New normal

[Deblou43]

Is anyone sick of this phrase every time I hear it my anxiety levels go sky high and broke down a few weeks ago thinking we would social distance for years and years

Yes I hate it .

I hate it too. There is nothing normal about any of this.

Yes, can't stand it. This will never be my normal.

Yes I hate it. It feel like I'm being told "this is your life now, get used to it". Nothing normal about it at all.

Yes. It's not normal. It's not how humans behave.

I can't stand it. Makes me shudder!

Yes - I don't want a 'new normal'. I want my old life back

Yep I hate it as it implies this is our life now.

I think of it as a temporary normal. This can't be forever or the human race would die out! It's temporary as we slowly get back to normal.

Yes I absolutely hate it, it makes everything seem permanent. I want my old life back, not this empty awful one.

I hate it too, it makes it sound permanent. I prefer 'something like normal'.

I would prefer to hear phrases including the word temporary.

I had a massive dip today due to this and sure other people feel the same I agree if they said temporary

Sends a shiver down my spine. Same with 'the virus isn't going anywhere'. Well no, but we live alongside god knows how many infectious diseases. Worse yet is when either of the above is accompanied with a snappy 'get used to it'. No, I won't.

Yes I can’t stand the phrase.... It’s anything but normal. I’m so concerned it will become a permanent thing. Chris Whitty kept on saying we will have to live with elements of these measures for a “very long time” at today’s press briefing. Are we talking months or years?!

@ChocChip01 exactly but the thing is people I know never suffered mental health are now and suicides double .... covid secure is another one ! All these make me so anxious

@Deblou43 haha “COVID secure” makes me cringe.... it’s as if every workplace, shop, school has to be completely sterile now to be safe.
Yep mental health problems is the hidden pandemic. I just try not to think too far in to the future and focus on the small day to day things. Take care

Yes I can't cope anymore
When will we be allowed to stop wearing masks on buses and trains

Yes, exactly. There are a lot if things we have to do right now, and I fully accept we have to do them, and if we have to do them for months, even years, then I'll sadly accept that. But I won't ever accept it being called "normal" because that would suggest it's the best we can ever hope for now. If social distancing is permanent then so many of the best things about my life and my DC's lives will be gone forever (bands, choirs, climbing, Scout and Brownie camps) - I cannot accept that as normal, just as a temporary (possibly long-term temporary) way of dealing with a serious problem.

@dannykin
There is no way social distancing will stay the world is not big enough and mental health will be a worse pandemic I fear too

Maybe not but how long is this whole thing for
I can't drive we used to go everywhere on buses and trains
Masks make me panic going over me
I haven't been on one since before all this
Nothing has the same appeal anymore what with having to get the buses and trains
I've never felt I've been left behind not driving before a pandemic came along