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Surreal

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starlightgazers · 27/03/2020 23:09

So - I keep waking up expecting all this to have become some new sort of normal for me, but it's just not happening. Every day we wake up to a new revelation (Prince Charles, Bo-Jo etc) - it's never ending. Logically - I know what's happening, and also what is coming. and I just concentrate with getting on with things as you have to. Then it suddenly dawns on me once more all that is happening, and I think to myself 'bloody hell, this can't really be happening'.. Confused. Anyone else STILL struggling to take it all in?

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Flipreverseit · 27/03/2020 23:11

Yes! I frequently have moments where I just have to stop and think ‘yes, this is actually happening-it’s not just some fucked up daydream’
I also have the few seconds when I wake up every morning before I remember what’s going on. Sad

raffle · 27/03/2020 23:12

Yep, it’s been feeling like a film for a few weeks now. And I just keep internally flipping out when the kids ask what we are doing tomorrow. They don’t really get it. And I can’t blame them cos it’s so bloody surreal I’m struggling to accept it too Sad

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pigsDOfly · 27/03/2020 23:18

It's very weird.

I'm very much not a crier in the normal way, but at the moment I keep finding myself tearing up over the most ridiculous things. I'm also feeling stressed quite a bit of the time, not sleeping well, and worrying about all sorts of different things.

I know what you mean about thinking it can't be happening. I almost expect to wake up in a bit and find everything back to normal.

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starlightgazers · 27/03/2020 23:19

Ah - not just me then....

It's all just so weird, I KNOW it's happening, and I work in a hospital so see what is happening too, but still - I just cannot take it all in. And yes - it DOES feel a bit like it's a film or something (and sadly not a good one either). I've never felt like this before, even when I lost my parents suddenly and unexpectedly. So weird...

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pumpkinpie01 · 27/03/2020 23:19

That's the word I keep using to describe it . Me and my dd are starting a scrap book tomorrow to remember it all by , will be interesting to look back on in 20/30 years so we can really remember how we felt and what we did .

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starlightgazers · 27/03/2020 23:22

Also weirdly - my DC's (all teenagers) seem to be taking it all in their stride. Maybe because kids tend to be more resilient, or perhaps because they know statistically they are highly unlikely to die from it?

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Willowmartha1 · 27/03/2020 23:22

Totally. Nothing feels normal anymore and even home feels weird. I wake up in the morning and then am hit with a wave of sadness when I remember what is going on, I also have to think what day it is all they all roll into one at the moment !!

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starlightgazers · 27/03/2020 23:23

Me and my dd are starting a scrap book tomorrow to remember it all by , will be interesting to look back on in 20/30 years so we can really remember how we felt and what we did

That is such a good idea - might pinch it! This will definitely become a huge event in terms of UK/ world history.

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starlightgazers · 27/03/2020 23:28

I keep feeling very sad too, especially sad for the UK but also other affected countries. I'm also pissed off that it didn't have to be like this - we had warning from Italy etc but didn't heed it in time.

And yes, the days are just blending into each other and my concept of time is completely skewed too. I'm actually looking forward to going back to work next week as I'm desperate for a bit of 'normality' and routine.

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pumpkinpie01 · 27/03/2020 23:29

@starlightgazers I was going to do it with my ds6 and make it a 'what we have done and how we are feeling ' kind of book but now me and my DD18 are going to do it and make it a family one with news points, then what we did on that day. Will get photos from FreePrints too. Today will be a good one as we put hair extensions on my ds and took a photo , his face was a picture , scowling with long curly hair 😀

pumpkinpie01 · 27/03/2020 23:31

@Willowmartha1 I know what you mean about the days , they are all the same now. Weekends are no different than the week , so strange .

bluetongue · 27/03/2020 23:38

I feel the same but have been reading up on epidemics / pandemics through history which I find strangely reassuring. This has happened regularly in the past (and still happens in less developed nations).It’s just become something abstract in the western world due to vaccines and much better health care and hygiene. Childhood deaths due to infectious diseases used to be almost expected and even fairly recently there was polio where your child could wake up one day unable to walk.

At least most of us that get it will be fine. Imagine what it would have been like at the time of the Black Death Shock

Mummyshark2018 · 27/03/2020 23:42

Whilst I know it's happening, I don't know anyone personally affected at the minute so it does seem surreal. Where I live we haven't been badly hit- yet!

I've been wfh and dc doing school work so weekends will be spent not working and watching movies with popcorn.

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