Anyone else feel like they’re losing their mind in this lockdown?

[TattyBo]

At home with 5 DC, one who has ADHD.
Dark and raining all week.
DH (who is a work full time) and I are not getting on at all.

I’m keeping structure to the day and house is running fine, I’m not drinking wine, I’m eating well but having really foggy thinking and can’t remember stuff or think clearly. Do you think this is related?!

I'm feeling the same. I get like this in stressful times really. Like my mind goes on auto pilot to cope through the situation. But very tired and forgetful too.

It really disorientating, mentally and physically

Yep. Hating it. Well done for not hitting the wine, I have been.

Yes, same. I'm having to write lists and write things I need to do down as soon as they pop into my head, otherwise they pop straight back out again.

I did hit the wine last lockdown and it made it worse, I learnt the hard way the days are bad enough without feeling hungover!

I feel like this; I’m also sleep deprived due to baby not sleeping but I literally can’t think beyond today and tomorrow

Slowly destroying me 1 long day at a time, haven’t hit the wine would love to but don’t want to drink around the H, just want life x

Yep I feel so lonely and miserable 😞 im usually a happy positive soul 😢

I think I'm taking longer to do simple things like getting dressed or making a cup of tea. Feel like I'm walking through fog.

Other than not being able to go to the gym it's not really any different for me.

Things will get better - focus on the spring! At least the days are drawing out!

Yes. I don't have small children so feel for all of you that are coping with that in isolation, but I have never felt so anxious. Just been dumped by my LTR 6 weeks ago too so I'm struggling to see any hope for the immediate future, if at all.

I always feel like that when my folate levels are a bit low. If you’re getting tiredness etc as well, don’t just brush it off.

Yea, this is me. It’s taken me by surprise.

Poor you, @RhusTox and

I find it helpful to make the weekends as different (as it’s possible to manage) from the week but with younger DC I can see how that would be really difficult to do.

Can / will your partner step up on at least one of the weekend days and give you a chance to take a longer walk (on your own) away from the house?

I feel the same and I don’t even have any kids to contend with!
I’m working from home, DP isn’t allowed to work so sitting around all day doing nothing. In a small 1 bed flat it’s doing my head in! This lockdown feels so much harder than the previous ones.
Can’t even look forward to the weekends anymore as there’s nothing different to do and I have zero enthusiasm for yet another walk.

I’ve tried to stay positive through all of this but I’m just tired of it all now and sick of having nothing to look forward to

The first lockdown was hard but for some reason this one seems worse. As a household we are more snappy with each other. I worry about so many things (with reason) and it's really hard , only one week in as well.

I feel the same this time round, January is a hard month anyway and this lockdown is just making it worse.

It just seems like there is no end in sight at the moment.

This one is much harder, first one weather was nice could disappear in the woods for hours just the D and me, this time it’s dark cold and the H is always around being needy 😢

The best thing that has helped my kids during lockdown has been these kids mindfulness classes that are free. My kids are so much calmer after them.

It has also helped my husband and I stay stronger together. One of the only times we all sit together is for this mindfulness time each day.

There is one tomorrow at 8.30am on Instagram live @thehealthylivingstore - highly recommend trying!

I'd be drinking a bottle for each child by now if I were you !
Well done I'd say you are doing fine.
I only have one child and came close to a mental breakdown last week

Yep. Me too. Gutting to hear that there are so many of us in this position. I feel like each day is... what? What is it? It's just sort of nothing. The house is cleanish and tidyish, I force unhappy children to try and make sense of Google classrooms, I teach them stuff they're not interested in and that they'll probably never need to know. Then they watch TV and I surf the internet. Again. And again. And again. It's torture and I can't even think straight anymore.

Well done for coping with 5 dc I have 3 and I am struggling.I too have the brain fog! I'm so snappy and tired! It does seem harder this time round this could be the weather though it's just not enjoyable to go on a muddy walk. School seem to want you to recreate their schedule at home which just isn't possible when you have 3 at different stages and are trying to feed them and clean up. I have lost count of the meltdowns we have had today over school work!

I feel absolutely fucking terrible. I was already on ADs before lockdown but I feel like they aren’t working anymore, probably need a higher dose.

I’m wfh, while homeschooling a 6 yo. The 2 yo is at nursery 3 days a week but it’s hard when he’s here. Dh is out the house all week working.
I don’t leave the house. Haven’t got time to go for a walk. I’m drinking FAR too much. Like really far too much. Just so fucking sick of it all.
Ds1 is so uncooperative with school work. I fear for his mental health too, last lockdown he really scared me by saying he wanted to hurt himself, and he lost a lot of hair to alopecia. He was 5 ffs. He was just getting back on track and enjoying school last term now we are back to where we were.
I’m lost tbh.

I'm also sure I used to be able to cope with things better this time last year.

I agree this one feels much harder too...no obvious reason that I can think of, nothing has changed since March - I'm still working from home, have DS11 with me, DH is a courier so he's never stopped, if anything he's busier than ever.