How do you honestly THINK this will end?

[tollyfeeder]

Just that really....

I’m a very anxious person. I can’t see a light at the end of this very dark tunnel.

My version of the end is that the virus continues to spread. It mutates to be even more dangerous, with a 100% mortality.
It can’t be contained.
Civilisation will be destroyed.

Those that manage to avoid it will have to find ways to survive until eventually they catch it too......

Please don’t lay into me for my “end”
Right now this is honestly how I’m thinking and it’s a really scary place to be in.

Seriously how does everyone else think this will end?

Barbararara

Stonking post!

OP, I hadn’t seen page 6 when I posted. This isn’t about the coronavirus, if it wasn’t that your intrusive thoughts would be focusing on something else. You need to get an urgent GP appointment to up the level of help you’re getting.

You could be right, OP. But your scenario is very unlikely.
That's not to say this isn't a huge political, economic, and global shock treatment. It is bad. But no, it won't be as dire as your head is telling you.

BUT we need to stop living on top of each other. Our global economy has forced people to pack into dense, overly populated areas (big cities). I am one of those people.
We need to think about how we live in the future. I won't tell you how to do that. It's not my place. Our system of global economics will have to change and how we live will have to simplify. This pandemic will do just that for us- with tragic consequences.

OP, There's a website I use that was created for intrusive and obsessive thoughts it's the only thing that has ever not cured but dealt with mine to the point where they don't bother me no more, if you could read back my posts on my other username which I won't share, you'd be shocked It's the same person posting now.
The website is CBT4PANIC.com I think please read through it and just learn about why you have these thoughts, how to stop castrophising.
I can't spell that word sorry!. And it'll show you how to reframe your thought process and you will move on from this.
My baby is 14 weeks now I felt the same but I'm ok mentally now. Good luck OP.

And I just saw a post where someone said if it wasn't this it would be something else you'd worry about. I used to think that was bollocks when my therapist told me that, turns out she was right. Please get help because you just simply don't have to live like this there is light at the end of the tunnel it took me nearly two years to see it as I was so scared of opening up. NO ONE would ever judge you. Honestly

I watched a very interesting documentary on Spanish Flu and they said that the Spanish flu virus eventually mutated itself so as not to be so deadly because a virus is designed to spread and it's not in it's best interest to kill it's host. So although I have no idea how this will pan out I am very hopeful that the human race will survive this OP. We can only control the controllables, you can control how much time you spend on social media, you can control how you follow CDC recommendations, you can control how much news you watch, could you maybe choose one news broadcast a day and just keep up to speed with facts?, and you can control your own social distancing. I know it's hard, we all have too much time to ponder and to think the worst.

OP you aren’t well the intrusive thoughts could very well be a sign of Post partem psychosis

Unlikely.

And armchair diagnosis is very unhelpful for someone who is already suffering from significant anxiety. Please don't.

But agreed help is needed, OP. Please contact your GP again.

I'm sorry you're suffering op - these thoughts must be very frightening. As a pp said it really doesn't make a difference what we say because you're anxiety is causing you to think irrationally. You need to steer clear of social media and I urge you to seek medical help.

• sorry hadn't read the whole thread so didn't realise you've been to go already. Try a different gp - there are many different treatments out there.