Anyone else used to lockdown now?

[Helenj1977]

I quite like our little bubble. I like not having to see people. I like not doing the school run.

I’m quite worried about it ending.

Yes. Very lucky to be able to WFH with no detriment. Will ask to continue WFH several days a week when the office re-opens. Not commuting has done wonders for my mental health.
My friends live in different parts of the country, I've probably seen more of them on Zoom etc that I would have seen them in person in normal times.

Bored at the weekends though. Would like to see my parents, they live in another country. Would also like to be able to get married this year after postponing last autumn.

@Fuckadoodledoooo

waxonwaxoff sure. It's the just the horror and all the, 'half life' comments and the "if my life hadn't changed that much, I'd be depressed".

It's quite frustrating to be told all the time that your life is somehow not right.

Yes I understand that. We are all different. Personally I don't care how others live, it only bothers me when people say they wish lockdown would carry on because they enjoy this life more.

We're dealing with it because we have to and we're making life as pleasant as it can be but I feel like time is ticking away and I am living half a life. I miss friends, family, holidays, pubs, restaurants, theatre, cinema etc etc. We out very regularly before this and its stifling.

No. And the idea of getting used to living like this is scary to me. Aren't you worried about how you will readjust to life when it ends? It seems unhealthy to me to get used to this. It doesn't seem like a healthy way of living, even if it technically does stop you from getting the virus.

This maybe preferable to my non lockdown life as I am a workaholic.
Before lockdown I was doing 12 hour days in a job I loved.Then i was going through a rough patch with new team and dh working opposite hours to me so we never saw each other.
Also trying to cope with the effects of the menopause!
Ok so furlough isn't much money but in the absence of choice it has been mostly very useful.
I didn't have close friends due to my shift work and got panics in crowed places so it doesn't bother me not to see people most of the time.
I agree people who like a quiet life are not sad.!!
It could be for financial reasons or MH reasons or they just like there own company more than the company of others.Rude to suggest otherwise.

No. I hate it and I will hate it even more when the weather is nice enough to be missing out on the usual things we'd be doing.

I’m not sure if I’m used to it as much as just bored fucking senseless. This existence is BEYOND tedious and I’m better off than many.

No, hate it. I am in my 50s and carer for disabled DH. Our lives were a bit restricted anyway, but this is hell as we can't do the few things we did before.

No it’s worse for me this time personally and gets worse as each day goes on, it’s so repetitive with nothing to look forward to- don’t know how anyone is getting used to it but I suppose everyone has a different personality, whoever is enjoying it should look at permanent work from home positions if not in one already (Apple do this- customer service job etc)

I hate it. I'm the type of person who likes to be out and about and have things to do. I'm on furlough (again 🙄) from my PT job and I'm homeschooling my 5yo DD who is desperately missing school. DH is working less hours so that's nice as he usually works 50-60 hrs pw. That's our only silver lining really, all the time we've been able to spend together as a family.

I hate staying at home! I want to take the DC's for a day out to a theme park. I want to treat myself to a trip at a big shopping centre. I want to go out for lunch with my family. I want to go for dinner and cocktails with my friends. I want to go to work to gossip with my colleagues and chat to customers. I want to take 2yo DS to rhyme time at the library or to the local soft play. I want to go for a UK holiday. I want to walk past the school at lunch time and hear all the kids laughing and playing and know that my DD is one of them. I want to walk my DD home from school with her friends, having a natter with their mums. I want to be sure that my DS will definitely be starting preschool in April without worrying that something might go wrong. I want to have things to look forward to again.

For me, this is most definitely a half life and I cannot wait until it ends and I can get back to my proper life!

There are elements I like: I'm happy to have this find with my kids as I know it passes so fast. And I don't miss the school rush or the sporting activities rushing at the weekend. But I believe in the greatest good for the greatest number and I'm not sure this option is that. I really want my kids to go back to school, for their sakes.

Yes and no. I miss how things were but I’m stuck with long covid and I can only really deal with lockdown life. There’s no way I could cope with the racing around I used to do. On a personal level I am dreading schools going back and offices reopening as I’m not well enough to deal with the amount of shuttling backwards and forward that would entail.

"they love the smaller classes and more attention"

That's nice for them. I can't get too thrilled about it though because it means there are children having to go without that to make it happen

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I'm used to it, but a bit fed up some days. Lockdown 1 was ok - weather was good and I was happy enough pottering around the garden and not seeing other folks. DH and I are happy together.

Then I got Covid in Oct and am now into long Covid with chronic fatigue. I am used to not having any energy, not being able to get out of bed some days and sleeping much of the time. Lockdown isn't particularly affecting me, I suspect, because I don't have the energy to go out anywhere, anyway.

On days where I have a bit more energy I occasionally feel fed up with the weather or the fact that I'd like to sit in a cafe with a coffee.

Mostly, we're ok.

@Bubbinsmakesthree

Cross posted with you - but I'm pretty much the same.

No

No, I absolutely hate it. I’m a massive introvert and I miss people. This is just existing, not living.

Absolutely not. It's a horrid half life. The thought that within a few weeks, we'll have all lost a full year of our lives to this wretched existence makes me feel full of gloom.

I liked it at the beginning, after a year of not being able to see my mother I am not so much a fan.

No, I hate it!!! I feel like I’m drowning. My DC are happy enough, but I’m so worried about the long-term impact of so much time off school. I desperately desperately want some time to myself. I feel as though I’ve stifled so many emotions over the last year, and I don’t think it’s healthy, but I can’t sit and cry and wallow over some of the things that have happened, because I just don’t get any time to be me, on my own.

I am used to it but desperate for it to end. My life feels so small now. I love going to restaurants for dinner, the theatre, clothes shopping, travel abroad. I miss the kids having their activities which makes their lives richer. They need to be back in school. I don't miss the school run although my husband tends to do that in the morning anyway and we have a nanny who does the afternoon. But everything has become so boring. I don't understand how anyone could enjoy this! I cannot wait to get out and about - shopping, dinner, concerts, plays and most of all - travel.

It’s fucking awful. I’m beyond bored, angry & fed up. We are existing. Not living.

Oh and work travel. I miss that. I am meant to travel regularly for my job - US, Asia and Australia and have been grounded. It just makes the weeks so monotonous!

@MoirasRoses

100% agree. I am existing not living. I am literally counting down the days until this is over (and who knows when that is).

I’m relieved others find it unbearable.

It really is. And it has been going on for so long.