Is anyone without previous MH issues finding this so very tough?

[Nicolanomore24]

I have no history of depression or any MH issues. However I think I may be becoming depressed with the current situation.

I live in a small overcrowded flat with my teenagers. Usually we manage being overcrowded fine because we’re out most of the day, but obviously currently stuck inside. Kids dad doesn’t help at all, hasn’t even phoned to find out if they’re ok. I have no family, and friends seem to see me as the strong one that they come to for help.

Recently I’ve been seeing a guy I really like, we fell out last week so are now not talking. I’m not going to contact him to try and sort it out as I don’t really don’t feel he wants it to go anywhere. I would have liked it to, but I’m not going to make an idiot of myself as he knows how I feel.

I’m usually so active and busy, I just feel just now there is nothing at all to look forward to. Everything that I was looking forward to for the year ahead has been called off or cancelled.

Then I think I’m just being pathetic, people are dying and losing their jobs and I’m feeling sorry for myself. Times are just so shit just now.

I've had previous mental health issues, depression and anxiety but before the Lockdown I was doing really well. It's tough. I'm safe, but my mental health is taking a hit from being at home with clingy, bored DD4, Her dad is out of the picture. I feel sorry for her and trying to keep a brave face but it's really, really hard. We are safe and this is not forever. People are in much worse situations, sadly dying and losing loved ones but that doesn't mean you can't admit to struggling. Can you get out for a run/walk? I find Netflix and mindfulness helps in the evening and trying not to go on social media and think too far ahead . Also contact Samaritan's, I've emailed them before and found it very helpful

You are not being pathetic. I'd be willing to bet that more people are feeling like you are than are willing to admit it. I know I do.

I don't have any diagnosed MH issues myself (though that doesn't mean anything, I carry a lot of past baggage), but my DD3 has clinical depression and I really fear for her.

There are plenty of people on here at the moment who think that none of us have a right to have our own issues because Covid 19 is the only thing happening right now and the only issue allowed.

That is simply not true. Awful though the current crisis is, we all still continue to have our own other issues too. They haven't simply gone quietly away for convenience.

Be kind to yourself. Ask for help if you need it. You are not pathetic. Mental health issues are extremely important and very hard for those living with them, or caring for people who have them.