Covid anxiety

[3teens2cats]

It's been a long stressful week and I have got myself into a bit of an anxious state and I don't know how to get out of it. It has felt like a something covid related has happened every day at work (school) and now 14 yr old ds has a cold which has tipped me over the edge it feels. I have been taking his temp every few hours and it's fine, he is not coughing either, just snotty, just a regular cold. So why is my heart beating in my chest? Why can't I settle? I don't know how to calm my thoughts. How do I sort myself out?

I hope your ds is feeling a bit better, but as you said it is likely just a cold. End of term, so everyone and moreso you are run down. You're nearly there, in the meantime one step at a time.

Thank you. I just want to do the right thing but my muddled brain has lost track of what's what. I don't trust others to be doing the right thing, so many parents around here either don't understand the rules or choose not to follow them. We haven't seen grandparents since before the November lockdown and miss them so much. Of course end of term is crazy anyway in school and we are all exhausted. I just want to hide away.

I know this may sound blunt, but even if your kid does have covid, if he doesnt have any underlying conditions he has a 99.99 chance of being no more bothered than if he caught a bad cold at school. He takes a bigger risk of harm when he gets in a car. I know when it comes to kids it's easy to worry but try to think logically. Covid doesnt pose a major threat to healthy children.

I am not worried about him suffering from a medical perspective. Between him and his brother they have been isolating on and off for most of this term and it is really starting to affect their mental health. I know logically he is very unlikely to have it, it's a cold but on top of everything else it's just the straw that broke the camel's back so to speak. If I get him tested, even though he doesn't meet the criteria then am I just feeding the anxiety??