Struggling here too now.
I got through the March-June lockdown pretty well, but have been feeling dreadfully low for the last few weeks.
DS is in year 11 and currently self isolating after having had a close contact at school test positive. He was already off himself with symptoms just after they returned to school and the test results (negative thankfully) took 4 days to come back he was off for a week. I’m worried about his education in such an important year.
DH and I are both self employed and have seen our respective industries be affected by this. I’m taking in about 30% of my pre covid turnover and whilst DH is ok at the moment, next year is looking dire for him.
I’ve been feeling rotten lately with a litany of health issues - neck and back pain, pelvic and bladder pain and utis - I’m certain it’s stress. I have had an unending headache since Thursday.
The worst thing for me is that we moved to Nothern Ireland just before lockdown- end of last year. I intended to join things and hopefully make friends (my work is solitary and at home). I’ve not been able to do that, so I have no friends here at all. Not a single one. It’s becoming incredibly lonely and isolating and I’m struggling with that.
Worst of all is that I have elderly parents back home and I can’t see them, and I’m so worried about them. They are ok, but I’m an only child and I feel I’ve just abandoned them. Pre-covid the plan was that I’d go back every couple of months for long weekends and that we would spend holidays there. Because of local restrictions, travel has been so uncertain and I’ve only managed to get back once. We hoped to go back in the October break, but with cases going mad here, it’s looking unlikely.
The thought of Christmas stuck here with no family is just about tipping me over the edge.