Is anyone else angry more now?

ssd · 2021-02-19T22:21:01+00:00

I need to calm down, I'm angry at so many things just now. I'm really anxious about covid and I think its spilling into anger. I need to calm down, its not good for my health.

CathyTurnbull · 19/02/2021 22:22

I think it’s only normal to experience anger, it will pass. Take a deep breath and try and focus on nice thoughts if possible

gallbladderpain · 19/02/2021 22:23

Reading certain threads on here tonight and it makes me mad as well. You are not alone !

gallbladderpain · 19/02/2021 22:24

Why are you feeling anxious about covid and we can talk through it if you like ?

IceCreamAndCandyfloss · 19/02/2021 22:28

Only at the rule breakers and the possibility of lockdown being eased too fast so we end up back here again.

Dustyboots · 19/02/2021 22:30

I think the rule breakers are in the minority. It's lockdown being eased too fast that you need to be angry about. And the responsibility for that lies with our government.

SeldomFollowedIt · 19/02/2021 22:31

Yeah I was a horrible person in specsavers today.

No glasses on the shelves..... cos of covid

No seats ..... cos of covid

Waiting in the pissing rain after the eye test for 30 minutes whilst they slot us in for a fitting..... cos of covid

No two for one on the kids glasses anymore .....
Apparently cos of covid

No glasses adjustments ..... cos of covid

FUCK OFF COVID !!!!!!!!!!!

SeldomFollowedIt · 19/02/2021 22:32

My life has been turned upside down but the specsavers escapade was the icing on the cake for me today

Oneweekleft · 19/02/2021 22:33

DishedUp · 19/02/2021 22:35

@Dustyboots doesn't look like it tbh

I'm angry too. I'm just angry because I feel like this will never end. Id like to progress towards opening properly but so many people are breaking the rules currently I don't see how that can happen.

I'm angry because I haven't seen my parents for months or my friends for years, and it feels like everyone else is.

FoxtrotSkarloey · 19/02/2021 22:36

Yep. Went for another walk in the pissing rain pushing 5 month old DD because it's the only exercise I can do. It was bleak and miserable. Then had to feed her sitting outdoors getting cold.

It's a heap of shit. And I swear, if the cock of the next easing, whenever it comes, I will really struggle to follow the rules again. I got the economic arguments last summer, but now, I just want to see family.

FoxtrotSkarloey · 19/02/2021 22:36

*if they cock up

annabellacomestotea · 19/02/2021 22:38

I feel angry at times because I feel like I am losing time. I know we all are, I know many are losing more than that, but I had plans in motion for my life (as I know we all did) that have not been able to materialise, people I can't see, things I cannot do. I go between feeling fine, panicky, tearful and very angry, because I miss my life. Perhaps there was a lot I had taken for granted, and many have it worse, but we are all allowed to grieve what was normal for us.

TravellingTilbury · 19/02/2021 22:38

Sorry you are feeling anxious OP.

In real life, I'm a very nice person. Kind, friendly, patient and understanding. And yet reading stuff on here, especially if it relates to PCR test 'case' bollocks, well, I do not sugar coat my feelings. On the plus side, I'm no longer particularly anxious about the virus (no more than any other seasonal virus) but I feel anxious and angry about unnecessary mandatory face coverings and lots of other things where!

I'm an Aspie and I feel things very strongly. I feel other people's genuine emotions v strongly (although I sometimes get the wrong end of the stick and don't always judge conversations very well. And I struggle to be brief), including pain and anxiety. I genuinely feel very angry on behalf of everyone who has been let down by crap and cowardly decision making during this pandemic.

Things that help me:

digging out an old real CD player and playing actual CDs (2nd hand as I'd got rid of a load). I'd forgotten how good it feels to listen to whole CDs, get new earworms, sing along, feel the vibration in the floor etc.
Hot baths
kicking a ball around
Gardening and nature stuff, obvs.

And, obviously, limit TV/radio - it feels anxiety inducing or a little fake these days.

everythingisstillginandroses · 19/02/2021 22:48

Not angry, but... There has been some real balls posted on here lately, it's been a dumpster fire. All the shrieking and howling about how awful everything is, I'm not doing it any more, yadda yadda. I'm sorry for people who have lost their livelihoods and are at risk of losing their homes. Others need to get a fucking grip though. Ever since the summer, there's been a vibe that people are just bored: they have been flaunting how daring and special they are. No. They are a BORE.

RuleWithAWoodenFoot · 19/02/2021 22:53

It's cyclical. I have to take time off of SM etc every few weeks to reduce anger.

bumbleymummy · 19/02/2021 22:55

Yep. So angry right now. Watching the toll this is taking on my children and for what? People will be looking back on this and thinking wtf? Why did people go along with that shit for so long?

AfternoonToffee · 19/02/2021 22:55

I am well aware I am going to sound like a nob, but OP you really need to take a break from these boards, they are simply fuelling your anxiety and instead of your anxious thoughts being challenged they are affirmed and cemented by many posters. There also seems to be added anxiety when other posters have a view that is opposite yours and what they are doing, or not doing adds to that anxiety.

I said at the beginning I know I seem to be a nob, but a break from here will help.

Allypally12 · 19/02/2021 23:01

I’m angry that banks are only open Monday-Friday, 10-3... because of Covid.

Personally I wonder how reducing bank hours so that we all have to go at the same time helps reduce the risk of Covid

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ssd · 19/02/2021 23:02

I agree with so much here.

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Eviethyme · 19/02/2021 23:05

I'm angry at it all. I have struggled on for a whole year but if this goes on past may then I don't know how I will be able to survive to be honest, everday I feel my mental health suffering. I've started to lose hope and interest in things. I need my life back.

Covid could be a problem for years and I cannot survive being restricted for that long.. Or even for the next 6 months, I can do it til May as I'm moving house so busy anyway but past that and i dont know if I could go on.

Eviethyme · 19/02/2021 23:06

Both my daughter and son are delayed. My 18 month old has never gone to a play centre or baby group and my 2 year old doesn't understand why he can't go out and hasn't left the house in a year. He also won't go for a walk as hates the pram but also won't walk in the cold weather

annabellacomestotea · 19/02/2021 23:09

@Eviethyme

I'm angry at it all. I have struggled on for a whole year but if this goes on past may then I don't know how I will be able to survive to be honest, everday I feel my mental health suffering. I've started to lose hope and interest in things. I need my life back.

Covid could be a problem for years and I cannot survive being restricted for that long.. Or even for the next 6 months, I can do it til May as I'm moving house so busy anyway but past that and i dont know if I could go on.

I hope you're okay @Eviethyme. I would recommend an app called Mind Doc. It lets you keep tabs on your mental health and lets you know if it recommends you as being in crisis, so you can seek some help. I've found it has helped me just to be more watchful of my mental health (what calms it down, what makes it worse.) I know it isn't easy, hang on in there x

Eviethyme · 19/02/2021 23:13

@annabellacomestotea

Thank you that is very sweet of you, I was struggling more but I'm very happy that I have found a lovely home to move into which I hope will keep me busy but I will download that app and try it thank you x

Justajot · 19/02/2021 23:15

I'm angry and angry with myself that my anger is irrational. I'm angry that one of DD's friends is going to school, her mum is designated a key worker, even though we do the same job. But I don't want DD to be in school, so it is completely irrational that I am angry about that.

I'm angry with the people who are taking the piss, because they are prolonging everything.

I'm angry with myself because I am envious of people who are furloughed, even though I know that must be really shit. But I'm envious because they aren't trying to home educate whilst working FT.

I'm angry because I read shit newspapers that print entirely contradictory articles about covid right next to each other.

I'm angry that we are stuck in a cycle of not quite doing enough and then having to lock down again. That Dido Harding is wheeled out to look gormless repeatedly, yet nothing is done.

Then all of this anger ends up directed at the people who are stuck around me.

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ssd · 19/02/2021 23:21

@AfternoonToffee

I am well aware I am going to sound like a nob, but OP you really need to take a break from these boards, they are simply fuelling your anxiety and instead of your anxious thoughts being challenged they are affirmed and cemented by many posters. There also seems to be added anxiety when other posters have a view that is opposite yours and what they are doing, or not doing adds to that anxiety.

I said at the beginning I know I seem to be a nob, but a break from here will help.

I agree with you, but I dont know what to take a break to. Theres just nothing else to do. I go walks and I read my book in bed, but apart from mn theres not much else. The tv us rubbish and I'm just not into box sets on Netflix etc. I dont want to learn a new skill. I just want distraction. The news is 24/7 and depressing. There are a few things in my life really winding me up. Maybe in normal times with the distractions of meeting friends, days out etc I'd feel more relaxed, but theres just no let up just now. Relaxing baths dont really cut it.

I know I'm not alone in this.

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