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I feel like crying I've had enough

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LifesTooShortYOLO · 11/12/2021 14:36

I made a conscious decision to try and switch off from the media stories and coronavirus news and just try and get in with our lives.
I had been feeling mentally a lot better and almost forgot about covid in the sense of not seeing it in your face every where you turn on social media etc.
Now it's everywhere again 'Plans for plan c' 'lockdown imminent' 'data suggests this wave will be the worst one yet' 'modelling shows new strain could cause 75,000 feather in 5 months'
Are just some of the headlines I've seen today and I just feel so fed up.
Why are we still talking about lockdowns 2 years on?
I'm just so done with it all, it feels like there never will be a normal again, just when we start to get back to doing normal things you get taken back to square one again and told we may have to lockdown or have further restrictions brought back in. It's just so draining 😩

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Riverlee · 11/12/2021 15:29

I agree. I’m fed up if it being the only topic of conversation, which then goes round and round in circles.

Gingerbreadhoose · 11/12/2021 15:31

I don't think it's fair to tell people to grow a backbone. People are grieving the loss of the way of life they knew, many are grieving loved ones, and many are in huge financial distress.

nether · 11/12/2021 15:33

I agree it can be insensitive to mention specific things but we are all human and all struggle in our own way

I agree.

It's not much fun firna young person with a near-normal ptprojected lifespan to read comments about how the critically vulnerable/immune suppressed were going to die anyway.

And they should be shut away in perpetuity with only UC to live on, so that no-one has to make any mitigations at all or pay for even PIP levels of support

Lifeispassingby · 11/12/2021 15:34

@bordermidgebite except they wont be forced to offer financial support, there won’t be any

bordermidgebite · 11/12/2021 15:35

That is what I fear
It's disgusting

Tuba437 · 11/12/2021 15:38

I would love to see their argument for that many deaths when not a single death from this variant has been reported in Europe yet?

Ariann · 11/12/2021 15:39

@Kshhuxnxk

I float from wanting to smash something and wanting to bury myself. My business wont survive another lockdown and we've already lost 69% of our income as DP lost his job. Fucking sick of it and would happily volunteer to be one of the 75000.
Same here. Today is the day I realised my little business is totally dead in the water. It's been dead most of the year, but I have tried to keep going It's over. Husband lost his job in January and has now become unwell.

If I had the money, I would move deeper into the country with an acre of land, and be as self sufficient as possible and wait it out. We have years of this to go. It is not going away for the foreseeable future.

There is no evolutionary selection pressure with this virus to become less virulent, as if it kills someone, it has already moved on - the virus doesn't care - the death of the host is irrelevant.

bordermidgebite · 11/12/2021 15:39

Yet

Typical cases to hospital 2 week lag , deaths one or two weeks later

So first deaths Christmas?

RaraRachael · 11/12/2021 15:46

I completely agree OP. It's just an endless misery-go-round of variant this, variant that..... I can't see an end to it at all. I'm about to retire and can't bear thinking that this is how the rest of my life is going to be. People said last year that it won't last forever but I'm sorry this is how it feel to me at the moment.

Some arsehole of a politician saying we must "Test, test, test". Just fuck off the lot of you

RachelGreep87 · 11/12/2021 15:48

Honestly OP - go ahead and have a cry.
It helps sometimes

MrsJBaptiste · 11/12/2021 15:49

@Babyroobs

Judging by the high street in my village today, people almost seem to be imposing their own lockdown ? I could not believe it is two weekends before Christmas, there were few people about, local Coop virtually empty, empty parking spaces in places that it's normally impossible to park in ? Has anyone else noticed the same today ?
Good God, no! The supermarket was busy, our local shopping centre packed and the local pubs and bars last night were heaving. Just how it should be at Christmas.

To be honest, the only time I hear people banging on about Covid is when I come on here. Well, obviously I watch the news but it definitely isn't a constant topic of conversation with family, friends and at work.

Benjispruce5 · 11/12/2021 15:51

Yes it is draining but it has to be dealt with. The virus isn’t doing anything surprising. If it keeps circulating it mutates, this was always quite likely. We have no choice but to keep going.

JustJustWhy · 11/12/2021 15:54

I stopped watching the news months ago. I've worked throughout so apart from following the rules (wearing a mask on public transport/shops and taking lateral flow tests) I largely forget about it.

vickyp0llard · 11/12/2021 15:54

I hate it. I followed the first lockdown, I got my jabs, and I still got called "selfish" for seeing my parents for xmas and quietly seeing my friend during the 2nd lockdown. The truth is, if I hadn't done those things, I probably would have killed myself. I don't like my job, I don't want kids or pets, I didn't have many hobbies back then - the main things that keep me going is going out for dinner, drinks and days out with friends. When that was taken away I was literally left with nothing positive. I'm done with sacrificing everything for the greater good - I don't know who it's even good for, everyone is utterly fed up, kids are falling behind in everything, and my grandparents say they'd rather pop off than have the rest of the country shut down for them.

milly74 · 11/12/2021 15:55

i am sorry i feel like this too
there seems no hope

Ariann · 11/12/2021 15:55

@Babyroobs

Judging by the high street in my village today, people almost seem to be imposing their own lockdown ? I could not believe it is two weekends before Christmas, there were few people about, local Coop virtually empty, empty parking spaces in places that it's normally impossible to park in ? Has anyone else noticed the same today ?
Yes, my busy town was very quiet today. And it's a big market and craft market day. People must be staying away.
Prinnny · 11/12/2021 15:55

I think at this point people are self inflicting their own misery slightly too. On another thread I can’t believe how many have cancelled their Xmas parties without that ever being mentioned as a restriction. It’s like we’ve all become joyless robots! So I’ll be out tonight and at the works party next week enjoying my freedom as long as it lasts Wine

Fairylights25 · 11/12/2021 15:56

I don't think we should compare who is having a worse time of it, everyone's feelings are valid.

Op I felt so deflated, but I have made a plan C of my own and so now I am not stressing quite so much at the prospect. I don't think they have close the schools under any scenario, and I am not sure they will close everything, but maybe a few more restrictions.

Solidarity op, it was all going so well until Omicron came along

megustalacerveza · 11/12/2021 15:56

@Tabbacus

Good job it's not a competition then isn't it *@megustalacerveza* - I hate this notion that people aren't allowed to feel a certain way if they have x, y or z, I agree it can be insensitive to mention specific things but we are all human and all struggle in our own way.
'We all feel like that' is a shitty and dismissive thing to say to someone opening up about how much they're suffering. If it's meant to show empathy, it doesn't. It's basically saying 'stop whingeing and put up with it - we're all in the same boat' - but we're not.
Dreamstate · 11/12/2021 15:58

If you turn off from looking at the news you wouldnt even know. I dont bother now Nd am much happier for it. I go out and about and life my live how I want to because noone knows how long you have and id rather die knowing I lived than die knowing my last days were spent being frighten and shut up at home.

Cripesitsthegasman19 · 11/12/2021 15:59

It's all being made far more shit by that cock Boris having said lifting of restrictions was irreversible in July

user1471505494 · 11/12/2021 15:59

@Gingerbreadhoose

Governments ought to have been honest with people from the beginning about how long this was likely to last, particularly while the poorest countries remain largely unvaccinated.
What rubbish. The COVID 19 virus keep producing mutations and no one can predict the exact future path of a pandemic.
megustalacerveza · 11/12/2021 16:00

@Prinnny

I think at this point people are self inflicting their own misery slightly too. On another thread I can’t believe how many have cancelled their Xmas parties without that ever being mentioned as a restriction. It’s like we’ve all become joyless robots! So I’ll be out tonight and at the works party next week enjoying my freedom as long as it lasts Wine
It's not that. It's the fact that if you get contact traced, you need to isolate for 10 days and that means not being able to travel to see family. Not great for people who live alone, is it?
Fairylights25 · 11/12/2021 16:00

cripes It really doesn't help to be so rude and insulting. It helps absolutely nobody. At least post something supportive if you are going to bother to post. It is not okay to be so rude.

Cripesitsthegasman19 · 11/12/2021 16:02

@Fairylights25

cripes It really doesn't help to be so rude and insulting. It helps absolutely nobody. At least post something supportive if you are going to bother to post. It is not okay to be so rude.
Being rude to Boris?
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