Is anyone else losing sleep over Brexit? My standard response to anxiety is control the things I can and try not to worry about the rest.
Yes I have some food, but not the 6 months to years worth I would like. It costs a lot to fill your freezer and cupboards to that extent and frozen foods do not last indefinitely. Some bought now would be useless come the end of November. I know some meat lasts longer and frozen shouldn't poison you. There is a balance.
And yes I have the tins, loo roll, toiletries, cleaning products etc etc. But not enough. I have started on Christmas shopping but will not finish in the next month. I don't have endless money to absolutely everything we might need for a year in one go.
I worry about medication - I have tried to reduce my doses and save extra as well as early prescriptions. I am really concerned that there will be extremely limited availability for many months. I am thankful that I could live without mine but I worry about how many people could die due to medicine shortages. Flu outbreak - thousands die. Without basic things like paracetamol and no health service and no antibiotics (not relevant for flu) but what happens when you're ill?
Likewise, I worry about how many vulnerable people will starve. Today's society could never have any recreation of "Blitz spiritr" - we're too selfish. Some people can't afford to stockpile, some won't. I remember snow related panic buying and the petrol crisis. Shelves stripped bare within hours, pumps drained.
Quickly people will panic buy anything and everything. What happens after a week of empty shelves - civil unrest?
I can't help but think anyone who might have anything is a target. Robberies for food and supplies. If people think their families will genuinely starve who knows how far they will go.
There won't be enough police and armed forces to deal with this on a country wide basis. And it scares me (clearly!). We may have to defend our homes and families.
What about powercuts, lack of fuel, gas, oil and water?
The list goes on and on.
What happens to people who can't get the fuel to get to work? After a few days will they be made redundant. Companies have no staff, people have no wages, there is no economic output.
After a few days all the schools will shut because they have no food and there will be no transport. After that health centres and hospitals.
I can't see an end to how this would end up.
OK perhaps it won't end in a mass revolution, maybe lorries will be let through with no checks until it settles, food will be rationed etc.
I'm not a troll but genuinely terrified. (You may have guessed my greatest skill in life is disaster extrapolation.) But I really don't know how to cope and prepare for this. I hope I'm wrong and I'm being ridiculous.