Is anyone else starting to feel really low?

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Just that really.

DH starting to get on my nerves and we are being really ratty with one another.

I just don’t know what to do with myself. It’s too cold for the garden today and our house is so tiny. I planned to decorate but can’t get hold of any supplies anywhere. Because our house is so small I don’t buy books just use the library which is now closed. So nothing to read. No puzzles or crafts as we don’t have the space to store, and places like hobbycraft now have a 3 week delivery time.

I know know know it’s not the end of the world but I’m finding myself just sat around thinking negative thoughts, missing my family and friends and even going into work and the gym. I just feel so sad, for lack of a better word. I do struggle with anxiety and low mood generally but I’ve been better the last few months but this feels worse than ever.

It’s only 11am but I’m contemplating a glass of wine.

Is anyone else feeling like this?

Yes I know how you feel. I'm on my own with just the cat for company and finding it hard, the days are just so long! I do have a Kindle which helps and I play Scrabble online but find it hard to do anything productive. What about doing some exercise at home? Davina McCall has a free 3 month exercise program you can sign up to? The one thing that keeps me going is knowing that everyone else is going through there own version of this and it won't be ever. Stay strong OP x

Our house is a tip so I now have the chance to do a proper deep clean, tidy & sort. Even DD11 has had a clearout & it’s virtually impossible to get her to do anything in her room usually! I have made a long list of jobs. Also planning to dig out a load of photos to put in albums, delete online photos & documents, delete my ( literally) thousands of e mails. Write letters which I never do. Maybe start a blog. Dust off Davina 7 minute workouts. Sort the garden when it’s warmer. Clear out the garage, loft, kitchen cupboards & drawers. Put clothes aside for when the charity shop opens again. Play the piano. There’s loads of tutorials etc online for cooking, yoga, art, learning a language. Hope you find something to occupy you OP 🙂

Our library has a borrow box app, maybe yours has something similar?

Woke up today feeling very very low

Yes sometimes.

Yesterday I was really tired and a bit down and the weather didn't help because the wind was howling outside all day, like something out of a horror movie.

Feel a bit better today after a good sleep. Will help I think now that the clocks have changed and the weather starts to improve. I think it would be worse if we were in autumn. If that makes sense

Hope you're all feeling better soon

Sorry that I can't give much advice on the rest of your post, but just wanted to let you know that many independent craft retailers are still open and delivering within days. Not sure what kind of crafts you're into but in the last week I ordered fabric from Minerva and yarn from Woolstack and both arrived quickly - might be worth looking into before they're forced to stop trading completely?

Yes very low here, I can cope in the week as all we really do is go to work and come home but the weekends are tough as we are always out and about doing fun stuff. I don’t want to walk around the streets as it’s boring and depressing! Just take it one day at a time. I am absolutely dreading the next two weeks as we had so many plans for the Easter Holidays. I know it’s nothing as part of the bigger picture and we are well and alive but my mental health is taking a kicking, it was poor anyway and the only thing that helped was having lots of fun things with my favourite people to look forward to.

Download kindle app or audible.

Me too. You're not alone. I feel so bored I could cry. Not interested is doing any crafts or owt.

DW is busying herself with dusting ornaments and casting disapproving glances at me for doing nothing. Thing is I hate all diy and just eat non stop...

I’m ok - oddly finding mon-fri easier with the WFH routine.

I have been bored this weekend even though I have got tons to do at home.

You're not alone OP. I take it one day at a time now, today I feel sad and lonely and demotivated - tomorrow I will probably feel different again. I try to just acknowledge the feeling without feeling guilty OP, we can't 'make the most' of this, no one has been through this before!
But yes to independent crafts if that's what you're into.

I think weekends are worse. 😔

I'm still in bed. DD is downstairs playing on the Xbox and it's too cold to get up. There was snow earlier. I really just can't be bothered today.

It's starting to get to me today. I'm on Adoption leave looking after our just turned three year old. We are normally out and about every day. He can't leave my side for literally a second and will just scream 'mama, mama,' if I am not within a foot of him, due to severe attachment issues. I'm starting to feel really suffocated. He is struggling with the change in routine and has cried non stop since he woke up today. The thought of this lasting for months makes me feel really down.

I haven't got out of bed for 2 days. Feeling like a totally failure at being a wife, mum and working. I know I am being selfish as my husband has done everything for 2 days but I'm not eating either.

So much else going on that is wrong that this virus has highlighted. We live above nightmare neighbours and being here 24/7 has just broken me.

Anyone who is feeling down needs to give themselves some projects.

Think of 3 things you would like to do during this period - an exercise routine, a craft, learn a language, write a novel, read a book, learn to cook, teach your children a skill, learn a skill, organise a cupboard, painting, singing, gardening etc. Every day do an hour each of those three things. There are a million things you could be doing or learning to give yourself some focus and meaning.

Sorry, it that sounds patronising. I am just trying to help.

Yesterday was a bad one. I was completely overwhelmed with fear and despair, didn't leave the house at all and cried too many tears.

Today was better. Out with the dogs at 7am for a long walk through empty fields, not another soul out on the streets. Seeing the dogs run and play so happy and carefree was wonderful. Feeling brighter and more optimistic that I can get through this.

Tomorrow might well see me right back in shit street though.

I'm really struggling. I'm not someone who lives in the moment, I'm always planning the next "thing". Our once in a lifetime holiday I've been planning for a year in May will be cancelled, and no idea when or if we should even rebook. We desperately need to move house, some new builds were starting in our village this summer I doubt that now. So stuck in a small house. I feel like I have nothing to look forward to.

Yes we are blessed to have our health and our jobs, but it still doesn't stop me missing what we had at the moment. I feel like life is on pause and we are having months taken from us.

I don't have oodles of new time, I'm trying to juggle working from home 36 hours a week on top of keeping the kids entertained.

Yes it could be worse, but it could be better and it's the not knowing when it'll return that makes it hard.

I am bored out of my bloody mind. The house is spotless. I'm actually SAVING the pile of ironing for some fun time (!!!) I've rearranged furniture. Eaten my weight in food. Watched 55664 films. Been down about a dozen youtube rabbit holes. I just miss life outside😔

I've been doing okay this week but it's hit me today and I feel really low. Been self isolating with DH and 1 year old son since Mon - was actually really enjoying my time with DS earlier in the week but now I just want a break. DH and I are at each other's throats today and it is not fun.

Hi OP, your local library might have an online service where you can download audiobooks or books for free using a third client if you have a phone or tablet you could use to read/listen. I can borrow up to 5 audiobooks and 4 ebooks at once and they do help to pass the time.

I’m really starting to feel down after only a week in. Although I’m working from home and the days go quick I’m finding my sleeping and eating patterns have gone out the window, not helped by noisy neighbours. I’m due to move on the 10th April and am all packed with a company booked. I’m in bits with anxiety and just hope we don’t get a ‘total lockdown’ before then! I used to love living on my own, now it’s just feels painfully lonely.

I think whatever I say will sound patronising and I don’t mean it to at all. Presumably you have the internet. I’m retired and live alone and basically have had to move my whole life online. So video chats with friends and virtual classes/activities. Ebooks and audiobooks online, & all kinds of extra streamed stuff available.
Would it help to make a bit of a timetable?

I should have said that I was really down for the first couple of days at the thought of not being able to get out, even though I’m not a particularly anxious person (I’ve been self quarantining as well). I’ve perked up considerably since then.