Is life never going back to normal?

[JuneMoonstone]

I feel incredibly lucky that I've lived 44 years of a normal life. I am heartbroken at the way life has become. Like so many others, I feel like I am existing, not living. I don't see any point in making plans, I don't feel any hope for the future. I was feeling quite positive about the progress made in the UK with vaccines and seeing the infection rates and death rates lower. However with the news about the rest of Europe going into lockdown due to escalating infection rates, I can't help but feel that we are never going to get out of this bloody mess. I cannot help but believe that we will have to live our lives under constant restrictions forever now because of this virus. Is life really going to be shit from now on? Will I ever be able to, for example, go into a busy pub on a Friday night and watch a live band and have a bloody good time again? Will we have to wear face masks permanently in public places from now on? I get a very strong feeling that this will be the case. It's my daughter I feel for the most. She's just 5 years old. What kind of a life is she going to have?

kittensarecute

All restrictions end in June

June which year.

Definitely not this year.

Restrictions end "no earlier" than 21st June. We don't know exactly what will happen yet.

But even after 21st June we can’t really go on holiday without testing and Covid passports and isolating. Everything will still be about mask wearing and social distancing.

I want to know how many years it will be when things get back to normal. Not this new normal that makes a big deal out of letting people go in your house and you can sit in a beer garden if you wear a mask that people think now is normal

@Bythemillpond

But even after 21st June we can’t really go on holiday without testing and Covid passports and isolating. Everything will still be about mask wearing and social distancing.

I want to know how many years it will be when things get back to normal. Not this new normal that makes a big deal out of letting people go in your house and you can sit in a beer garden if you wear a mask that people think now is normal

I'm not living this way for years. I've already attempted suicide once...

I think we will get back some freedoms but until the rest of the world catches up then we can’t really get all of our lives back.

After Biden announced they weren’t doing Covid passports I am seriously thinking of moving to the US.

I am waiting to see how things go here but if it doesn’t get better once we are all supposedly vaccinated and I find myself barred from places because I haven’t had the vaccine (I know I will get extremely ill if I have it) then I would look around at other countries to start again in.
I do have history for moving hundreds of miles away (a few times)

Afternoon, everyone. We thought now might be a good time to pop in with a link to our Mental Health web guide just in case it's of any use to anyone struggling.