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Emotionally 'lost'

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TheMildManneredMilitant · 05/04/2021 19:13

Anyone else just feel a bit emotionally untethered at the moment?

I'm starting to feel like I've been through a trauma but one that is really difficult to define and may not even be over. When I've coped with death and other trauma before I could draw from guidance and other experiences to help me name my emotions and recognise triggers but it's like there's just no reference point to draw on.

Yesterday I saw my dad for the first time in months. Instead of just being happy it was almost like it triggered some kind of grief- even though he is very much alive and there is no reason I couldn't see him every week if I wanted.

I also wonder whether there are many of us who just gritted our teeth and got on with it but who will fall apart once we start to return to normal.

Not sure what I'm after posting here but thought I may not be the only one who is a bit emotionally lost at sea.

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MiaMarshmallows · 14/04/2021 19:21

Totally can relate RhubarbTea xx

RhubarbTea · 16/04/2021 20:17

How is everyone doing?
Anyone who was a kid in the 80s/90s and watched Funhouse? I feel like the contestants now when I go out into town, running the gauntlet of all the people swarming everywhere (I live in a tourist location though so probably busier than some places) and am always knackered afterwards.
I am still braced for another possible lockdown in the future but I've made an effort to read less news this week and enjoy the chance to go to the shops and it has helped. I do have big concerns about a lot of stuff but am trying to live in the present more.

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