BBC News is my friend lying?

[Theodoreb]

She likes to make me anxious and as a sheilded person with two vulnerable dc I'm very nervous of lockdown ending and school re opening she's also a bit stupid and believes those fb pages which are fake.

She just told me that she watched bbc news and Boris Johnson gave a speech saying lockdown was being lifted slowly that construction workers can go back and buses are back on as normal tomorrow.

Yes some construction is still going on and a few buses running. Seen it for myself.

She’s lying

OP I'm sorry to hear about your anxiety & MH issues.
You sound like a nice kind person.
I hope you find friends who don't male you anxious one day.
Maybe ask your Mum to check on the latest news for you?
Take care X

The rules for construction workers have just been strengthened. Whereas it was "do your best to stay 2m away whilst working" it has been reported on the news that it is now "you must stay 2m away and if not the work should be stopped". The opposite to what your friend said.

As for going back to work as normal.. that’s nonsense.

sounds like your friend likes the drama, or she's dim.

She’s not your friend. I have no experience of the particular mental heath problems you have but I do have anxiety and I empathise with feeling like you can’t watch or look up certain things. It can be crippling and it sounds like it is for you.
Many many people are very lonely though and I think making new friends would be a very good plan. Even now via your computer or phone it might be good to connect with more people.

She sounds a horrible woman. I hope your sisters friend is nice to you.

thats vile , bin her OP , im shielding its a scary time you dont need a horrid person making it worse x

I've just read one of your replies and I apologise for my own reply. Of course you shouldn't watch the news if it is triggering for you. But this woman is not your friend - does she have mental health problems of her own that mean she constantly needs the situation to be better than it is? That's the only explanation I could come up with for her bizarre and upsetting behaviour.

Before everyone leaps on the “she’s no friend”, it is possible she’s confused. As others mentioned, on the news this afternoon the situation in Spain, with lockdown being gradually released, was discussed alongside Boris Johnson’s speech, so if she wasn’t fully listening it would have been easy to get it wrong

She might have heard the end of an update on Spain (or maybe France) which I think had that reported today.

You've made it onto here but can't check the news yourself? I don't understand OP.

And yes, ditch the 'friend'.

Sorry to say this, but if your 'friend' knows you cannot watch the news, and she is feeding you false information and lies, then she is not your friend.

If you are unsure about anything and you can't find details on the BBC or other news website, then please ask on here for confirmation of anything she has told you.

That was the need report about Spain

News

She's nasty piece of work OP you really don't need someone so unkind and cruel towards you right now especially when you suffer with mental health issues just block her forget about her and see if there is anyone else in RL you can reach out to for support and company

This is an incredibly difficult time and if you are anxious normally I can understand it will be magnified. But she is not a friend. Even if it means you need to survive the next few weeks talking to just your mum don't be scared to just stopped listening to this 'friend' The advice seems to be if you are anxious just check the news once in the morning and once in the evening and fill the rset of your time with whatever you enjoy whether that is reading, watching crap TV, going walking for exercise etc.

We'll be your kind ears, OP. Come to us in future.

I think you need some kinder friends! Are there any online or phone support groups that maybe your Care Co-ordinator (if you have one) or someone could suggest?

Tomorrow is Easter Monday so it would be a strange day to lift the lockdown anyway. As others have said, many construction workers are continuing to work and have been all along. And no, Boris has not lifted the lockdown. I think the closest to that is that they MAY be deciding WHETHER to lift the lockdown this week. But we'll all have to just wait and see.

Sending you good thoughts. I am so sorry you've got all this to deal with as well.

OP I'm a bit concerned that you found out something that was untrue second hand, and now you are coming on here to hear 'the truth' second hand as well. I feel like a very short ration of time each day checking the news for yourself would actually be less anxiety provoking. Maybe choose a specific time of the day and allow yourself only ten minutes.

Please know that you are worth more than the sort of ‘friendship’ offered by someone who likes to make you anxious. You have schizophrenia. She is risking your health with her little mind games. You deserve better.

She's a horrible person. You deserve better.

Oh lovely, well done on blocking her.
Like others have said she really isn’t your friend to deliberately try and make you ill, I’m sorry.

Buses haven't stopped round here, and people have been going to work as usual unless their businesses have had to close down.
She's talking shit.