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Anyone else can't sleep from anxiety?
ConfessionsOfTeenageDramaQueen · 17/03/2020 01:12
It just feels like an inescapable nightmare.
PumpkinP · 17/03/2020 01:15
Yep, I’m really struggling. I just want to wake up from what seems like a bad dream. If only it was a dream. 
ConfessionsOfTeenageDramaQueen · 17/03/2020 01:16
I'm going to have a day of avoiding the news tomorrow. Last week I've just been obsessively going from Twitter to Facebook to news websites and it's not helping.
ValleyoftheHorses · 17/03/2020 01:17
Yes me. Terrified
Pulling DS out of school from tomorrow
tollyfeeder · 17/03/2020 01:17
Me too.
34 years old, mild asthma and supposed rtparjridosjiki
Pol16 · 17/03/2020 01:18
Me too - it feels weird - I keep thinking this can’t be happening ...
highlandcoo · 17/03/2020 01:20
It is scary of course.
But I was much more anxious before today when it seemed the government weren't taking it seriously enough. I watched the measures being out in place in Spain, Italy etc and was despairing at the pathetic response here.
Now they are beginning to take action it feels slightly better.
breadwidow · 17/03/2020 01:20
Yep me too. I'm not worried about my own or family's health - everyone is ok and we are healthy so should stay that way. But I'm anxious anyway, just for the extent of the life change, for what will happen more widely etc etc. My husband is snoring away. I'm jealous
sensol · 17/03/2020 01:20
Me ! Day 3 of lockdown here ☹️ been ok up until the last few hours but now I just feel terrified. I live here but I'm away from all my family
anxioussmum · 17/03/2020 01:21
Extreme anxiety right now, practically shaking. Baby due in 6 days so you can imagine the amount of thoughts/feelings rn
ThisMustBeMyDream · 17/03/2020 01:22
Me.
Confused, worried, scared. I'm asthamatic. So I'm to self isolate for 12 weeks?! I'm a HCP! I need to work. But then I need to not infect others. But am I at greater risk of catching? Or merely complications? Do I give to the NHS with one hand, and potentially take with the other?
Managers are going to lose minds tomorrow....
minimummum · 17/03/2020 01:22
Me. Worried for my 2 asthmatic sons. Wish they would close the schools
daisypond · 17/03/2020 01:22
Me too. I’m having cancer surgery today in a hospital at the heart of virus, my DD is trapped alone in a lockdown country with no way home, my elderly parents live 250 miles away
ConfessionsOfTeenageDramaQueen · 17/03/2020 01:25
I'm so sorry to all of you who are pregnant or having to go into work (NHS staff, supermarket staff, chemists etc - we are so grateful for everything you're doing).
I'm a T1 diabetic who struggles with even common colds and mild infections ever since I had my baby a few years ago which has amped up my anxiety.
And then it's compounded by knowing sleep is important for the immune system but I'm too on edge to sleep!
I think it's partly also knowing there is literally nowhere on the planet to escape this. Can't even dream about going somewhere else. Also feeling v angry at how China behaved in those first crucial weeks when it tried to cover up what was happening.
ConfessionsOfTeenageDramaQueen · 17/03/2020 01:26
 @daisypond I'm so sorry. A close relative has just been diagnosed with cancer and I feel so sorry for them having to deal with both of these things at the same time.
TheBananaInPyjamas · 17/03/2020 01:26
Me. Just crying. So scared. My parents are elderly, dad has cancer and regularly visits the hospital for chemo. He's 69.
They live about an hour away but I'm in central London so I'm too scared to visit them incase I infect them unknowingly. I would never forgive myself.
I'm so scared.
LadyContrary · 17/03/2020 01:27
I’m so scared. My parents are elderly and have had a terrible couple of years health wise (heart attacks, cancer, you name it). My son is very prone to coughs and chest infections (no confirmed underlying issues though).
This whole virus can fuck off.
breadwidow · 17/03/2020 01:29
Agree with you about China OP. And also angry with govt here for 2 things: today not demanding restaurants/pubs/entertainment venues close but just asking everyone to stay away - this will mean they cannot claim on insurance and more likely go bust; not aggressively testing people like in South Korea
sensol · 17/03/2020 01:33
Confessions
I'm feeling furious with the Chinese government tonight too.
What I will say to the people who I have seen are frightened of a complete lockdown. So far it has been quite uneventful really. We have been allowed out only to get food medicine or to walk the dog.
I do have an underlying health condition but I'm less frightened of catching it than I am of what will happen afterwards. It sounds ridiculous to say but I just don't know how the economy will cope.
I am a small business owner and I could come through 15 days but now I'm hearing it could be longer.
JustMeAndMyTins · 17/03/2020 01:33
I’m with you, ladies. I do have some problems going on with my throat and nasopharynx that makes me panic anyway but this has cranked it up. And I have a 6 hour drive to do tomorrow. 🥴
blubellsarebells · 17/03/2020 01:33
Ive got a stone in my chest from anxiety, many other symptoms aswel as sweating like mad and it has a really horrid smell.
I cant stop thinking about it, i just want to be safe at home with my child and for this all to go away.
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