Starting to hate society

[xtinak]

I really didn't before. I don't trust my neighbours. I can't share my true thoughts with friends. The social control aspect of this is getting to me. Being expected to clap. Being shamed into compliance. Stay home, save lives... as though it could be that simple. I think I'm going mad. I don't know how to come back from it. I can't sleep. I want to move to the wilderness and never be part of it again. Help.

Dev, I’d love to but who can be trusted?

At least living here gives me sone anonymity, which I’m now grateful for.

LilacTree

I won't ask about the anonymity bit as sounds very private, but you sound as though you appreciate your own company.
Do you write at all, did I see you in creative writing?

Another three week extension. When I read the speculation about them lifting the lockdown slowly from next week, I was actually nervous and anxious, which is weird considering I really want them end (safely). Now I'm back to grumbling about them.

Does anyone else have the same mixed feelings?

Dev - no, I mean that it’s harder for neighbours to keep an eye on what I’m doing in a block of flats. I had one man say he knew I’d been out for longer than an hour but my mum can barely leave her house - cul de sac - without people knowing.

I did write in the past, yes.

I always dreamed of living in isolation but I know think the authorities will catch up with you, drones will be checking when you go for a walk etc.

LilacTree, I'm sorry to hear about your struggles. I think you might already know this, but you're perfectly entitled to go out for more than an hour - you can spend the entire day out if you want to.

Have you read the latest dementors thread? You'll find some sanity there

We live in a a very fast paced world and have lost connection with our souls. You're not the first person to question if the world is mad OP or if it's you...I don't know if that sounds reassuring or not but I would say that you are right to be wary about who you discuss these topics with, as you have clearly discovered on this thread. Good luck, hold your own sanity, no one else can do it for you!

OP who is making you clap? We just draw the blinds.

I understand moving to the wilderness though. The idea of things going back to normal nauseates me, the fear of living in a world with such a hideous virus running rampant just makes me feel off. Hopefully society has learned a few lessons, that we slow down and get less hung up on living in the fast lane or keeping up with the Jones’s.

LilacTrees

I'm always around here, please send me a pm if you get fed up.
My wilderness will be the countryside if we're ever allowed to travel again. Bricks and mortar are making me feel so restricted and we are in a town, I long for a little cottage in the Welsh hills.
Hoping now we are skint dh might consider it.

I’m another one who wants to move and I’ve spent far too much time on Rightmove recently! DH seems quite keen as well so we’ll see when this is over.

Can someone link to the dementors thread please, I think I might feel at home there. I don’t want to clap (I haven’t been) but feel bad about it

Le voila

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3901688-Dementors-Begone

Anyone still around?

Another example of why I hate society.

Took me a while to verify this was real. Video link in article.

www.straitstimes.com/singapore/robot-reminds-visitors-about-safe-distancing-measures-in-bishan-ang-mo-kio-park

wehttam.

I think it's too ingrained, all this fast pace, capitalism and high consumerism.
It's nice to hear a few on here saying that they are looking to change work/life balance and how much they are gaining from being at home.

I like the simple life, not boring, but pleasing ourselves, rather than bothering about The Jones's.

I’m hoping that people will see the dangers of some of these tech things and reject them but not holding out much hope.

Unfortunately my work life balance will only improve when I can go back to the office. At the moment I’m working at the dining room table so I feel I can never get away. I’m also working later which I wouldn’t do if I was at the office. I need my home life and work life to be separate

Did no one get freaked out by the robot?

Oooh I love those robots! To be fair I'd don a mask to knock the cam off its back and swipe it.

No one cares if you clap, even if your neighbours do report you (which is unlikely) police probably won't come round anyway as the service has been cut to the bare bones.

The police are out in force every bloody day in my local park. I’ve never seen so many of them.

LilacTree

I sent a copy to my ds2, he replied "I don't like the look of those", freaked him out.

Dev interesting
Quite a lot of positive comments on Twitter

Thing is, for me, it’s just a sign of how easy it is for government to have all eyes on you all the time.