Anyone else just feel like crying?

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I not a crier. But I feel like sobbing at the state of the world.

We have also stopped watching and listening to the news or any radio shows that talk non stop covid. We put some classical music on,
and then in the evenings Heart FM and danced, everything feels better now.
Literally anything is better than the rolling coverage of ICU wards, inane back biting interviews that achieve nothing but more toxic culture and relentless depressing doom and gloom.

Free yourself with music

Brexit is the killer for me. That our government are doing this to us deliberately, and on top of Covid. Evil, frankly.

Lost DP to cancer recently (wouldn't go to the doctor because of this twatty virus) and am completely depressed by the fact that DD and I can't even go and stay with family.

My DB and SIL were coming up for half term to visit her Dad and spend some time with us. That's off now and Christmas will be shit.

Brexit is the killer for me. That our government are doing this to us deliberately

The masses voted for it in a referendum, don't you remember ?

It's really hitting home now with me. I am so ready to start living again but my body is a mess from being home for so long. I've just written a thread. I feel unwell half the time. I've barely left the street since march. not had a drive anywhere really. My son gets really sick in the car now too. So we just can't go far until he can have medication. I'm starting to panic about the fact we've done absolutely nothing for six months. We've got outdoors and attempted a zoo. But shops, garden centers etc have been a 100% no.

I can't even face going to buy my kids some sweets because the masks just make me overthink everything.

It's definitely affected my mental health. I watch other people living whilst I'm trapped in this empty cycle of nothing every week.

I am so sad for everyone. All this from some dirty meat in China!

The weather changing is not helping my mood. I feel sad but Rarely cry these Days...I think I'll have a cry soon.

I want to go to bed and wake up when it's summer and a vaccine has been found.

Life is on hold but I have to remember I'm lucky in Many ways. I am lonely though.

@feellikeanalien
So sorry, sending you

The Main Stream Media is just pushing Fear Fear Fear. It was meant to be two weeks to flatten the curve and that was months ago! They are now trying to freak us out with 'cases' but there are more cases because they are testing more! Many of the people who test positive don't even have any symptoms. Fancy having to get a test for a deadly virus? Surely you would know if you had it?! Belgium has recently stopped measuring cases and is going on hospitalisations which are very low and they have dropped the mask-wearing. Seems a far more sensible approach. More people are affected now by the lockdown than any virus! Canceling cancer treatments and routine operations is a disgrace. We need to be able to get on with our lives!

On a personal level I am completely fine. It's annoying we can't socialise properly with friends and we've missed a few trips to see family (all live long distance). But otherwise we are as normal, working, kids at school etc.

But I feel desperately sorry for those who have lost jobs, struggling with mental health, working on COVID wards etc.

The media has made it all-consuming, which should not have been allowed. I am astonished by the levels of anxiety, and how disproportionate it is.

I'm feeling really hopeless today too. I work in hospitality and we thought we'd come through just about, but the rule of 6 and another possible lockdown is probably going to be the final nail in the coffin. It's all so shit and I'm struggling to see any light at the end of the tunnel.

Yep. I'm going to have to shield again as it seems like nobody cares whether they follow the rules or not. I'm not old and on my last legs, so I want some sort of life that isn't just being locked at home for another 6 months.

Strange to think at the turn of the century, travelling to another village or town would have been a big event. People inhabited their own little orbit.

In WW2 people gathered round the radio at key times.

The constant media around this is frying our brains.

i'm really anxious about the situation that we're in, and yes keep having agood cry.

In the early days for the first time, I realised I felt like how a lot of people (maybe most people) must feel all the time, helplessness and an enormous sense of unease.

It is just how history works though. We will get through this. Somehow. We are not special, this is just our time and our kids will create a better future. Not perfect. But better.

yip ,ive followed all the rules ,advice etc hardly been any where as i dont drive, dd back to school 6 days and all of her yr 11s havng to self isolate ,now having to wear a mask everyday to work in a supermarket and the panic buying starting again and to be facing staying at home for christmas just me and my dd and not seeing my family as there would be way more than 6 has just pushed me to having a good cry

From PP:
But I also think it is essential, now more than ever, to really appreciate what we do have. All we can do is enjoy and value what is good in life (ironically all the things that those in power dismiss as expendable): the beauty of nature, good music, friendships, good drama, kind neighbours, a happy lunch with the DC, a walk in the sunshine, a good book, a hot bath - anything like that.

I love this. I enjoyed lockdown (though unfortunately had to go out to work all through it). I wish we could learn to focus on the smaller, simpler things in life. It was not a tragedy that we couldn't go to Primark, it was a good thing. We shouldn't be able to buy disposable crap in shiploads. The environment is the thing that is really scary about the future and the world's governments are paying lip-service to that if at all.

@Koalabrush

The thing is although humanity has lived through similar and worse things - we now have 24/7 media exposure. So I can’t help feeling that with Spanish flu - whilst ‘worse’ in terms of mortality - people weren’t as all consumed by it. There’s just no escaping the constant corona information.

It's probably a lot more to do with the fact that people had just survived a war and witnessed the loss of so many loved ones - that put the pandemic into perspective.

We are lucky we are very spoilt, but let's be honest most people have no resilience whatsoever nowadays.

People voted for Brexit and now moan about it, it was always obvious how deep in shit this would bury our country under!

Yes. Yesterday I went to bed at around 8.30 and sobbed uncontrollably until midnight.

I’m 5 months pregnant and feel so hopeless with all the restrictions. I’m terrified about giving birth in a few months without my husband with me the whole time. No ante-natal classes, being a first time mum is horrific.. I feel like I’m missing out on a lot and not getting a chance to meet other mums. It’s so lonely.

I have suffered badly with mental health before and have ended up in a pretty dark place. I feel like between this pandemic with no end in sight and possible pregnancy hormones I’m spiralling out of control.

Feel like I’ll head to bed early again tonight and have a good cry!

I was angry.
Now I just think fuck it.
Although I'm still pissed off with the virus & how it is affecting us all in different ways, I refuse to let it get to me as otherwise I fear going mad.

I can't stop Covid, punch it in the face or save the world.
But what I can do is to reframe my viewpoint/reaction to how it is.
Yes it is shit but I know this will pass sooner or later.
Like a pp said there are people worse off than me & I appreciate the small things & the beauty in this world.
Throughout history terrible things have happened but we get through it the best we can.
That's one of my strengths being about to analyse & compartmentalise things.

I am sorry for all of those who are struggling so I send you a big unMNetty hug

No.

I do feel like crying sometimes but not at the state of the world. Things will improve worldwide eventually.

Let’s not be too harsh- even though lockdown and the subsequent restrictions aren’t an immediate threat on our lives, it still takes a lot of resilience on everybody’s part.

@BastilleBastille, that sounds awful. Try to get some support.

"Climate change is another huge worry. It's
Bigger than this and that is very scary."

Yep. And people are "crying, can't cope" etc. God help them in 25 years if that

Self pity post coming up; fully aware there are far worse things others are going through and I'm being selfish.

Im feeling very fed up and sorry for myself today.

I had no possibility of going to the office until January anyway due to my company guidelines currently.

My toddler is back at nursery and dh back at school. I had just got into really enjoying taking ds out on my days off - he is a really good boy lately.

Then bam, asthma kicked off and I'm on steroids and some really harsh antibiotics. I can now breath better but I can barely eat due to heartburn from the antibiotics. Plus I woke up with a cold sore this morning so I feel like I've got the plague. And the Internet is down (on phone 4g).

Its made me realise that if a general virus makes me fel this bad (covid negative) what on earth would covid do. So I've just booked an online delivery slot and other than for ds groups (outside ones)and taking him to the playground im going to go back to being very careful, especially with other bugs about at the moment.

As I say, I know how selfish the above is, but all that on top of covid and restrictions and i am sad