Does anyone else keep randomly crying

[lulahb]

Dunno if it's a mum thing and feeling like schools closing was such a huge thing, feel like my child's reception year has been stolen from her and just generally feeling heartbroken for all the cancelled parties and summer of fun we had planned...

I know in the scheme of things it's nothing but every few hours I remember what's going on and start crying...

Obviously not vickimoog🙄

I did in the supermarket today. People with masks, others pushing and no social distancing. Empty shelves.

Frail old couples shopping.

I am so fucking sick and tired of the people laying into people for feeling upset about different things. We're all entitled to feel the way that we do, whilst still recognising how awful it is for the country and other people. It doesn't mean we can't feel sad for our own situation too!

Absolutely this. I feel like a lot of people see Coronavirus as a chance to unleash their inner knob-head and take it for a good trot round the paddock.

Me. I've been a wreck.
To those saying to get a grip -Where's your compassion?
DD had just left school before her gcses. She's not got the long summer of celebration every other leaver year gets. She's no results day. She's not even got a leavers hoodie. Prom is probably cancelled. She's worked so hard and she's devastated. I don't care if some of you think that's over the top, but that's how it is.
I wasn't prepared for my baby to be leaving school yet. I know is have been a mess when she did, but it's doubled by the sudden ending.
But the tears are for the wider things too. She's feeling extremely vulnerable and worried about the reason for schools closing as she's as aware as me about the impact and the future.
So to those saying to get a grip - have some compassion.

Oh and I'm also a key worker but not one that the supermarkets acknowledge. So I have trawled round 4 shops today to try and find food for the week.

Yes, didn't sleep at all last night, feel exhausted which never helps plus perimenopausal hormonal crapness. Weepy as hell, need to sort myself out as everyone is giving me a very wide berth!
It's so unbelievably shit right now worldwide.

Yes have been on and off for days. For me it's the working from home. My job has become so much more stressful doing it from home and I miss the routine and forcing me to get on with life.

@Nomorewine77 omg that is me. Totally.

I seem to be having one crying episode a day at the moment. The last one was yesterday morning - nothing has set me off today...yet.

This is me too. Also a reception age dd. I was ruminating on it and in tears in bed last night. She was loving school, had such a lovely teacher and friends and to be honest I doubt she will be back at that school as we are moving when it is a bit easier to do so.. it was scheduled for after the end of the school year so she would have had a few more lovely months there to finish off. Now nothing. I also never gave her a sibling and feel like I have really let her down. Am definitely over compensating with buying stuff for her and me to do...
You’re not alone. Feel sad if you need to. It is sad.

Yes me
I'm scared, I'm vulnerable and feel helpless.
I think the schools closing tipped it for me.
My much longed for surgery cancelled, my sister has cancer, my parents are frail, I am self isolating. I have to rely on online shopping. I am scared. But I know and hope it will be OK. Right?
I have good support of neighbours and friends but it's good to let it out.

Good to see we're back to playing MN emotional upset top trumps here. We had a little outbreak of "be kind" and now we're back to being the usual arseholes to each other.

I’m really weepy today. It didn’t help yesterday that my husband had 20% of his salary cut but also I can’t see my parents, which is something I always do on Saturdays, but they’re in their late 80s and there’s the thought that we don’t know when this will end.

Gosh yes. I burst into tears on the way to picking up my y3 yesterday and I am usually nails. I am so worried about how long this might go on for and the effects of social distancing on all children - I only have one child and she's stuck with two very busy very stressed wfh parents. I know there are very many children in far worse situations, of course.

Just remember that everyday treatments and vaccines become closes.. If they find a really effective treatment it is likely many of these measures would get lifted

Nope.

My mum was an over emotional crier.

By the time my sister and I got to teens and she was snivelling even in public in stead of dealing with stuff we used to just say to her stop it!

Don't do that to your kids it's so annoying

Easy to say @HowIrresponsible but not easy to do in reality.

It's perfectly normal and yes I have been the same. It's like I can keep it together for all the serious stuff at work and in the news, then something little catches me.

Yesterday, on the way to work, I got a text back from Mum after checking in with her to see how she was after all the announcements.

She sent this, "I'm ok thanks. How are you? There is plenty i need to do in the garden, so i can get fresh air and exercise. Xx

And it make me sad to think of her on her own in the garden being so stoic.

Yes I felt like this yesterday. Just felt so overwhelmed with everything. People,have died, those struggling to get food, my year 12 dc is worried about missing a term and his ocd and anxiety is back. I can't stop thinking about key workers unable to find food and then expected to go back in and risk their lives.
I've had to actively stop thinking about things, switch if the news and try to be happy. This could go on for a year, and I need more stamina

Thanks for everyone's kind responses and my heart truly goes out to those who are in terrible situations or lost people I am truly sorry.

I also work for the nhs and things seem to be relatively calm at present but almost bubbling under the surface.

It's just my kids that make me feel sad because of things they will miss out on, and how this period will affect them. No crying in front of them more like random tears into my cup of tea of an evening, saw a barber shop owner on tv forced to close and crying and that set me off but thankfully kids were in bed.

I echo some other poster we all need to be kind none of us know our arses from our elbow right now.

My Nan pointed out today this was worse than WW2 granted she was only six when it happened but it made me chuckle as I was hoping she might say something encouraging

This is worse than *

Why shouldn't people be sad about the small things. We have been robbed of our time and soon to be our freedom. Making memories with our kids and familys is what life is all about and the fact we may have to put everything on hold for the next 6 months to a year is quite simply devastating. Our time here is precious our kids are only small once.
We all have to do our bit and I get that and I will see it through but me and everyone of us can be gutted about it

Its really shit. But it wont be forever.

I did op. It was when the schools closed, watching my dcs education and social life disappear, even if only for a few months.

I couldn't stop crying. I don't really care if that makes me selfish or pathetic, I'm sad my dc are missing a chunk of their education, parties cancelled, no holidays, no birthday fun, no sports clubs.

A lot of people immediately started making plans for home schooling, it took me longer to accept it was happening.

I've calmed down a lot now, thinking how I can make it work, the coming weeks and months will be challenging but we will try to cope and hope that things get better soon.

I've started limiting MN use and the Coronavirus board in particular to mornings only, and it's helped massively with sleeping. There are a lot of supportive and empathetic posters on here, but it only takes one arsehole at the moment. Hope you're all doing better today.