Covid fear makes me sick

[Rosebel]

I can't sleep. Due to be in work in 4 hours but am lead wide awake feeling sick with fear.
I never enjoyed my job, loved being on maternity leave but am now back at work and hate it more than ever.
So many people are off either with Covid or signed off with exhaustion and stress. I fear getting Covid and dying or passing it on to my kids and husband and them dying,
My stomach is in knots because I'm so worried. Am totally exhausted but sleep is a far off dream.
I need he vaccine to work, I need to see my family and I just need to get rid of the sickness and fear.
No point to this other than to get it off my chest and maybe someone can give me a virtual slap and tell me to get on with it.

It is scary I know but try to remember that most people DO recover from it. I had it in December and neither my son or my DP caught it from me. Offering a handhold op 💐

I’m really sorry you’re so frightened and to be honest, lots of people are due to the psychological terror we are exposed to day after day

You really need to look at the statistics and see the average age of death is 82 with Covid and that there have only been something like 400 deaths of healthy people under the age of 60!!! The risk is minuscule. The fear they are pumping is totally disproportionate

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2020/12/28/388-brits-under-60-with-no-underlying-conditions-died-of-covid-in-hospitals-13815524/amp/

Take care of yourself, eat well, exercise and keep that rational head switched on
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@Rosebel

I can't sleep. Due to be in work in 4 hours but am lead wide awake feeling sick with fear. I never enjoyed my job, loved being on maternity leave but am now back at work and hate it more than ever. So many people are off either with Covid or signed off with exhaustion and stress. I fear getting Covid and dying or passing it on to my kids and husband and them dying, My stomach is in knots because I'm so worried. Am totally exhausted but sleep is a far off dream. I need he vaccine to work, I need to see my family and I just need to get rid of the sickness and fear. No point to this other than to get it off my chest and maybe someone can give me a virtual slap and tell me to get on with it.

Hugs 🤗 I feel exactly the same today! Up until now I've been relatively calm and taking each day as it comes but the news and tabloids have scared me so much these last few weeks. I read a Daily mail article about a 38 year old mum who had Covid over Christmas and went into hospital and never come home 😭 It made me have the feeling you are describing a sick feeling in my tummy and a rising feeling of panic and fear. I imagined if that was me and it scares me so much.

I have been pretty calm until now. Careful but calm. Two of my colleagues are isolating, my deputy manager is in hospital (not sure how bad he is) and yesterday in the space of an hour I saw 4 people without masks. This has just resulted in me being scared and feeling sick.
I can't watch the news or any government. announcements because I'm scared what they'll say.
I'm not hugely at risk but I am still at some risk. I haven't told anyone in RL how I feel because what's the point?
The only thing that will calm me down is knowing when this will end and if we'll be okay. Obviously no one knows the answer.
Oh well given up on sleep tonight. Better not get any arsey customers today, not at my best.

Stop reading trashy media and stay away from scare stories. It helps me.

@Rosebel

I have been pretty calm until now. Careful but calm. Two of my colleagues are isolating, my deputy manager is in hospital (not sure how bad he is) and yesterday in the space of an hour I saw 4 people without masks. This has just resulted in me being scared and feeling sick. I can't watch the news or any government. announcements because I'm scared what they'll say. I'm not hugely at risk but I am still at some risk. I haven't told anyone in RL how I feel because what's the point? The only thing that will calm me down is knowing when this will end and if we'll be okay. Obviously no one knows the answer. Oh well given up on sleep tonight. Better not get any arsey customers today, not at my best.

Poor you OP. Overwhelming panic like that is just horrible. It's not really surprising that you're worried if you're working in a customer facing role and some of your colleagues are off sick.

Would you be able to go off sick with stress/anxiety from work or would that not be possible financially?

Practical/do-able things sometimes help so a practical thing that you could do to protect yourself is to buy single use medical grade masks (either surgical 2R masks or preferably FFP3 masks) and to wear glasses or a visor/goggles with your mask at work. You could also shower immediately after work. Taking vitamin D is also a good idea as quite a lot of research has pointed to it improving the outcome for people who do come down with Covid.

Try to reassure yourself that it is actually very likely that you will be okay and get through this and see if you can plan something fun to do at home after work tomorrow to distract yourself.

I find this 'Worry tree' helpful when I'm panicking.