Feeling tearful tonight

[GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat]

No clue why! I’ve had a nice week, children are well behaved and doing school work nicely, I’m not able to work so I’m pottering about, we’ve managed a walk in the local fields most days, DH is working and doing all the shopping/errands on his commute.

But tonight I just feel so weepy. DH is working late tonight so not here and ds1 has just brought me a cup of tea. I will probably go to bed soon.

Is anyone else feeling like this randomly?

I've been terribly tearful all week. Big mood swings also, you're not alone. It's a very difficult time

It's not surprising
Even if you are relatively cocooned from it, it is a global crisis - it is stressful, the anxiety and uncertainty is tiring
Early night is a good plan

I’m fine at the moment but I’ve had a couple of times that it’s all felt a bit much. And like you, it’s hit me at unexpected times.

Cup of tea and a nice early night sounds like a plan. Tomorrow’s another day

I have tonight, it all got too much and I had a cry. I have a terrible headache and I am sure it is caused by stress and anxiety
Hoping tomorrow is a better day.
to everyone

i was like that last night, these are challenging times of uncertainity.

I’m sorry you’re feeling like this too. I’ve been fine all week and this just feels like a big crash, it’s exhausting! You must be so tired from it too.

I’ve been feeling the same. One minute I’m okay (just okay, nothing better than that) and the next the tears won’t stop. Even my husband, who is normally a glass half full person who can quickly find a solution to any problem or worry, has admitted to feeling anxious.

I'm the same, one day I can be relatively okay and then the next tearful. I'm worried about the virus and DH worried about the economy and he never worries about anything

Yes I’m getting waves of this. Hits me hard the uncertainty of where this all goes and the reality of what the future holds, especially for ds. Have been letting myself have a cry and I think it helps. Un-mumsnetty hugs all round

Yes to the headache! A massive tension headache, paracetamol hasn’t shifted it at all.

I've had a couple of cries and had upbeat times too, sometimes in the same day! Have a wallow, you'll feel better for it. You arent superwoman, just human.

I got tearful the last time I saw my mum (before lockdown), I knew it was likely I wouldn’t see her again for a few months, we normally see each other twice a week. We’ve swapped to daily phone calls instead but it isn’t the same. Life just feels really strange at the moment, the days are merging into one.

Early night, cup of tea sounds good and avoid alcohol when emotional it never ends well! for you

Yep I've been the same. Had a couple of meltdowns where I just bawled on DH shoulder. We're not even in any way affected, nobody in the family sick, both of us still have jobs etc but it's all so unnatural that it's thrown me off balance. I'm usually very upbeat and positive, so this has come as a real shock to me (and poor DH is now worried about me as well as the virus) I can't imagine how hard it must be for people who suffer with anxiety or who are in far worse situations than me. I just hope things can go back to normal soon.

Yep I caught the news today- I usually avoid it as we have kids tv on. The story of two nurses passing away- both mothers and both relatively newly qualified (one or two years apiece) - I listened and felt sad. Then DH sat down next to me for an (unusual) cuddle and I sobbbbbbbbbbbed. It's a really weird time. Boring and repetitive and lonely and eyeballing people when we are actually out: if we are lucky. It's not like that for all

feeling the same

Yes, I'm feeling it tonight. I've been doing ok, given the circumstances.

I'm amicably separated from xH, hes self isolating atm so cannot see DC. It was a significant wedding anniversary this week.

Afterwards it hit me like a ton of bricks. Never ever did I think when I got married, a future significant wedding anniversary would be spent with us not only separated, but him isolated from DC, worrying that our nearest and dearest, or even ourselves may die because of a global pandemic.

When I imagined then what we might be doing right now, this wasnt fucking it.

I'd been doing ok, but something about that hit me really hard in a lot of different ways.

For me it's the not being in control and can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. I think if someone said okay lockdown this long and it will be okay then I could manage but it's the not knowing

Yes I am feeling very emotional and very low.
I live my own with my three young children and i don’t feel especially well. Think I’ve got a chest infection coming and full of cold. Hope it isn’t what I fear it is. Worried about my children. Worried about my mum up the road shut away. Worried for everyone and what the future holds.

I am not a weepy person but this week I have found myself bursting into tears at random times and feeling very afraid. I think some of it is because it’s once again thrown the problems with my own family into relief especially with my children’s father and how I feel like me and the children are metaphorically huddled tight together on a little raft in the middle of a dark stormy sea.

But waking up to peace and quiet and hearing all the birds is beautiful.

Me too, can’t stop crying but I don’t know why, Tuesday was bad, crying on and off all day, wed/thurs not too bad, today back to crying again
I suppose I feel like everything is pointless now, I can’t see an end in sight and I’m worried about the future

I've had a few cries over the last
Day or so. I miss my parents.

My parents Miss me, my sister and my daughter their granddaughter.

I hate my mum and dad feeling sad.

It's shit.

Sending hugs op. It will all end eventually. By not seeing people we are protecting each other which is hard but the right thing to do.

Me too

It's my daughters first birthday tomorrow and I nearly sobbed in Tesco party aisle earlier. It just felt very weird and surreal to be buying balloons and bunting at such a weird time. Especially as only the four of us will see it all.

I've been teary all day too after feeling surprisingly positive this week, I had to turn my camera off on my laptop for work calls, it's hit me like a tun of bricks

Me too, the nurses passing away has really hit me. Sterilising shopping is exhausting. I'm a single mum with a nasty self centred ex, so I'm really feeling overwhelmed with solo parenting...