The 'Positive Mental Health' Corona virus thread Part II

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I hope that RapidRainbow does not mind me starting Part II of the thread - if you do let me know & I'll ask for it to be deleted.

It would just be a shame to not carry on as this is such a positive place.

Part I is here:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/3821799-The-Positive-Mental-Health-Corona-virus-thread?msgid=93901971

People on FB are almost competing over who is worrying the most. Our school has a FB group and if there’s so much as a sneeze the implication is YOU ARE INFECTING EVERYONE AND MUST BE CANCELLED.

Hay fever season is starting by the way.

I like dark humour Autumn. DH and I work in emergency services and gallows humour is how you keep going. But obv if you make a joke you don’t care and therefore are a bad person

Siam, my father was HCP, so yes, I get it.

In other good news, my colleague does some DJing at weekends, he was in a fairly obscure pub room at the weekend- not central London - and he said it was packed. He then went for a meal with his parents on Sunday night and said local restaurant was busy, so that’s good.

Riv, Chester is beautiful ❤️

TheWorstShed - definitely struggling with focus. I think it is the limbo feeling - just very hard to concentrate on anything concrete when the future just looks like fog.

However, I wrote myself a little plan for the day today and that has definitely helped - I have one kid off school so we blocked out time for baking/reading/outdoors play/tv break/quiet play/chores etc.

I’m also trying to make a list of little challenges I can concentrate on over the next few months - things like doing 5 days in a row of a yoga video each day, writing and sending letters to a small list of people, making an item of clothing, decluttering a particular cupboard. Thought I could choose one at the beginning of each week then when I need something to busy myself with I’ll do that.

Got a book out the library the other day called ‘Everything Isn’t Terrible’ and so far finding it really good - slightly different way of approaching anxiety and how to deal with it than I’ve come across in the past.

Just finally dealt with some banking things I had been putting off- feel much better to do something so normal and made me feel much more grounded!
It's a beautiful, sunny day where I am, which is also nice.

Well my gym pool was reassuringly busy, no one seems to be panicking (unless they're just using the gym while they still can!) Mental health much uplifted after a swim and jacuzzi.

Thank you for this thread. It really helps.

My positives:
The women in my baby group are supporting one another finding nappies, medicines etc.
The sun is shining and I went on a nice walk with the baby.
I’ve got laundry hanging out in the sun for the first time this year.
I bought a delicious bottle of red wine for this evening.
I am eating the worlds most buttery flapjack.

For those of you on Instagram I highly recommend following tanksgoodnews - lots of uplifting stories on there.

We have a baby koala in the UK? I didn’t know

www.itv.com/news/2020-03-16/uks-only-koala-joey-confirmed-as-girl-in-first-health-check/

Was doing SO well today. Lovely walk in the sunshine. Headspace app, lots of positive thinking and grounding.

Then DD has just texted to say she's got a headache and can't stop sneezing and thinks she needs to come home from school. yes it's probably just a cold. But she may have to self-isolate and that's going to be really hard. They certainly won't want her at school!

In case it makes anyone feel better, I was talking this morning to a guy who works on security for a large midlands shopping centre - apparently media photogs are turning up at about 7am for the best shots of "deserted" facilities to make their articles look more dramatic

Not nice ...

Puzzled, yes I guessed that from pics of London, those of us working here are not going to fall for it.

I think some of the empty station pics are stock pics.

@FancyAnOlive Just wanted to come out of lurkdom to say we're in a similar situation to you, one of us (dh) has some underlying health problems and we have three sons living with us, two with autism and one with adhd , which is why at older ages even though two of them have jobs they're still at home with us. It's scary and I am afraid, but this thread is an absolute Godsend to read, and the dogs are gorgeous!

Weird about the pics- one of my friends who works in London did say it was strangely deserted on Friday!

Am I right in saying there's been 0 new deaths today in UK?

Can i join, 33 weeks pregnant and trying to relax about everything at the moment and finding it hard on some days

I think some of the empty station pics are stock pics

I don't doubt it for an instant

Sickening, too, to read posts from those almost disappointed by today's "171 new cases" figure. It goes without saying there'll be many more unreported since only a minority will need treatment, but then that's the case with any virus

It's hard to see what some want, TBH - even among those tested the vast majority are negative, so do they really expect an HCPs to investigate everyone with a cough? And given the hysteria-mongering, can anyone imagine the "me first" chaos which that would cause?

Honestly well, miracles do happen but my last one was about 7 years ago. I was heading out of the National Gallery, having popped in before it closed - work round the corner.

They were locking up. There wasn’t a stupid comedy performance outside but a lone saxophone player. The sun was setting, I could see all you can from the top of the steps, and for maybe two minutes, there was no human noise. Just the sax playing in a beautiful scene and a few people listening.

But seven years ago is a long time in London population terms!

Am I right in saying there's been 0 new deaths today in UK?
It looks like it- all I am seeing is the "new cases" figure.

Right, gave myself a good talking to and decided I’m going to go to my classes for the rest of the week. I have my own mat and don’t need to use equipment, it will make me feel better so I’m going!

It’s beautiful here today and I also have my washing on the line for the first time this year.

I had a lovely walk with DH and DDog (see photo) then went to Waitrose. The shelves are quite bare but I got what I needed. Lots of old people in town going about their usual business.

I’ve just joined a local FB group to help out those who are self-isolating etc.

Keep the faith everyone. This WILL pass.

AutumnRose1- must have been surreal! I was last in London around 2017 for a concert. It was late June, and in the middle of a heatwave and not especially nice on the tube. I don't actually live too far away- about an hour by train- and used to pop up regularly for a mooch. Something to look forward to doing again one day!

Also on a nature theme, I was up at 4.20 am this morning helping a child who had insisted last night on sleeping in his "den" under his bed and lo and behold found it too uncomfortable.

Went back to bed and in quick succession heard a fox making that awful barking noise, and an owl gently hooting. It really is all going on when we're sound asleep.

@canshopwillshop good decision. I have classes booked for the rest of the week and I intend to go. Might even start running outside again tomorrow lunchtime, haven't been in a while. Have to make the most of working from home.

Pineapple, you mean the cry/scream of the red fox? I love it, but that’s probably because I’m surrounded by concrete. It reminds me there’s some nature outside.

Love2cycle - that's my understanding. I fully accept it means nothing in the great scheme of things, but the inexorable rise has been so awful, so right at this moment, it is welcome news.

Loving everyone else’s pet pics ❤️