Having a bad evening

[StealthPolarBear]

I know I am very lucky. Lots have lost lives, jobs, loved ones
I've just realised our old lives aren't coming back as they were for a very long time if ever, are they?
Feelong a bit weepy. I'm fine but I liked my life.

It’s not forever. It’s not for such a long time in the grand scheme of things. You’ll find a way. Start doing what you need to do with your own risk assessment- forget Govt rules...do what you need to do to keep your mental wellbeing intact.

Sorry you're having a hard time, OP.

What is it in particular you're missing?

Today was such a gorgeous spring day. The UK is opening up and soon we'll be able to get our hair done, sit outside for a cafe meal, go to the beach, see more people.

Hang on in there!

We don't know. If someone said another year I'd cope. If they said another five years if be horrified but it would be better than wondering. It's going to be a very very long time before most things are back to normal.

Don't agree. I suspect most of us won't put up with it for much longer.

Hi, I totally get you. I’m done. I’m so tired. I don’t feel like me anymore. The kids are back at school / preschool, hubby has worked all the way through and luckily his job has been busy and he loves it so he “skips” out the door to work everyday..... and I’m left, just wondering what the hell to do. Doing the same bloody routine everyday. Parents live over 300miles away and I’ve not seen them since July.

I’m exhausted. Homeschooling has left me shattered. I feel so lonely. I worry about the children. I worry about when I’m going to see family again.

I worry about another lockdown. I don’t think I can go through another one.

I had covid last year and it’s just drained me. I want me back, I want my life back, I want my children’s lives back.

CateTown the big things I miss my family. I always have and I know that. Today is actually about the many many little things if I wrote them down they'd look stupid but all added together made up my routine, my life.
You're right I will be happier once we can see family without restrictions. Everything else I can live without. I'd rather not but i can.
I was reading a thread from people with family abroad. That must be very tough.

@StealthPolarBear

We don't know. If someone said another year I'd cope. If they said another five years if be horrified but it would be better than wondering. It's going to be a very very long time before most things are back to normal.

I think a year is realistic... most pandemics have 3 waves and last roughly 2 years.... just because Boris says we will see effects of the third wave it will likely not change the way we are in the uk, but likely restric foreign travel this summer.

@CateTown

Don't agree. I suspect most of us won't put up with it for much longer.

I’ve stopped putting up with it. I don’t care anymore.

I miss my colleagues. Which is crap when I am lucky to have a job.
I miss travelling for work.
I miss family days out.
I miss restaurants.
I miss smiling at strangers.

I miss being able to hug my friends

You say that but I suspect yore not travelling abroad. I bet you're wearing a mask when out and about. I suspect you're not attending weddings, parties etc.
Seeing family is the big thing and tbh I missed thay right from the start, I'm counting down the days. Today is about all the things I would never have thought I'd miss. Oh to stay in a travelode right now :)

PS I've been having regular haircuts. Family member and kitchen scissors...

I agree, do what you need to. We went to se my mum for her birthday earlier this month. Just had a major family bereavement and it would have hurt us all to be apart. We sat in their conservatory with the door open so kept our distance. See your family.

Yes. I was the reason my group of friends didn't meet up in early 2019 and I regret that so much now

I think this is a very tough stage

I thought it earlier but right now this lockdown is dragging on and it feels hard

But we’ll get there. I think by summer it’ll be very different

Haven’t seen my son in 15 months. Will see him soon, regardless of rules. I don’t give a stuff anymore .

It’ll be a long time until I see family as they are o/s in Covid free state

But I’ll take normal life first to help with that hurdle

15 months, wow.
We are extremely lucky. Children of perfect ages - got on well with schoolwork in lockdown but so far not affected by exam fiasco. And obviously still live with us.

@StealthPolarBear

CateTown the big things I miss my family. I always have and I know that. Today is actually about the many many little things if I wrote them down they'd look stupid but all added together made up my routine, my life. You're right I will be happier once we can see family without restrictions. Everything else I can live without. I'd rather not but i can. I was reading a thread from people with family abroad. That must be very tough.

It is tough, but it doesn’t make the little things less tough. The little things are important too.

The whole thing is shit for everyone, lucky or not. But it will get better. It won’t always be like this. And if you need to just sit and cry it out, do it.

I’m not going to sit it out or cry it out. I’m going to risk fines that we can thankfully afford just to bloody see my son.

I am following the rules (mostly) but if I'd not seen my own child for over a year I'd be doing exactly what you're doing

I sympathise. I have a pain in my chest thet hasn't gone away in a long time. A lonely bored feeling. But I am hoping it won't be much longer. Trying to save money by not doing the activities I used to.

@Woodlandbelle

I sympathise. I have a pain in my chest thet hasn't gone away in a long time. A lonely bored feeling. But I am hoping it won't be much longer. Trying to save money by not doing the activities I used to.

Me too. There’s an ache. An anxiety fuelled , bored feeling. It’s horrible isn’t it?

@Finfintytint

I’m not going to sit it out or cry it out. I’m going to risk fines that we can thankfully afford just to bloody see my son.

I was talking to a friend about this and she said all those fines get thrown out when they get to court.

Sorry OP. I felt like you a year ago. We have to fight back.

I really recommend going low media. Mum is still on the rollercoaster of "but the Prime Minister said..."

It's not healthy. Trust me, the important news will get through to you.

The unquestioning acceptance of lockdown and all that encompasses is depressing. As a nation we have just allowed the government to take away what is ours by birth.. freedom. Start pushing back, start lobbying, start demanding answers. Other pandemics have impacted the human race, without this utter horror of response.

@Lesina

The unquestioning acceptance of lockdown and all that encompasses is depressing. As a nation we have just allowed the government to take away what is ours by birth.. freedom. Start pushing back, start lobbying, start demanding answers. Other pandemics have impacted the human race, without this utter horror of response.

This.