery, I can just speak to them on the phone.
I realise how little people care about others around them.
However, I also think that in the first few months of the pandemic, the vast majority of people really did go out of there way to do the right thing. People genuinely suffered for the good of us all, that's why it is so sickening that the government was partying.
I've sadly learnt from this thread how disengaged, depressed, angry and apathetic so many people have become, and I really hope that we all can recover, physically and mentally over the coming months and years.

Milomonster · 15/04/2022 22:16

I’m definitely more open to new experiences and love talking to strangers. I’m looking after my health more, and open to new experiences. I give less of a shot about meeting Mr Right and am focusing on my own well-being. I’m off to a very remote island off the Horn of Africa soon for wild camping. I’ve never camped before as I never thought I’d cope without a loo and clean bed. I think I’ll learn a lot about myself during that trip. I fear life less, and am definitely more acutely aware of the passing of time.

SenoraMiasma · 15/04/2022 22:18

I don’t think we have seen the full effect of it yet. I think a lot of people will head back to work, throw themselves into stuff and then it will hit and for many, I think it really will be life changing.

Hbh17 · 15/04/2022 22:20

Not much change at all for me, although I am horrified at how many people seemed willing to be told what to do & to surrender their civil liberties. I suppose I am far less tolerant of sentimentality, but that may just be age!
Oh, and I have not watched any TV news for 2 years, which I highly recommend - I just stuck to Radio 4 & decent newspapers, in the hope of avoiding the worst dumbed-down reporting.

Firenight · 15/04/2022 22:20

Exhausted. Lost my mum and my gran. Doing my best to keep focused and push my career and make life good for the kids but standards of life dropping as costs increase is my tipping point and I feel like it's all so pointless.

doggyweewee · 15/04/2022 22:27

I nearly died. I now cherish every moment and have another DC. I am grateful for the small things and just having time. I no longer make myself do anything I don’t really want too

I do however now hate my job and really don’t want to go back after mat leave

Subaru4336 · 15/04/2022 22:29

For me it hasn't been Covid or lockdowns that changed me, more life going back to normal, but pre-covid normal for me is impossible.

I used to have a 4hr round trip commute to work, which now no longer makes financial sense. I like WFH, as I get so much more sleep, and time with the children, but, I miss my colleagues and that general social nature of the office. The time to be me.

I feel resentful that my life can't return to what it was, even though I don't really know how I coped with my pre-Covid life as it was so full on. I'm now very lonely, as I didn't ever have time to make local friends, and socialised with work colleagues previously.

Blendedfamily7 · 15/04/2022 22:30

Definitely more cynical and critical about what I read. Absolutely furious at the impact its had on primary care and how much the media has frightened people. I also think it's turned alot of people into selfish A-holes

On a brighter note, it pushed me to contact my first proper boyfriend, and I've now moved 200+ miles to be with him and we've just discovered we're expecting our own baby......life has a funny way of working out 🤷‍♀️

Iwillgotothegym · 15/04/2022 22:32

I have autism and pre-Covid was just beginning to be able to talk to people and using strategies (adult diagnosed and very little or no help.) all stopped with Covid. I’m going to meet up groups. I may start going to a choir. However if this thread is anything to go by I may find it even harder to make friends.

I don’t blame people for doing family stuff and turning down invites. I think it will be harder for people who have to move house or like me to get any friends.

Mysterian · 15/04/2022 22:32

One year and 4 months of Long Covid. I'm up to 4 hours work per day.

I've learn to appreciate being fit and healthy. And my work/life balance needs to change.

I'm also learning Spanish.

doggyweewee · 15/04/2022 22:33

@Blendedfamily7

Definitely more cynical and critical about what I read. Absolutely furious at the impact its had on primary care and how much the media has frightened people. I also think it's turned alot of people into selfish A-holes

On a brighter note, it pushed me to contact my first proper boyfriend, and I've now moved 200+ miles to be with him and we've just discovered we're expecting our own baby......life has a funny way of working out 🤷‍♀️

Sadly the A hole part is true.

But what a lovely story, many congrats! Wishing you a healthy happy pregnancy and life with LO

colouringindoors · 15/04/2022 22:33

But realistically… It’s not been positive changes. I’m more bored and lacking concentration to do anything. I’m a bit more dissatisfied with stuff but don’t have the energy to change it. Like my job - I’m bored, I don’t think I’m being allowed to reach my potential but then… I can’t be arsed to start a new one.

It’s like that deep, soul destroying ennui hit at some point during the first lockdown and I just haven’t had the energy to find a way to pull myself out of it.

I highly suspect I’m not alone here

You're def not alone.

This plus significantly damaged taste and smell since contracting Covid at the beginning of the pandemic.

Hawkins001 · 15/04/2022 22:35

@oldandscunnered

I do conveyancing and since the pandemic the property market has gone through the roof. Lots of people moving to surrounding islands (on the West coast of Scotland). They are mostly southerners who do not want to live in crowded places. People also want a garden. For me it's made me realise life is short and I want to see as much of the world as I can while I can. I am going three holidays this year to different places abroad. They are not that expensive but I'm doing it now in case I can't in the future. What have you all changed?

That scientists and experts can say it's x, yet still a majority will still believe x person down the pub, or in the supermarket etc, over an established expert advice.

lovemelongtime · 15/04/2022 22:35

My god, this thread had made me feel really sad!

EmmaH2022 · 15/04/2022 22:42

@lovemelongtime

My god, this thread had made me feel really sad!

Well, seeing the username IDontHaveAnOutingHobby has made me laugh.

Ponygirl00 · 15/04/2022 22:47

Like others I feel I lost the joy from my life. Really find it hard to feel happy these days. Lost touch with friends and don’t go out as much as before. Also lost just about all respect for the government, the do as I say, not as I do attitude was too much to take. A positive is that dh being at home, rather than away for work all the time is lovely.

Cotherstone · 15/04/2022 22:52

@Blendedfamily7

Definitely more cynical and critical about what I read. Absolutely furious at the impact its had on primary care and how much the media has frightened people. I also think it's turned alot of people into selfish A-holes

On a brighter note, it pushed me to contact my first proper boyfriend, and I've now moved 200+ miles to be with him and we've just discovered we're expecting our own baby......life has a funny way of working out 🤷‍♀️

Congrats!!

pinkBamboo · 15/04/2022 22:53

I managed to dodge Covid till February this year. I've felt shit this then with various ailments I've never had before despite not actually been poorly when I had Covid