Has your life been taken over by ‘the vaccine’?

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Mine has and it is wreaking havoc on my mental status and anxiety-

Mainly at work as I’m not into pubs etc so my socialising is me going on a run/school pick drop etc
Today at work there were conversations around some staff wanting vaccine passports implemented so they feel safe against the unvaccinated.

I haven’t had the vaccine yet and I have a lot of anxiety around this particular vaccine. The constant push to have it doesn’t help. Anyone else feeling like this?

No but I’ve been working throughout the pandemic in a nursery in very close proximity to children as well as my colleagues
I don’t feel any more at risk now, in fact I feel less at risk than I did in the early days because of the vaccine and our Covid procedures

My life has been taken over in the sense of waiting desperate for loved ones to get the call and checking everyday where we are up to on ages on the national booking website.

Only in that I hope the paediatric vaccine programme gets going, and there will be a vaccine available for my 10 year old ds who has shielded until just after Easter.

....oh and the wait for family abroad to be called up for vaccination, which will bring us one step closer to us being able to see each other.

I don’t understand how you’re life’s being taken over by it? Other than a convo at work you’ve not said. Are you thinking about it constantly but don’t want to have it?

Only in the sense of hoping for friends, family and ultimately people all over the world to get it so that we can get back to normal, go on holiday etc. Currently frustrated at the slowness of the French which will probably mean our booked holiday to France will be postponed for yet another year.

It’s on my mind a lot. I don’t feel happy about having this vaccine but everyone around me is expecting me to get it and making me feel like I’m under obligation to have it regardless. I’m in a quandary.

It could be useful to add your additional thoughts into previous threads OP, because not everyone well be aware of your history so you might get responses just about vaccines that don't recognise that you have a history of significant anxiety related to a range of things.

If you want to talk about safety of the vaccine then that's ok, but right now it may be best for you just to focus on the progress you've made. And you've really been making such great strides recently. Look at you now, you're just chatting with work colleagues when before you were struggling with leaving the house because of your fear of covid!! Then you didn't want to go into work, but you made it in! Maybe you've started transferring some of that fear into fear about the vaccine, but that's ok because you don't have to have the vaccine. Nobody is going to put in significant restrictions based on vaccination, worst case you'd be asked to do a test instead. So, work on just putting that one aside for now. And give yourself a huge pat on the back for how well you're doing!

No. And I have two very vulnerable people at home.

If you don't want it don't get it.

I think covid has uncovered anxieties / more extreme anxiety in a lot of people. One of my colleagues barely leaves the house, won't get the bus, shouted at someone in a shop to move back. And she's a perfectly fit 40 year old.

I also think a lot of people think it stops you getting covid when I just hopefully stops you getting very sick with it.

some staff wanting vaccine passports implemented so they feel safe against unvaccinated

What does this mean? Staff want to ban unvaccinated customers? Or staff want no unvaccinated staff working there?
How would it affect you? Do you work with vulnerable people (care home for example)?

A conversation at work doesn't mean much. I mean that's not likely to be introduced, it's just colleagues chatting rubbish isn't it?

Although it's your right to refuse a vaccine, it is unfortunately seen by many as not socially "acceptable" or responsible.

In answer to your question, No my life has been greatly improved by the vaccine and it has allowed me great peace of mind and freedom from restrictions.

Why do you live with such terrible anxiety ? You don't have to thre is help all around you for free right now (utube, Instagram books etc) a call to your doctors to say your anxiety is out of control and you need a referral
It might never completely go away but it's so sad you have let it take over your life like this
CALm is another charity and mums are a great starting point
No need to live so miserably

*mind not mums

Just keep reminding yourself OP:

• Whether to take this vaccine is down to personal, individual choice
• There is no law saying you need to have this vaccine and you cannot be coerced into it
• You do what feels right for you (maybe consult close friends and family if it helps but ultimately this is your decision alone)

@DixiePeach yes I feel exactly the same- I felt really pressurised to have it too - which I wasn't comfortable with.
I've had it now so I'll assume I'm fine which is the main thing

No. But I already had AZ. Nobody else is really talking about it at work or in my family.

My life has been taken over by the vaccine. I've been working extra days in order to get the campaign going for patients in my area.

Not taken over but it's all some people I know seem to talk about DF

They're more than likely the same people who jumped shouted "Stay the fuck at home, is it essential, we are in lockdown you know, 7 people there you're only allowed 6" bla bla.

Obviously I'm not talking about general chit chat, has your mum had the vaccine, oh that's good kind of stuff. But every single time I speak to my parent without fail they ask me if I've had it yet, am I secretly anti Vaxx, why am I talking about holidays when I havent even had the jab yet. They are a fan of vaccine passports too.

I understand how you feel, OP. It does feel like it is shoved in your face all the time. The FB profile badges, radio adverts about it, friends/family suddenly making your medical decisions their business. Then the texts and letters inviting you to book an appointment. The use of language around it.. "called up". It is not a draft!
I wont be having it. I have told my nearest and dearest that it is not up for discussion. Many have already had the vaccine and I am happy for them.

I'm pregnant so I can't get the vaccine. I am slightly nervous that vaccine passports will be introduced - I don't want to go away, but I would like to go out for a few meals with my husband before the baby comes, or take my son to soft play (he has never been as they've been shut in Scotland since the first lockdown, most seem to have gone out of business.

If I can't do these things or have to pay £130 for a private test every time, I will be raging. I'm not getting the vaccine till it's approved for newborns (since vaccinating me is also vaccinating the baby).

No, not at all. I’ve just come back from have my second vaccine and I’m just glad I’ve had it. But not being vaccinated wouldn’t stop me doing anything, I’ve been doing walks, socialising within the rules and felt safe. Me getting vaccinated is about a wider society protection.

My life’s been taken over by it but only in the sense that I wanted it like yesterday, and can’t wait to be eligible.

Yes totally.
I don’t want it yet as I feel AZ should be for over 50’s going by reading an awful lot around the subject.
I don’t feel comfortable having it but what’s giving me anxiety is the way it’s pushed in my face every day.
My age group has only been called up in the last 6 days but I have been asked a dozen times if I have had it yet.
It’s on fb photos, posts, letters through the post, texts, even stamped on an unrelated piece of mail today by Royal Mail I assume.
Pretty much everyone I know - all friends and family have had it making me alone in my choice but I’m still sticking by my decision for now.
Feels very pushy and coerced though

Oh and this thread pretty much proves my point 🤣