I'm really scared things will never go back to normal

[ssd]

I have anxiety so maybe thoughts are fudged. Also furloughed, so losing touch with normality.

But I can't see how things will ever be the same again. It terrifies me.

ssd Hi. This might sound like a load of trite bollocks, but have you heard that saying, "Everything will be OK in the end. If it's not OK, it's not the end." It's attributed to John Lennon, but possibly he nicked it. Anyway, I find it helps.

You're right @spill, I know it but just can't feel it today.
I am back at work tomorrow, I tend to feel calmer about it all there.

Things won't go 'back' because time is linear.

There will be changes as a result of this, some better and hopefully not too many worse.

But there will be changes. Normal doesn't stay the same throughout history. My 'normal' is very different to the normal of 100 years ago. Normal in 1946 looked very different to normal in 1938. But not in a bad way.

There is no point worrying about it because it's not possible to hold time fixed. Things change, but that is the way of the world.

You're not experiencing the changes alone, unlike with say a rare condition that affected only a few - the whole world is learning to adapt with you, so we all have lots of support from others going through similar things.

Yes, pandemics are horrible. But the 1918-19 flu was followed by the Roaring Twenties, which largely looked a lot of fun.

Take action to stay as safe as you can personally, and then relax. You can only do what you can do and worrying achieves nothing.

wakes up from deep sleep

Wait, they have a cure for covid?

@FedUpofLockdown123 I agree with you, I love to see posts from @Bluntness100 too. I wish I knew more people in real life with views like these.

Fed up thanks 😊

Honestly though, even hospitality is likely to be open by the end of July.

Sure holidays might take a bit longer and social distancing in place, and large social events on hold, but let’s face it, we will be back to pretty much normal in the next few weeks.

It looks like they already have medication to cure this, the anti malaria drug is now licensed for use against Covid, the vaccine which is aiming to be ready for sept, isn’t gold standard because it doesn’t stop you being contagious. but looks like it protects you from developing pneumonia which is where the issue occurs, so won’t stop you being contagious but will basically prevent you getting seriously ill. That should be ready by sept and will likely be rolled out to key workers and the vulnerable first off. So they will be able to prevent people getting seriously ill and treat it if you get it. Win win. Not as good as preventing it totally but good enough for normal life.

No country has yet to see a second wave. Let’s face it, we can argue about the technicalities of who is taking what precautions, and how compliant the population is, but they have not seen a second wave.

The disease is also fairly benign for the over whelming majority of people. And for the people who it is not going to be benign for, they know it and they know what precautions to take.

I’m seriously worried too.

Of course things evolve over time, hence why 1920 looks radically different to 2020...but we’ve had everything that was normal taken from us en masse, and very suddenly, so it’s incredibly difficult to process and cope with.

I agree that all the physical barriers which have been installed in shops have been done so with a long term view in mind.

Hi OP I felt like you do, but very early on, around late March.

Luckily I’ve done fine since, but had a few weeks of out and out dystopian dread. I couldnt listen to music, watch films or partake in any of my usual enjoyments.

It felt as if the world had suddenly rejected us, and I can’t say I’d blame it, but it was as if I’d taken In a very deep breath - but couldnt exhale.

I wonder if we will soon forget that weird, suspended animation type feeling, as time goes on. And it will.......go on, I think, we have survived worse throughout history.

I’m more concerned now with how it leaves us as a very un-United uk.
We have a toxic press, so much party political division and a really nasty case of blame culture. It would be so good to see the uk At peace with itself, undivided and tolerant. I had a small hope somewhere at the beginning of covid that it might happen.

But nah..

But I can't see how things will ever be the same again.

I remember reading a very good article about this which to sum up very briefly started that going back to how we were is how the pandemic began. The new normal that we will find and adjust to will be better for us from a safely point of view in the future.

I was like you OP but I went and visited my friend for the first time since lockdown in her garden today now that we are allowed to in Scotland and it just felt so normal and lovely! Now I just need to be able to see my hairdresser and have the freedom to go out for tea and drinks with my friends and all will be well

Ah yes, AlaskaThunderfuck, I can't wait for the second wave, too. Yippee, it will all be grand.

Yeah Alaska, don’t you know any form of optimism is akin to murder

joan I drove through town yesterday and shed a few tears when I was heading east along Embankment and I looked over to see the deserted Southbank, and the big sign across the top of RFH saying 'see you soon' 😭

@BabcockPeggy -

Murder?

Unless you are saying that Alaska is personally causing the second wave single-handedly, I'm not sure why you think murder is an appropriate word here?

Ah so the cure for covid is they’re going to murder us all.

@staysafer I’m not sure whether you are having a dig because I went to visit my friend or because I would rather be optimistic and look forward to getting back to living?

It's just too hard to square my normal optimism with the fear of getting the virus and really suffering

It's easy to not look at the fear during the day ....

BUT IVE SLEPT NO MORE THAN 5 HOURS A NIGHT FOR 2 MONTHS so clearly I have underlying stress from it

I'm exhausted by social distancing - I want to fucking hug people (and I NEVER hug anyone)

I fucking HATE watching those lying sacks of fucking shit bags on the news

I would say I was having a bad day twice a week, since that fucking Cummings fiasco I haven't had a good day - I'm grumpy, tired, tearful, and full of CUNTING RAGE