I can’t see an end to this.. 😔

[Mummypig2020]

God I’m really struggling the past few days.

I just want to see some light at the end of the tunnel. It just feels like constant negative news and nothing about the near future.

It makes me so sad. How are other countries starting to go “back to normal”? But we aren’t?

I'm with you op, I can't cope anymore. I was doing ok for the first 5 weeks but this last week has done me. I am stuck at home with my DH who is wfh, I am shielding due to age and illnesses, I haven't seen any of my family for weeks and none of my dgc have even bothered to text, message or call to see how I am. when I challenged my dc about this it turned out to be all my fault for not contacted the dgc to ask how they were. I am very jealous of all the people who have caring family when mine don't give a shit.

The government response here has not been good enough. They talk a good game but walking the talk is a different matter. Too late to lockdown. Lack of testing, shambolic protection for health workers and not clear enough at the start on what the lockdown meant.

They really need to get on top of this testing and protection.

Depressing that conference today.

We are but a few weeks into this total disruption (for good cause) in our lives. It takes a while to process the change even though we are doing our best to observe the rules every single day.

It has all happened so fast. The little things I took for granted are gone for the moment, that took a while to get used to, but it is what it is, and I want to protect myself and my family as best I can.

On a lighter note, hopefully we may be able to visit family outside the "zone" by observing distancing. That would be fantastic.

They can keep their pubs, clubs, horse racing, gigs, concerts and so on. I just want to see them face to face even if it is within the 2metre limit. That would be SOOOO good.

I'm trying to stay positive and hope for the best. This is our new normal for a while though. Have to be realistic about it. What a bastard virus this is.

Actually I don't mind red tape regarding ppe. I have to wear it for 12 hours.
I've had patients cough directly in my face, ventilator tubing come disconnected, to think that it hadn't gone through routine safety testing or manufacturers had cut corners to produce it quickly would not be reassuring at all. Some times that pesky bureaucracy is there for a reason !

Other countries aren't really going back to normal, and we're way behind first infection of most of those that are at the start of that process anyway. We still need to get past peak before we can think of next steps

Yes, the government has fucked up, but we will get out of it and it won't last forever. The worst case end-dates aren't for it being like this the whole time - I think things will ease to some extent within 8 weeks of peak, and after that it'll come and go and vary by area. It's going to be little steps I expect, but it's not forever. And remember, even without a vaccine small increments in testing, tracing, or treatment of the worst affected could help significantly, and the whole world is talking to one another.

@echobelly That's just not true. Plenty of Asian countries are going back to normal or will be going back to normal in the next week.

@0v9c99f9g9d939d9f9g9h8h yy agree & I believe the only way the NHS has seen to be coping & that the hospitals not overrun as in Italy & Spain as they tried to treat virtually everyone, unlike here where people have to be practically blue & unable to breathe before they were hospitalised.
Have a look at some of the articles on how Germany has approached this pandemic it’s an eye opener on good practice & infrastructure.
I’m sorry OP that you are struggling.

The lockdown cannot continue,the public won’t put up with it.There is already a lot of disquiet and restlessness.

Bloody ridiculous,I remember the Hong among flu in the late 60’s,I was a nurse in London,80,000 people died in the U.K.!!!!! We cannot beat these killer viruses,the only hope is a vaccine.

We need to get back to normal as quickly as possible,nobody where I live is taking any notice of it now,we have had enough.The Police are doing nothing to stop us all milling around.

If people want to continue self isolating that is fine,we don’t need an incompetent useless Government telling us what to do!!

@LondonJax
I think part of it is getting your enjoyment in little things at the moment

Absolutely true..
''Adapt to survive''... Little triumphs like finding a bag of flour, or having a home made cookie left outside, seeing blossom on apple trees, hearing the birds so much clearer with less traffic about, clearer skies, less planes...I love this.
The financial side is less good, and the health care aspect is a real concern, but turn off the news. It is just plain depressing.

UK was negligent in allowing flights in from China and other hotspots, and it seems we are STILL allowing flights in.

Re vaccine...I hope they will develop one, but we still don't have a vaccine for Norovirus or HIV, or the common cold, so am not getting hopes up for an effective vaccine any time soon... but maybe they will be successful. Hope so.

I must've missed why we can't go to Cornwall in July. We're going to Wales in July. We are not in lockdown until then.

I had a couple of days week before last where I felt so anxious and full of despair. But I’m now taking it one day at a time, sometimes half a day at a time, and restricting news to once a day, because it all felt too overwhelming, I may be burying my head in the sand a little, but it’s my way through, I’m staying safe and following rules if I leave home to go to the shop. This will gradually ease up a bit at a time, it may be a long time before we get back to how things were 6 weeks ago, but little by little we will come out the other side, bit by bit. We have to have hope.

Widdio I thought the public were broadly behind it. YouGov poll very high.

Oak there was a great post on the graphs thread on why a vaccine for this Coronavirus is easier than the ones you mention. Worth seeking out.

@MarshaBradyo
Thanks, I'll take a look :)

30,000 deaths from hong kong flu in uk, still a substantial number but not quite that large..

Tootletum

I'm no expert but I just think maybe we won't be allowed to holiday in the summer as social distancing will still be in place. Loads of people going to the same place at the same time will be a problem. I could be wrong.

I know how you feel OP. I totally lost it today. My anxiety is through the roof and I’m so physically and mentally exhausted, being cooped up in the house with a four year old and 18 month old while trying to hold down a very new and complex job in which I need to focus. I am being beaten down with guilt from every angle - work, childcare, housework, family.

I truly understand the seriousness of this virus and have every sympathy for people who have suffered a loss, but my nerves and MH are being utterly destroyed and it’s hard to keep up a brave face in front of my DC. On my working days I barely have time to eat let alone do any bloody yoga or exercise classes, which everyone else seems to be able to do.

Sorry, that was a bit rant. It felt nice to get it out there and just express how I’m feeling.

Op I’m like you I can’t see it ever going back to normal anytime soon and the fact that other countries are returning to some semblance of normality makes it worse that we’re so far away from that. Also having to worry about your financial position makes the matter a hundred times worse

People will just start ignoring the rules soon. Who is going to stop them? I haven’t seen any police for weeks in my town and I drove around in my job.

I’ll give it 2/3 weeks more then I’m seeing my family whether people like it or not. I’m sure there will be lots of others with the same opinion.

@TopBitchoftheWitches You're not wrong with your username.

@Hairytriker The police were lurking outside my house when lockdown was announced, as I happen to live in a house where there is a convenient lurking spot outside. They didn't bother me, even when I was faffing around, loading duvets into my car. I haven't seen them since. However, my area has a 98% compliance rate, so they have presumably gone away.

It will go back to normal. It always does. In 1918 in Leicester with the Spanish Flu there were more deaths than births. In all the years I lived there I never knew that - it was within living memory, but apparently forgotten.

And remember, at the time of the Spanish Flu, we didn’t even know what a virus was!

I’ve been reading about the Aids crisis recently, such as in this article. It puts things in perspective, for me at least. It may take a while OP, but it will go back to normal.

Hairytriker do you mean your parents?

I'm really struggling today too. I've been getting tearful at everything and probably shouldn't watch the news; I've never been a tearful sort of person and don't like feeling like this.

I'm on my own and I'm finding some days are better than others. But today I just feel like I can't do this any more. I'm all out of motivation for anything and just feel flat most of the time.

Didn't help that my dog woke me at 6 six this morning and she seemed really unwell, which really threw me so that really hasn't helped my mood. Fortunately, she picked up after sleeping all morning.

The news is good with the vaccine trials which apparently, should start in about a week.

I just want to see my family in the flesh rather than on a screen. I just want normal life back, but at the moment I can't see that happening.

0v9c99f9g9d939d9f9g9h8h spot on!!!

NoMorePoliticsPlease not sure what you are watching unfold!