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.

She is not your friend. Friends don't mess with your head, leaving you confused and anxious. She is extremely unkind and her behaviour towards you is abusive.

Some Construction workers are returning to work in Europe. The UK will be on lockdown for a while yet.

I haven't read the whole thread but I did see the news earlier this afternoon in which they were talking about similar circumstances such as construction and manufacturing returning - however it was in Spain not the UK. Perhaps she jumped to conclusions before listening to the whole story and presumed it was UK?

Why on earth would she enjoy making you anxious?

Friends make us feel better not worse.

Get rid of her.

how do you expect your anxiety to get any better ever if you have someone who is constantly making it worse?

OP, if you can't watch the news then you can always come onto MN and ask about something that is worrying you. Most people on here are kind and if you explain that you are feeling anxious then if anyone tries to be silly with you then the nice people will let you know that the meanies are not being truthful.

I hope you can manage to make contact with your sisters friend, you can take the friendship slowly, at your own pace. Your other "friend" sounds horrid, I'm afraid to say I think she is deliberately trying to upset you, which makes me think she is making fun of you , please think about ending this friendship, it is not helping you.

She's got it completely wrong, almost... Wrong country. I watched the news, it wasn't Boris Johnson, it was a news reporter talking about Spain, that they are having a further 2 week lockdown, but will slowly lift and allow non essential workers e.g construction to go back to work. Definitely not the UK.

If you are anxious and your ‘friend’ actively enjoys making you more anxious she is no friend. You deserve better. That’s a horrible thing to do.

This person sounds really cruel and not a friend at all. She will only make your anxiety worse. Hope you have some decent friends.

Being honest this is just a small thing in a line of stuff. Another example is I was anxious this morning as owing to my shielding I was unable to get Easter eggs for kids so I paid way too much for eggs from amazon and although I had confirmation that the eggs would be delivered today she spent 20 minutes trying to convince me that they wouldn't come.

I have already blocked her and my sisters friend (sorry to drip feed my sister has moved away and was her friends only friend) and I have been mailing quite a bit and so far it's going well she already knows my triggers as I lived with my mum and sister for a time and people who came to the house knew dos and donts so fingers crossed this goes really well.

theodoreb Try and ignore both the media and your so called friend.

She is a cowbag quite simply you need to ditch her if you can or at least cut a bit of contact .

although I had confirmation that the eggs would be delivered today she spent 20 minutes trying to convince me that they wouldn't come.

That's such a mean and petty thing to do !

Well done getting the eggs for your kids, I wasn't able to get any (fortunately my son is very young so doesn't know it's easter).

I agree with everyone else, being lonely is hard but being "friends" with this person is worse !

If you're not able to watch the news maybe ask your mum to send you daily updates of any new measures ? This way you won't have to wonder what's happening or not and your mum can filter information if necessary.

And well done on opening yourself to a new, hopefully healthier friendship !

She’s not your friend. On some level you know that. When this is over (and it will be over) lots of people will have re-evaluated their relationships. You’ll find people are more open to new friendships. Then, in your own time and at your own pace, find some lovely new companions.

I am SO glad that your "friend" is now blocked, she sounds absolutely evil!
She knows you have all this anxiety and mental health issues and she actively tries to make them worse - that's cruelty.

I do hope that your sister's friend is a much nicer person and you create a good bond with her.

In the meantime, I hope people will at the very least read YOUR posts on here and see WHY you can't "just watch the news" yourself without making that facile suggestion yet abloodygain.

Do come back if you need to know anything else, but maybe put in your OP the bit about you being unable to watch the news for your own mental wellbeing, to stop the rudeness.

@ThumbWitchesAbroad thank you so much and I will follow that advice about saying I cannot watch the news and in my op I'll explain that when I'm overly anxious I need someone to tell me everything is ok as otherwise I will just find a excuse for why I cannot be right.

My sisters friend is being lovely we just been chatting and it's going very well. I think it may work out fingers crossed.