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Member Since May 2013
Location: tonawanda,ny
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#781
I'm actually not looking forward to life going back to the way it was before covid
I'm actually scared of it I mean I'm glad that in time hopefully we all can be vaccinated ...I lost a friend to this and its sad people keep getting infected I'm just scared of life going back to the way it was ......I don't know if its wrong to feel this way or not and I know it sounds confusing Tho last year I wasn't doing well ...losing two friends ,1 to covid ,1 to suicide .... This year I have been doing a bit better even quit smoking cigarettes.... I can get terrible anxiety being agoraphobic,..... Maybe its why I'm scared of life after covid I don't know Thank You for letting me share all.this I just needed to write about it ya know Keep staying safe everyone .... |
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Member Since Sep 2018
Location: Islandia
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#782
I’m honestly tired of it, but I’m naturally a homebody so it’s alright. Get outside pretty much daily to walk my dog and drive into town 1-2 times per week to shop. Occasionally meet my mom to get food to go and maybe shop some.
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Member Since Jan 2015
Location: Europe
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#783
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I feel like I'm the other way around to some of the people in the article. For me, I did okay last year. I started a running programme and finally got in shape. I made the most of the time I saved by not having a commute to the office. But now as it keeps dragging on, I'm at the end of my rope. I'm struggling to even get out of bed in the morning. If I manage a walk, that's already a big thing. A run feels like something from a different life. A completely different person. I've started piling on the pounds. I'm trying to eat healthier but when I'm sad when I go to the supermarket I end up with way too much chocolate. Again. I do wonder if people in our government realize what it's like working from home. It's not having video conferences all day. It's sitting at my computer, doing my job by myself, not talking to anyone. We communicate by chat but mostly people just do their own tasks. I listen to the radio to at least hear someone talking. Last edited by BreakForTheLight; Feb 24, 2021 at 04:06 AM.. |
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Member Since Apr 2016
Location: Somewhere in South America
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#784
My work is pretty solitary too. My last job was mostly remote, but I had to deal with co-workers more through chat and online meetings. Unfortunately, the atmosphere with co-workers there was pretty toxic. It felt like junior high, lots of catty backstabbing, so it wasn't ideal either. Here it's mainly just chat/e-mails with one of the owners and the operations manager but the advantage is they are nice to deal with. My husband is a lawyer and he's always on Zoom calls, Zoom court hearings, calling clients, talking to the other lawyers, I sometimes think it might be nice to have more interaction like that.
The way it has dragged on for so long, has definitely made it tough, hasn't it? These constant threats of being sent back to full quarantine, which is has even MORE restrictive rules than last year, is doing my head in. I obsessively look at the local active cases here in fear of getting some bad news that we are going to be locked down. |
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Location: Europe
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Member Since May 2010
Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system.
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#786
Just gotta hang on tilll most people are vaccinated. Yeah, masks are a pain and not being able to do what ya want is a pain but there is a game plan. Biden is right, this is a war. But the end is in sight.
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Member Since Apr 2016
Location: Somewhere in South America
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#787
I understand, Nammu, for many countries, but here with the severely punitive lockdowns and a less effective vaccine being used, I think we still have a ways to go here. We were already being subjected to military controls and curfews when the protests started in October 2019. I don't know if the government is going to give up that power any time soon. My area is currently on weekend lockdown with one permit to go out and we saw 10 military guys with guns checking last weekend when all we wanted to do is go to the grocery store. If they relax restrictions and the protests start up again, they may use the virus numbers to implement new lockdowns even though the hospitals aren't overwhelmed. The vaccine being used here mostly reduces the severity of infection, so there will still be positive cases, but fewer people in the hospital, supposedly.
I am trying to hope I am wrong but everything we have been through in the last year and a half doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling. For countries that don't even have access to the less effective vaccines, the panorama is more complicated. |
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Member Since Jan 2015
Location: Europe
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#788
Even in the EU we are not getting nearly enough vaccines. There is no end in sight. If we keep vaccinating at the current speed, it'll be YEARS before everyone is vaccinated.
And it's not about having to wear a mask or not being able to do what you want. Extreme isolation is HARD. <weird post coming up> This morning I was out for a walk. On two occasions I passed a guy in the street close enough that I could smell their Cologne. (Which wasn't even that close, they were just wearing too much ) but it was like it triggered a very very distant memory of being in the same room as other people - in a classroom or at the office. Like I suddenly very clearly realized "other people still exist!" I know that sounds super weird, not like I haven't seen anyone on the street before but they do say smell ia a very strong trigger for memories. Suddenly I miss just sensing other people's presence. And it's so weird because I don't even LIKE other people. In my previous job (the one that lasted 2 months) I was overwhelmed by having too many people around me in this cramped open plan office. I'd come home from work feeling extremely tense every day. Guess that just shows what isolation does to you and how much it can affect you. |
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Member Since Apr 2016
Location: Somewhere in South America
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#789
The state of catastrophe and health emergency expires on March 13th. This time if it is extended the congress has to approve it. I am still 90% sure it will be extended again. They can't enforce the quarantines without it.
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Member Since Nov 2014
Location: Spain ( the land of flowers and gladness, lol!)
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Since then, the lockdowns suffered here have all been partial but necessary with the exception of festivity times when we undid what we have gotten. This is what makes me so upset. As long as we get the vaccines enough to reach a certain level of safety, we must be consequent and keep in time reasonable safety measures. __________________ Social Anxiety and Depression. Cluster C traits. Trying to improve my English. My apologies for errors and mistakes in advance. Mankind is complex: Make deserts blossom and lakes die. ( GIL SCOTT-HERSON) |
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Member Since Nov 2014
Location: Spain ( the land of flowers and gladness, lol!)
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#791
Now, people here are discussing about whether demonstrations for equality of women on March, 8th are or not convenient.
Still I’m wondering about whether people realised we are in the middle of a pandemic. Ok, let’s defend equality and all we need but let’s do it every day with different acts online or by other means, but for goodness sake, let’s avoid crowds for a time. Until we get a better situation. __________________ Social Anxiety and Depression. Cluster C traits. Trying to improve my English. My apologies for errors and mistakes in advance. Mankind is complex: Make deserts blossom and lakes die. ( GIL SCOTT-HERSON) |
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Member Since Nov 2014
Location: Spain ( the land of flowers and gladness, lol!)
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#792
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I’m also scared of going back to a total lockdown like last year. It was so hard. But, I think we are now keeping reasonable long term safety measures and unless we **** it up again on the next vacations (Easter), we are gonna to be able to keep some kind of “normality”. Fingers crossed!!!! __________________ Social Anxiety and Depression. Cluster C traits. Trying to improve my English. My apologies for errors and mistakes in advance. Mankind is complex: Make deserts blossom and lakes die. ( GIL SCOTT-HERSON) |
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Grand Magnate
Member Since Nov 2014
Location: Spain ( the land of flowers and gladness, lol!)
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#793
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I can understand than you being agoraphobic will find even harder than most of people to come back to some kind of normality. I don’t know how the future will be but I think we still have long years forward of being very cautious against this virus but also in regards to other infections. In spite of the difficulties and your illness, are you being able to keep some kind of contact, unless online? __________________ Social Anxiety and Depression. Cluster C traits. Trying to improve my English. My apologies for errors and mistakes in advance. Mankind is complex: Make deserts blossom and lakes die. ( GIL SCOTT-HERSON) |
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Member Since Apr 2016
Location: Somewhere in South America
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#794
@AzulOscuro. Thanks! It was definitely a relief to get out of that hellhole. My current freelance work can be a bit boring, but I am earning more money and I am treated well. I even got a 10% raise in my hourly rate a few months ago.
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Member Since Oct 2019
Location: UK
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#795
I just want to say thank you to everyone on this thread. We all have different lives and circumstances and come from different countries and cultures but every one of you have been such a consistent comfort to me.
I just hold on to hope for all of us, that things will get better. |
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Member Since Apr 2016
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#796
@Discombobulated. I feel the same way. Virtual group hug!
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Member Since Nov 2014
Location: Spain ( the land of flowers and gladness, lol!)
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#797
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In my case, because of my issues, social anxiety and such, I always felt really apart on any school I worked. As an outcast, but I never was bullied. I can’t even imagine how it could feel like. It’s one of the things I can’t stand abuse or bullying. You deserve the best. It’s obvious through your posts that you are a great person. With a difficult English for me to understand, sometimes, but...Maybe you could be my English teacher from time to time? __________________ Social Anxiety and Depression. Cluster C traits. Trying to improve my English. My apologies for errors and mistakes in advance. Mankind is complex: Make deserts blossom and lakes die. ( GIL SCOTT-HERSON) |
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#798
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Thus, you are such a lovely girl that I think you should be a virus and be spread everywhere. __________________ Social Anxiety and Depression. Cluster C traits. Trying to improve my English. My apologies for errors and mistakes in advance. Mankind is complex: Make deserts blossom and lakes die. ( GIL SCOTT-HERSON) |
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Location: Spain ( the land of flowers and gladness, lol!)
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#799
I want to say more. I would like that most of you, the people who are here apart from being a support you should be the real virus that spreads here and there.
This would be a better world without saying it. __________________ Social Anxiety and Depression. Cluster C traits. Trying to improve my English. My apologies for errors and mistakes in advance. Mankind is complex: Make deserts blossom and lakes die. ( GIL SCOTT-HERSON) |
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#800
@AzulOscuro - If you ever have questions about English, I'd be happy to help!
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