Something wrong with me, loving lockdown

[Coronackered]

I love that nobody coming toy door, I live that I don't feel obligated to visit family, only thing I'm hating is they're phoning me more often. I have a lovely family what is wrong with me 😭

OP you are definitely not alone, We are quite enjoying it now, ( not sure if we will feel the same in a month or 3)

We are normally dashing around to activities with my DS, shopping for everyone, visiting family so it's been nice to just wind it back a bit, playing in the garden and chilling out more.

With Skype we are still in contact with friends and family, it's not the same, but a great way to stay connected.

I am absolutely loving it

I'm quite worried about it ending without me having decluttered and planted a vegetable plot. Things I've wanted to do for years but never had the time.

I’m loving it too. As long as work don’t lay me off.

I go out for my daily exercise which is more than I did before but I feel obliged to use up my one per day outing. Am cooking proper meals and chatting more to my son than I did before.

Chatting to friends on Houseparty. So not lonely.

It’s lovely.

What if this goes on for, say, 4 months. You really don’t mind staying in for all that time?

I don't mind.

I never had any choice last year with a bully of a boss who gave me so much work I had to work 12 hour days 7 days and my shopping was reduced to convenience foods. I can cook now and this feels like a luxury shame there are no fucking ingredients to cook with.

I'm loving it too. Nowt wrong with being honest. Why pretend to be anguished when you're not?

A pp said this was like a dream come true - that's exactly how I feel. Me and dh, childfree by choice, both wfh anyway, jobs secure, nice house, garden, cats, wine and books.

Sure, I could gnash and wail and rend my clothing about the fate of the world, but what good would that do anyone?

equipment is less of an issue (I'm waiting for weights but I have a skipping rope, ball, boxing gloves/pads, and resistance bands) but I go for around 2 hours a day and I almost always do classes. I need to lose myself in the loud music and the movement and it's the onl y time in the day I feel OK. It's like meditation or something - takes me out of myself. Now i have no outlet to do that apart from drinking and/or purging/self-harming/restricting.
@scarlettblaize
I do actually understand this as going to the gym has helped my depression and self harming tremendously. I love losing myself in the music too.
I sincerely miss my gym but we have no choice and its nobodies fault.
I have crippling social anxiety and the constant trying to fit in and be 'normal' and talk to people I dont know and make small talk drains me and it literally takes me an hour to work up to go to the gym each morning because of it, so for that reason I am loving not having to be social or not knowing whether to shake hands or hug or high five etc.. now I dont have to and I feel at ease and calm
What was torture to me, wasn't to you and whats torture to you now is my peace.
It doesnt mean I'm glad this has happened I actually want things back to normal asap but im going to enjoy the break from having to be social and use it as a chance to reset myself before it starts again.
FWIW I'm terrified of losing muscle and gaining weight because that co tributes to my depression in the first place but in the meantime I till be working out as beat as I can and I too have 2 young children all over me all day, I literally ignore them or workout whilst they're in bed.

If I had young children I would be bench pressing and squatting them, use the smallest child for your lights sets and the heaviest child for your heavy sets 🤭
As it is I will have to make do with a backpack full of pebbles, press up handles, pull up bar and the TRX thing

We are doing fine so far, we have been self isolating as a family, due to my health, all getting on fine, DH works from home, as do I if I am feeling well enough, our DS’s are nearly 19 & 17, mainly missing the football on tv!

I spend a lot of time at home, so life isn’t that much different other than the psychological aspect of the choice being taken away to meet up with friends & family etc.

Just relieved we didn’t downsize as we were thinking of doing this year, we have a lot of space & a big garden so that makes life a lot easier.

there is a massive amount of home workout stuff on YouTube because every person who loves exercise is now having to improvise and the community wants to help each other❤️

I feel the same OP. I'm not used to spending so much time at home but I'm really enjoying the peace. I'm usually very active with a busy schedule (self made) so this isn't like me either.
Still enjoying the nature in my garden though.

I'm really enjoying spending time with my ds, I was a sahm before he went to school and I loved our time together then. I'm enjoying being in the garden and I'm thankful that I have outside space. I've even planted my own vegetables this year. I'm enjoying not having to rush around so much and being able to sit and read a book.

I've achieved a lot today. I started a knitting kit at the start of lockdown, and today I completed it - I've made myself a snood. I've baked two loaves of bread - an white crusty loaf and a chilli and olive focaccia. And I made roast beef with all the trimmings for lunch.

I get it's an awful situation, but I'm still enjoying all this extra time to do stuff like that.

@UYScuti If I had young children I would be bench pressing and squatting them, use the smallest child for your lights sets and the heaviest child for your heavy sets 🤭 As it is I will have to make do with a backpack full of pebbles, press up handles, pull up bar and the TRX thing

That worked fine when they were younger. I used to use my son for bicep curls and my daughter for squats and glute bridges. My kids are now 25kg and 28kg and rapidly approaching my height. How do you suggest I use them?

And in any case - none of that tackles the fact that I go to the gym to ESCAPE from the rest of my life. Not involve it

@UYScuti there is a massive amount of home workout stuff on YouTube because every person who loves exercise is now having to improvise and the community wants to help each other❤️

I'm fully aware of it. But it can't deal with the fact that working out in your own home, surrounded by your own mess, tripping over your children, cannot come anywhere near the transformative power of working out in a dedicated space. That's why people pray in church /synagogue/mosque and go to football grounds rather than watching it on TV.

I'm happy but the one thing that pisses me off in the outside world = DH excluding me from his social life, is happening in my own home. He's having virtual pub sessions, in a room on his own, which I can't join in on.
He's such a sh1t!!!