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The I Feel Down Topic.

This whole thing is a massive headBLEEP, no question.
My only concern now is "at what point do I bug out of London and leave my stubborn head-in-the-sand loved ones to their own fate?"

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Alsty said:
This Coronavirus is really starting to get me down. Just watching everything stable around you dissolving away, everything normal, everything you thought would happen is now lying tattered on the ground. Watching society self destruct in front of your eyes and not knowing when it's all going to end. It's scary, it's unsettling and it's hard to get it out my head.

It's got to end, I know that, but at the moment it feels a long way away. And unlike Brexit there's no escape from it; work, shopping, home life, upcoming plans for the theme parks, weekends away, holidays, getting together with family, friends and loved ones, all in disarray :(
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This. It's really getting to me more than it possibly should. Everything is just so uncertain at the moment, and as you say there will be an end but we've no idea when it is going to be.

I still live at home; my dad is 70 and my mum is 65. I'm not really worried about catching the virus myself but I am worried about catching it and giving it to my parents who are more at risk.

Everything is just a bit crap at the moment and it is hard to focus on anything else. I'm just thankful that I got a new game for my Nintendo Switch the other week which allows me to take my mind off things.
 
Yeah it's really hit home over the weekend, got a text from one of my colleagues out of the blue that just said "now we're all going to die". Bit over dramatic maybe but it's got a lot of people on edge.

I guess the only thing we can do is try to not let it completely cut us off from friends and family - we need to keep in touch and look out for each other.
 
I'm starting to get more and more worried about the whole coronavirus situation too. With every day that passes, life feels less and less normal, and I think that will only get worse over the coming weeks.

I'm not even sure that it's getting the disease that I'm worried about. All the uncertainty is starting to get very overwhelming, and the not knowing when normality will resume, or if normality will resume, really worries me. I don't think any of us have ever had anything like this happen in our lifetimes. The only comparable things I can think of in the last 100 years in terms of the level of social restrictions are the two world wars; I know that this probably won't end up being anywhere near on a wartime scale, and coronavirus is not a war-related issue, but now that mass social restrictions are being put in place around the world, it's certainly a comparable type of issue.

Even after this blows over, I'm also a little worried about the long-term impacts that this outbreak could have. Talks of one of the worst global recessions we've ever had are now looming, and this presents a huge threat to many industries. For example, the entirety of the tourism industry will be profoundly affected by this. The theme park industry that we all know and love could potentially fall on its knees if this turns out badly. The airline industry could be affected badly. I suppose the reassuring thing about recessions is that the world economy always eventually recovers, but it's a point worth considering.

Having said that, I want to live up to my reputation as the optimist of this forum and say; we will eventually get through this. This won't be the apocalypse; we will survive. It'll all be fine in the end. Interestingly, when this disease first broke out, many people compared it to Disease X, a deadly potential pandemic that the WHO warned of in 2018. If this is Disease X as many are claiming, then we shouldn't have to worry about a similar threat for years after this blows over. This might also be a learning curve to prevent future pandemics of this scale.

I must admit, it's all very overwhelming at the moment. It's hard to escape, and it's hard not to think about.
 
I think @Matt N and anybody else feeling like this, all you can do is talk about your worries and know they are perfectly natural. It's ok to be worried or scared.

I've spoken to a few friends and family tonight and it's reassuring to know the feelings of worry, anxiety and unease are not unusual. In fact I think most people are feeling similar across the country. We're all in it together, everybody is feeling helpless, not knowing how or when it's going to end and we're all feeling powerless as events unfold around us. But... it will end. Things will get back to normal. Not now, not even in a couple of weeks, but it will happen. We just have to take it a day at a time and try not to take too much on our shoulders. There's nothing else we can do.
 
It's great that people are sharing their concerns. We need to support each other through this.

I've been a bit up and down, one day it's fear and the next acceptance. Social media is not helping at all. It's important to keep updated but we don't need a constant bombardment of doom and gloom. Take some time out, read a book, play a video game, go for a run and listen to some music.

Saturday in particular was a struggle because of the lack of football. It's not "only a game", it's a big part of people's social lives and usually a good distraction from real world problems.
 
I meant anything that takes you out of your house is a bloody stupid thing to be doing right now.
 
I haven't felt like this since getting divorce many years ago. I've not sleep a wink last night, I feel rotten (stress related not virus), I'm struggling to eat this morning, I feeling sick. This is completely unlike me. Last night I think it hit home how serious all this crisis is. This is not going to be over within a few months, could be a couple of years or more. Jess and I have decided to follow government advice and self isolate for 12 weeks, but I do feel that this may end up longer.

They also put into perspective on the news last night, how short our NHS is on ventilator beds compared to those in Europe who have many time more and still struggling to meet the need of their own country Covid-19 victims.

Boris U turn on the following the science shows that they were wrong, @GaryH you were right and I'm sorry if I didn't listen to you with regarding to your views on Covid-19 and the way the government were mishandling it.
 
I'm feeling better now, manage to eat all of my lunch, did the house chores, got some kip this afternoon. Now eating my tea.

Obviously I have concerns about the virus and the effect on my wife's health, but also isolating will mean giving my daughter that lives with me an difficult ultimatum she had to choose between isolating with us for the next few months, which means the possibility of losing her Job, not seeing her boyfriend, having the freedom to go out to see friends and other family members.

It not just going to be a difficult time for us, but also for everyone, many businesses and employees, especially those on zero contracts or self employed are going to be hit hard by all this. I have many friends that are going to be hit hard by this.

Sending a virtual hug to all those going through these difficult and worrying times
 
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