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Has anyone else lost the will to care?

624 replies

whatToDoHerre · 17/12/2020 21:46

I have. I barely care about anything anymore. I don't know what we are fighting for - if this is life then is it worth living? We are not living, we are only existing at this point.

We could be in for months and months of restrictions and there's even talk of a third lockdown. Because the first two worked so well?

In a few short months a whole year of our lives will have been restricted.

If there is light at the end of this tunnel it's a very long tunnel, and I don't think we've travelled very far.

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UncomfortableSilence · 17/12/2020 22:31

[quote Lostinacloud]@Pootle40 I see sense Wink

This whole thing is utterly ridiculous, quarantining healthy people, ruining entire industries, banning people from seeing their own family, imprisoning elderly people in care homes, skewing figures, MP’s ignoring their own rules, masks, endless tv, radio and shopping centre announcements, previously happy people now depressed - totally had enough. The cure is massively worse than the illness and I’m fed up of Hancock et al telling us we are responsible for stopping a fucking microscopic virus who’s only purpose in life is to pass between hosts.[/quote]
This....Matt Hancock making it seem like if we stop being naughty and behave we can move down a tier, fuck off, I and everyone I know have followed all the rules been through lockdowns, tiers and still it gets worse. You can't micro manage a virus in this way. My Dad died and I wasn't allowed on the ward to see him, he then caught Covid on the non Covid ward and died a week after his isolation finished, robbed of precious last moments. I now have to isolate as a close contact and my poor DM who was due to see us Christmas Day will now be alone, just fuck it all.

TargetMatcher · 17/12/2020 22:31

@Sohardtochooseausername

Sounds great to me Smile

letsdolunch321 · 17/12/2020 22:32

Fed up here, taking it all day at a time. I zone out when the government come on the telly. Catch up on news once a day thats the way I am rolling

Pootle40 · 17/12/2020 22:33

[quote MaxNormal]@Pootle40 I'm the same as you. I mostly abide by the rules out of what my lifestyle is but I'm certainly not restricting where I go (also Scotland).

I'm numb, I don't care. I read the daily deaths and I don't give a shit.

I'm still horrified about Brexit though, I feel like a maniac is driving me off a cliff and I'm helpless. It's such a kick in the balls after almost a year of covid.[/quote]
And the reason if you're like me is I realise these deaths are not hugely in excess of normal in a country of 65 million people. I find a lot of people don't realise that something they think is a 'thing' is because it's the first time these numbers have been repeated to them every day. And then along comes someone to say 'how terrible that's someone's family member'.....yes the same as the 1500 people or so who die in the UK COVID or no COVID but that wasn't in the media! Angry

Heyahun · 17/12/2020 22:33

Meh I’ve stopped caring about it all a long time ago - it is what it is! I quit watching the news and the updates just don’t care.

I accepted months ago this year is cancelled and now I’ve accepted that it’s probably gonna be somewhat restricted through next year too!

But I look on the bright side - getting to spend so much time with my husband, not commuting anymore, saving money cus I’m not going on nights out or holidays anymore (don’t get me wrong I can’t wait to go travel again and go to music festivals and see my family - but sure out of your whole life - a year and a half / 2 years isn’t really all that long!

You just have to make the most of what you have and can do

TheCattleGrid · 17/12/2020 22:33

I feel like this too and not getting the vaccine numbers reported is so frustrating.

MaxNormal · 17/12/2020 22:33

Janaih I suppose the upcoming food shortages will alleviate the January boredom. We could have masked scuffles for the last pack of bogroll at Sainbury's.

TargetMatcher · 17/12/2020 22:35

@Pipandmum

?? Life unchanged? You must have a very boring existence then. Don’t enjoy eating out, culture, arts, live music, bars, galleries, cafes, seeing friends and family...??? Most people do and find this shit.

MaxNormal · 17/12/2020 22:36

Pootle quite, it's like people have discovered death for the first time.

Janaih · 17/12/2020 22:36

@MaxNormal it's a date!

RockPaperScissorsLizardSpock73 · 17/12/2020 22:36

@CountessFrog so sorry to hear this and sending you a virtual hug. I also wonder why we are doing this and for what purpose. 9 months and we aren't any better off. The lockdowns haven't done a thing. The nightingale hospitals were just a massive PR stunt. Businesses, lives and families left with nothing and no end in sight. I am angry, I am sad, I worry about my children constantly and how this is impacting them and my mental health has hit an all time low. But apparently I'm supposed to suck it up and think ahead... but to what and when????

Pootle40 · 17/12/2020 22:40

@MaxNormal

Pootle quite, it's like people have discovered death for the first time.
THIS x a million
Sohardtochooseausername · 17/12/2020 22:41

@TargetMatcher I would genuinely like to know why you think that’s a good thing.

maureenfrombarnsley · 17/12/2020 22:41

[quote Lostinacloud]@Pootle40 I see sense Wink

This whole thing is utterly ridiculous, quarantining healthy people, ruining entire industries, banning people from seeing their own family, imprisoning elderly people in care homes, skewing figures, MP’s ignoring their own rules, masks, endless tv, radio and shopping centre announcements, previously happy people now depressed - totally had enough. The cure is massively worse than the illness and I’m fed up of Hancock et al telling us we are responsible for stopping a fucking microscopic virus who’s only purpose in life is to pass between hosts.[/quote]

I could have written this. Sick of brain-dead dickheads on Facebook insisting that tier 3 is our own fault because "people aren't following the rules". We have had almost a year of this shit, and the vast majority are still behaving very reasonably but It is a VIRUS and there is just no way to stop the spread in this day and age. It WILL do the rounds. Gahhh. And yes I'm over it all now too, clearly.

SleeplessWB · 17/12/2020 22:42

I feel like this too at the moment. I am normally such a positive person but the stress of work (school slt) is pushing me over the edge. I cried all the way home today, this situation has made me hate my job which I love. Have followed all the rules but feel so angry with how the government have handled this that I just don't care anymore.

naturalyoghurtmuncher · 17/12/2020 22:43

Yes me. I follow the rules etc but to be honest I'm done caring about it all. I don't read about it etc

StylishMummy · 17/12/2020 22:46

I don't think I've ever resonated with a thread on mumsnet this much. Genuinely relieved to find others who have the same attitude and sense as me

WhySoSensitive · 17/12/2020 22:48

The longer it goes on the less compliment people are going to be.
They should have done what New Zealand did all them months ago and we’d be seeing a very different picture now.

Finding it hard to believe every time they say they see the end of it getting nearer.

Chimeraforce · 17/12/2020 22:50

Sohard. I can well believe it.

Pootle40 · 17/12/2020 22:57

@StylishMummy

I don't think I've ever resonated with a thread on mumsnet this much. Genuinely relieved to find others who have the same attitude and sense as me
Smile I was thinking the same as this is probably most I've posted on one thread!
Peaseblossom22 · 17/12/2020 22:59

I’m also not coping anymore. We are all at home but starting to get on each other’s nerves. Don’t want Xmas, don’t really see the point , sick of people endlessly going on no about it .

It’s like a rollercoaster one day good news , next day bad. I am just waiting for the first vaccinated person to get the virus Sad

southeastdweller · 17/12/2020 23:00

I feel hardened to it now, COVID. I’m another one who who doesn’t give a shit when I see the daily death figure or even the grand total and I certainly couldn’t careless about catching it. There is fuck all joy in my life because of this lockdown crap - what’s the point in living when every day feels like a trudge to get through every waking hour? (I’m not suicidal by the way).

Someone will be along soon to tell me I’m a sociopath.

secretllama · 17/12/2020 23:01

[quote Lostinacloud]@Pootle40 I see sense Wink

This whole thing is utterly ridiculous, quarantining healthy people, ruining entire industries, banning people from seeing their own family, imprisoning elderly people in care homes, skewing figures, MP’s ignoring their own rules, masks, endless tv, radio and shopping centre announcements, previously happy people now depressed - totally had enough. The cure is massively worse than the illness and I’m fed up of Hancock et al telling us we are responsible for stopping a fucking microscopic virus who’s only purpose in life is to pass between hosts.[/quote]
100% 👏👏👏

Mamascoven · 17/12/2020 23:02

Honestly dont care about covid anymore. If I was going to worry anything it definitely would not be covid. 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, do I worry about that? Yes. Because thats something actually worth worrying about. Look at whats happened to our children this year, their education has been stolen from them. Its a big mess and the government need to be held accountable but they wont be will they.

DigitalGhost · 17/12/2020 23:03

It seems I have found my people lol. Agree with you all. We're just stuck in a never ending circle of shit .
I'll never understand the mindset of hmm that Lockdown didn't work better do another bloody Lockdown. Sod it all