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How worried are you, right now?

159 replies

Bluewavescrashing · 13/03/2020 15:27

Until yesterday I was mildly concerned about the virus, but I couldn't sleep last night and have been preoccupied all day. I feel like if I talk to actual people about my concerns for my family and society as a whole, it will make it real. Feels a bit like a dream.

How are you feeling today?

OP posts:
Panpastels · 13/03/2020 15:56

I do have anxiety generally but I'm not worrying about this. Perhaps I should be but I'm not.

EsmeeMerlin · 13/03/2020 15:57

I actually feel better since yesterday. I feel people panicking are making the situation worse. People calling up 111 and taking up nhs time when actually lots can and must just recover at home. I don’t see what is gained from having positive cases announced every day and adding to the panic. People giving horrible looks to any one who sneezes.

My partner looks ill because he works in management in a supermarket and is just absolutely knackered with more customers and abuse from people expecting him to conjure up toilet roll from his pockets. So I feel better he is on holiday for a week from tomorrow.

I know that myself, dh and our children are very likely to be fine, and as such our eldest is not anxious like some children. I saw a parent tell her 8 year old that she must wash her hands in case she gets grandparents ill and they die and I thought what a awful thing to put on a child’s shoulders. I do wonder how many children will struggle with anxiety later on because they are worried about germs and getting ill because of their parent’s anxiety.

I am concerned about my mum who is immune suppressed but then my mum can get seriously ill from absolutely anything. She would also never cope mentally if she was isolated from months indoors. My Nan is also at higher risk, but her attitude is you can survive, but surviving is different from living and she would hate to be isolated for months with family worried to visit her.

Xyzzzzz · 13/03/2020 15:59

I am worried now I have a 7 month old baby so concerned about her catching it

StillDisappointed · 13/03/2020 16:01

I was okay yesterday, didn't get a wink of sleep last night and have felt increasingly worried throughout today.

I have anxiety and every time I think about it my chest gets tight, so I feel breathless and start trying to get more air, ending up with me feeling more breathless and thinking I'm going to die of CV; even though I've not been exposed and am extremely vigilant with hand washing and anti-baccing. It's a vicious circle.

Not helped by email today from DDs nursery to say that if they've a confirmed case of COVID-19 they don't need to inform anyone and can stay open as usual.
Can't trust them to keep DD safe so she won't be going in anymore.

JustUrggghhhh · 13/03/2020 16:01

I'm on my first day of self isolation, kids are home for a week too and hubby has now been told he has to work from home until further notice.

I'm not scared for us but life feels so strange right now.

WhoWants2Know · 13/03/2020 16:24

I'm more worried since reading that a medication I'm taking is associated with catching the virus more severely 😮.

zen1 · 13/03/2020 16:37

Every time I turn the news on, I feel like I’m in some sort of dystopian drama series. I’d give anything to return to the mundanity of Brexit headlines. There is a different feeling everywhere somehow. Even people in the supermarket seem subdued.

Daffodil101 · 13/03/2020 16:41

I’d say I’m more annoyed by the whole thing than worried. It’s an utter pain in the arse.

Songofsixpence · 13/03/2020 16:42

I’m not particularly worried, but then I’m worried I’m not worried enough if you see what I mean

We have horses on DIY livery so I’m worried about getting to them if we go into lockdown - but then I’m pretty sure that getting to livestock would be considered essential transport, but then you never know Confused

TheMemoryLingers · 13/03/2020 16:44

I've been trying to keep calm but, yes, I am pretty worried now that it's become a 'when' rather than 'if' situation.

Rocketmam · 13/03/2020 16:44

We decided to self-isolate from yesterday.

I'm actually feeling a lot calmer since that decision. We knew we couldn't rely on the government to keep us/our vulnerable loved ones safe.

We've spent the day relaxing. Dc have been content with some playing in the garden, baking and planting some of the veggie plot/pickling beetroot.

We are working out a better schedule for them starting next week re: keeping up with education while they are off.

But for now if feels like a lot of pressure is lifted and the awful anxiety I was waking up with is lessening.

Puppywithattitude · 13/03/2020 16:45

What @TooTrueToBeGood said.

Delatron · 13/03/2020 16:45

I’m worrying for the older generation. I don’t know if others parents are the same but mine are saying ‘it's a load of fuss about nothing’ don’t know if it is that generation or what. My mum seems to think it will be fine if she gets it and it’s not a worry. Still going to the pub and the gym and planning trips abroad.

Parents-in-law currently swanning around Spain. FIL lots of health issues.

I want to put all the over 65s in lockdown whilst we go for this apparent herd immunity...

LaurieFairyCake · 13/03/2020 16:47

I think it's the end of the world as we know it

(not joking, really not joking - life as we knew it is over)

But I feel fine (joking )

For the REM fans

BlessedBeTheFruitCake · 13/03/2020 16:48

I'm not worried about catching it, I'm more concerned about the vunerable people that I might infect. DD attends a complex needs school and it would be quite risky for her to catch it and pass it on in school.

TheMemoryLingers · 13/03/2020 16:49

Delatron Snap. I can't get my elderly parents, who have underlying conditions, to take it seriously. That's why we need a hard line from the government.

NaturalBornWoman · 13/03/2020 16:50

I've been concerned since the start as I'm in a higher risk group, but initially had some hope that maybe it wouldn't be as bad here (magical thinking I know). Now it's here and there's no getting away from it, it's so awful it's actually difficult to comprehend, and it's going to last for months. Some of the comments I'm reading on here are frightening, in regard to complying with the advice: don't like the government, they aren't doing what I think they should, so I'm not going to do what they're asking is about the gist of it. Horrible.

AdoptedBumpkin · 13/03/2020 16:52

Definitely more worried than 48 hours ago.

Noshowlomo · 13/03/2020 16:54

Same as OP. Blasé until last night and I went from 0-100 in 20 mins and I have been anxious ALL DAY! I have a mega headache and want to go home and curl up and forget about it all.

Strawberrycreamsundae · 13/03/2020 16:58

Despite being in a higher risk group (serious heart problems) I cannot get particularly worried because even if I follow all precautions there’s still no guarantee that I won’t still get it.
I do have a well-stocked larder and freezer, I could probably manage not shopping for anything other than milk and bread for a month.
I am worried about my very elderly parents who have carers visiting three times a day, in case they catch C-19 from carers - in which case it will pretty certainly be fatal for both of them.
I’m resolutely not reading everything going on the virus, I will heed DOH recommendations and keep on keeping on.

Grinchlywords · 13/03/2020 17:00

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ifonly4 · 13/03/2020 17:01

I had a 24 hour anxiety period about 10 days ago. Now I'm a bit more relaxed, so I'd say a bit anxious. Luckily I prepped for this from early Feb for five weeks, so only need to visit shops for fresh stuff at the moment. That helps me.

I think it's the unknown that doesn't help. I'm a bit worried about getting DD home from uni in time (she's more than a drive a way).

However, life is for living, so we all need to take time out for the simple pleasures in life, enjoying the company of those close to us, going for walks, reading a book, watching something on tv, enjoying your garden (if you have one) now it's warming up, drinking a glass of something alcoholicWink - whatever it is you enjoy.

HoldMyLobster · 13/03/2020 17:02

Let's see... I had a dream last night where I went on holiday, and every other building I went past was on fire.

Yeah, I'm a bit worried.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 13/03/2020 17:05

I am not worried about getting the virus. DS and I are both fit and healthy, neither of us get ill often, neither of us have ever had the flu or a chest infection.

I am very worried about the economic fallout. I work for a small business and I'm worried about its survival. I'm also worried about school closing and having to take time off work as I won't be able to pay the bills.

rosie1959 · 13/03/2020 17:06

I have found NMs can be a bit OTT
I being a granny also read Granset nowhere near to amount of posts
Talking to a lot of people in RL are much calmer about the whole thing
The calmest is my 88 year old step mum and although she has conditions that make her vulnerable she is carrying on regardless. As an ex theatre sister she has always been fastidious about hand washing but decided if it's going to get her then so be it .
I am more relaxed now concerned about my daughter who is a type 1 diabetic but she herself is pretty calm about it