Anyone else's eyes keep leaking?

[Dementedswan]

My eyes keep filling up, everywhere I look all i can see is the results of this virus.

My poor children, they hate school but are absolutely gutted that its finished. 'But man what about the easter bunny' will we still have Easter? But mam what about summer holidays?

They are 9 and 8, worried about it all, we are in high risk group so they cant even play out with their friends on the field in front of our house. Theyve spent the last few days watching others play. Our primary is brilliant very proactive so we weighed up risks and sent them in. Now its closed from friday, which I fully support and agree with. They are facing months of not seeing any of their friends, grandparents etc.

My oldest birthday is in may, he would like a laptipn for his school work. What are the chances of having that? We've promised since he was 8 he could have one for his tenth.

This situation is just so shit and I'm sat here with tears rolling down my face at their loss.

My 6 week old is asleep so I really should be too but am sitting in bed crying - the enormity of this has suddenly hit me. DS in Yr6 is being really brave but has also shed a tear and is so gutted about all the fun leavers' stuff that will be missed. He's even worried about missing SATs having been really dreading them. I've really been trying to focus on everything I'm grateful for, but suddenly this just seems so overwhelming. Hope everyone manages to get some sleep tonight.

I’m sad as my DC who has autism finally wanted a big party with all school friends, this is not possible now. However I mostly worry about begin able to purchase the foods Dc likes as we have a very limited diet. I’m also worried that my DH maybe laid off. I am aware as NHS staff that this is going to be a very challenging time for us all.

MonsterRehab

For the next dose, if he's having a whole tablet, crush the tablet with some jam if you've got it.

You can't do that with all medication, but you can with basic paracetamol.

Long term, you should talk to him about how swallowing food works. The biggest problem for children, especially ones on the spectrum, is their conviction that it's unnatural to swallow solid objects. In reality, we swallow chunks of food bigger than a tablet all the time.

I'm not normally an anxious person and manage stress very well but this is a real struggle for me.

I'm a nurse in the NHS so trying to balance keeping well, being there for my patients and supporting my sons and husband. My youngest is year 11 and gutted and stressed about what his GCSE results will now look like. My older son vomits when stressed and he's just done that.

I'm so worried about bringing the virus in to work inadvertently, my patients are older people so extremely vulnerable and it is very scary. I'm basically going nowhere and seeing no one.

I'm off for 2 days hopefully if no one goes sick but can't sleep for worrying.

Yes. Leaky eyes occasionally but worse, bad mood. Poor DC. Fear and worry are making me cross.

I think it’s the uncertainty- if we had an end date in mind I think people could cope a lot better

I agree with a PP its the uncertainty.
Trying to keep positive at the moment. We WILL get through this. I've told my kids if they knuckle down and do their work, I am happy for them to facetime their friends. Not the same social interaction as school of course, but its the best we can do.

I never cry. I’m known for it. Bullet-proof freakin’ tower of strength, me.

This week I’m at the point of scheduling myself a quiet hidden-away 15 mins to cry. Every day. Bloody annoyed that i go all red and puffy, and everyone just knows I’ve been crying for hours afterwards. They’re pretty shocked, and I know I’m letting them down.

But if I don’t make special time for it, it threatens to leak out while I’m rushing around finalising our lives ahead of isolation. I refuse to let it crush me, but my usual fortitude seems to have left me.

I so look forward to those scant few seconds as I’m waking up in the morning, when I forget what’s coming and the 1001 responsibilities that fall to me.

We have a farm with no one to harvest it, close family in sickness zones (including a days-old baby, and a 99yo). My DH is in denial and no help at all, and a kid with serious health anxiety issues who may implode any minute. My GP has effectively said I’m unlikely to survive CV without hospital help (crap lungs). That won’t be available. My mates are mostly single, and texting me how easy isolation really is, and that they don’t know what the fuss is about

Nice to know I’m leaking in good company though. May we move through this with empathy and resolve.

It's NOT pathetic
emotions are high
We should all be kinder to others AND ourselves ...kindness isn't a panic buy we don't need to run out it xxx

Yes OP, I had a good cry tonight. I feel so so sad about how life is changing and will be changed once this is finally over. I also feel a bit desperate about how we are going to cope with being stuck inside with a baby, a 3 year old and a 6 year old. My husband has no job from next month, the kids will have given up so much and I was already at a low ebb with no time ever to myself. It was nursery days that kept me going and I adored my 12 hours a week with just the baby. I feel so sad that we won't be seeing friends and I wonder how the kids are going to cope when the novelty wears off. I also worry about the effects longer term on there generation. It all feels like a bad dream.

I was just parking up outside Aldi this afternoon. 3rd time in a week in pursuit of loo rolls. Observing the full car park yet again, I nearly broke down. People are so afraid and vulnerable. It's a difficult time.
We need to stay strong.

Yes OP I have been crying a lot. My son with severe learning disabilities keeps asking what we are doing each day, he doesn't understand why we can no longer go for train rides, see his grandparents or even visit next doors dog. It is so sad and there isn't even a timetable we can work to to tell him when things will get better.

The only positive is that at least it is happening in the spring and we will be able to go outside more. Really grateful for the national trust opening its gardens for free.

Regarding the longer term effects on the younger generation I am trying to focus on the positives. I think society was heading in a very negative direction anyway and if this helps reset certain things e.g proper funding for the nhs rather than privatisation, priority of the environment, getting rid of trump I think it will be better for them in the long term.

Your not the only one OP we have had to move our holiday from May till November and even then there's still uncertainty if that will even happen by then.
My DS's birthday is early April and his birthday day treat outing has been cancelled going on a steam train with Easter egg hunt 🥺 and it's heartbreaking to think he could be spending his birthday locked in the house, the fact that we are also in the middle of my DS having help for delayed speech etc and now this is going to be knocked back for even longer possibly till the following year at which point he will be in full time nursery then.
I feel so upset that I can't take my DS and DD swimming or to soft plays.

I'm worried about not being able to go see my family who live 2.5 hours from us thank god for FaceTime but it's still not the same.

My DS pre school nursery will be closing as of Friday and that also breaks my heart because he loves going there and it also allows me some time with my DD while he's there.

My DH family is also another 1.5 hours away as well.

We both have aged relatives that are high risk to this virus.

I keep going from feeling hopefully that it will be gone by June so summer can at least happen but then I also panic and have found myself wanting to cry and just how shit everything is right now it's the unknown and what ifs that certainly don't help my anxiety

My oldest birthday is in may, he would like a laptipn for his school work. What are the chances of having that? We've promised since he was 8 he could have one for his tenth
I don’t get this, why can’t he get the laptop?
I must admit, I cried more over Brexit. I am good in a crisis, and this situation could not be helped, I think people pull together pretty well for the most part.

I shed a tear when the announcement was made yesterday. Not for my kids, actually. My kids are bloody lucky in comparison to so many others. I feel so sad for children who already live difficult lives and for whom life is about to get a whole lot more difficult.

to anyone who is struggling

Yes I’ve cried a few times. I know I need to keep some perspective but it is so hard. My nearly 18 year old has had his A levels exams cancelled, his prom, his last day at school, his Saturday job, his interviews for the RAF all cancelled. He is now at home with me for at least 12 weeks. My other child is in year 10 (pre gcse) and is going to miss at least 12 weeks of formal education. That really hurts. It will be his education year that will be hit hard. Some kids will not work for the next 12 weeks for various reasons. The work he has done on his DOE is on hold too.
Some of these are life changing events so yes o have cried.

I won't lie. I'm scared about what this year will bring . I may be losing my job and DH has pretty much lost his as he's self employed. No one wants a Decorator right now. I'm hoping our landlord is sympathetic to us.

My Dad is in self isolation in the US as my stepmum has virual pneumonia (!) Hes mid 70s with lots of underlying health problems so I'm worried sick.

I'm also gutted as I found out yesterday that my driving test tomorrow has been cancelled. Months of hard work and only two days to go! I'm also feeling guilty about feeling gutted in these troubling times.

Its definitely not 'pathetic' to shed a few tears. Im really scared at the moment. I have a daughter with cerebral palsy and autism and Im also autistic myself so Im completely thrown into a spin right now. Would love to shut my door on the world for as long as it takes but dh is frontline staff so still running the risk of him bringing it home. I just feel overwhelmed

My nearly 16 year old DD sobbed herself to sleep last night, it broke my heart.

She rarely cries.

It's not pathetic, I've been in tears for a few days on and off. My DS's won't see their grandparents/great grandparents for a while.

My partner is classed as vulnerable so I have no idea when I'll see him.

Compared to what's going on I suppose it's nothing and better to keep people safe but it's ok to feel sad about your own personal circumstances. Doesn't make you a snowflake, it makes you human.

Yep.

Not helped by coming off the contraceptive pill 2 weeks ago (for health reasons) so my hormones are all over the frigging shop!!

Crying has become a daily thing.

I keep crying too. I’m a vicar and most of my congregation are elderly, vulnerable or lonely. Every time I think about the impact it is having on them I cry

I totally get it. We're coming out of a long wet winter (hopefully) and had lots to look forward to, but now all those things have been cancelled / put on hold.

I started writing two lists last night:

• Things to be grateful for
• Things that are shit

I will try and make the first list longer than the second, but it's also important to vent on what is crap for us at the moment. I'll just try not to dwell on it though.

Take care everyone

I cries driving away from pre school yesterday. My son loves it. I feel overwhelmed not knowing when see everyone again.

Its bloody awful.