Isolation - what will be the thing that tips you over the edge?

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I've been isolating for 3 weeks now and have been managing pretty well mentally. However, for the past 3 days my home has been filled with smoke from neighbour's bonfires for several hours a day and I feel like this is tipping me over the edge.
What's your tipping point? Come and moan about it here!

No sport

The neighbourhood Facebook page. I know I don't have to use it but between the idiotic rants there's useful information. I just wish there was a way to filter out the posts by the stupid/racist/sexist people who seem to use it as their own personal page.

My arsehole neighbours playing music.

DH is upstairs working from home in a room overlooking our street (ie, he’s not just being a nosy bastard). Since he started work at 8.30 this morning, he has seen our next door neighbour leave the house on foot FIVE times. FIVE! That’s completely taking the piss and making me wonder what the point is, tbh.

Someone I love dying and not being able to say goodbye .

Someone I love dying and not being able to say goodbye .

And, ds eating us out of house and home with no thought to the fact that I have to risk infecting myself/us/others to replace it.

Both of us trying to balance work and kids with employers expectations and school expectations......

If one of my family died from Covid. I would stay in for 6 ,onths if we had to but would flip if one of my family died from it.

My son not doing school work or anything he is asked to do. He is 13 but I will never forgive him for this behaviour

Catching it despite doing all the right things.

Pretty much there. My Grandmother died. Couldn't go to her funeral. All my coping mechanisms are gone. I have diagnoses of PTSD (the trauma underpinning it makes being trapped at home one of my worst nightmares) and attachment issues but I can't get a break from the kids. One starts at around 4-5am and the other won't go to sleep until 10 ish. Dd has stopped napping because Ds is at home all the time and she doesn't want to miss out. I can't get any medication for my mental health because the GP won't prescribe for me but my psychiatrist has been redeployed so the adult mental health team won't either. Their advice was to present to A&E if I was a danger to the kids. That's 2 years of therapy wiped out. I have a horrendous chest infection, cough, feel like I'm drowing if I exert myself too much and zero appetite. I've had it for three weeks, keep thinking I'm getting better and then get floored again.

Next door neighbours dog barking.... that might do it

The anxiety. I have had health anxiety for years and this is tipping me over the edge. I go a good walk during the day and it helps.

Constantly entertaining a 3 year old on my own while DH who is furloughed, enjoys a nice lie in, works out, plays on his phone, listens to music, has long baths etc and then asks "What's for tea?" every fucking day.

Sort him out crocodile.

CrocodileFondue Tue 07-Apr-20 14:37:27
Constantly entertaining a 3 year old on my own while DH who is furloughed, enjoys a nice lie in, works out, plays on his phone, listens to music, has long baths etc and then asks "What's for tea?" every fucking day.
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That would drive me potty. I'd be inclined to go out for my walk and essential shopping but take longer than usual and leave him to it.

Why on earth can the man not make himself a cup of tea and sandwich or whatever? That is beyond me.

I don't know what would tip me over the edge, it hasn't happened yet so will let you know if it's imminent.

Maybe if I ran out of money but am assuming my pensions will be paid as normal, they have been so far. I think if I ran out of money I'd cope somehow.

Generally I like being on my own at home so not a problem so far. I don't go out into my back garden at the moment because the fence has blown down on one side - I wish I'd had it fixed before all this but hindsight, etc. I will sort it when it's over. However my neighbours on that side are at home and often in the garden, I like them very much but don't really like being seen. Can't see anything on the other side, they have big trees which is nice.

If I couldn't help someone else I'd be very sad.

Not being able to get out for exercise, actually.
I'm lucky we are coping so well.
I would have gone insane when I had 4 < 9yo at home.

Not being able to go out for exercise would finish me off. Tiny flat.

Well, no, pills would finish me, but you know what I mean.

Crocodile, tell him he can eat whatever he wants to cook.

I'll get to a point where I'll need physical interaction with friends

A local FB group I'm in which actually has a silly amount of members. Quite a few posts of non-essential travel/against guidelines but if anyone so much as points this out, the #bekind brigade is out in force.

I should really snooze it.

Today my daughter's singing has driven me mad. I can cope with actual songs but sticking words into a repetitive tune is driving me bonkers. Today's rendition of "guacamole" the minute I got in from walking the dog saw me retreat to the bath for a long soak.

Idiot friends wanting me to pop over to theirs and not taking no for an answer.

Ex M-I-L harping on about what an opportunity it is to do some spring cleaning and have a good clear out of my junk (much loved possessions)! Fuck off. My house is fine.

Constant face-timing and phone calls from grandparents (ex in laws) to their grandchild - how many times do I have to tell a child not to use it around me when I'm in the bathroom.

Relatives harping on about daughter being stuck indoors. Yes, I could take her to the park but she's doing her schoolwork during the day. Yes, I could take her to the park but she's more interested in watching netflix. She doesn't actually want to go to the fucking park.

No, I don't need vitamins. We have apples, bananas, oranges and tins of fruit and frozen fruit and veg. And carrots, peppers, onions, potatoes and cartons of fruit juice. No. We don't need vitamins. Knock, knock.... We now have vitamins.