Covid. The big shift

[Anonymous]

Life is not the same. I’m not the same person. Curious about others.

[Anonymous]

I had Covid last November. I'm a long-hauler, and it has been very rough. I overheard my DH telling a friend "She hasn't been the same since, and I'm afraid she never will be." So yeah, for me personally life is not the same.

But the societal shifts are huge, of course. The vast numbers of folks who are still WFH, and the folks who will only be willing to do remote work going forward. Oh, and remember how going to work sick was a badge of honor? Lol, those days are over. Also, someone went to shake my hand the other day and it felt awkward and I couldn't put my finger on why and I realized it is because post-Covid we don't do it anymore. Probably good riddance on that one.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I'm better for it. Made decisions that improved my happiness. I have way more work life balance. We made so many changes that drastically improved our lives and made us a closer, happier family. It sucks that it was all brought on by something that caused a lot of death and misery.

[Anonymous]

Societal acceptance of video calls and remote work made huge advances.

[Anonymous]

Disagree. I hardly give it a thought any more. It seems way in the past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had Covid last November. I'm a long-hauler, and it has been very rough. I overheard my DH telling a friend "She hasn't been the same since, and I'm afraid she never will be." So yeah, for me personally life is not the same.

But the societal shifts are huge, of course. The vast numbers of folks who are still WFH, and the folks who will only be willing to do remote work going forward. Oh, and remember how going to work sick was a badge of honor? Lol, those days are over. Also, someone went to shake my hand the other day and it felt awkward and I couldn't put my finger on why and I realized it is because post-Covid we don't do it anymore. Probably good riddance on that one.

I’m sorry you’re having a hard time but this is very extreme. I shake hands all the time now, as does everyone I work with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Disagree. I hardly give it a thought any more. It seems way in the past.

Same. Except we have zooms now.

[Anonymous]

I got Covid for the first time, a month or so ago.

It bruised my ego. I thought I was one of the special few who would never get covid. Then I got it.

I recovered, and it's been fine. But my ego has never been the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got Covid for the first time, a month or so ago.

It bruised my ego. I thought I was one of the special few who would never get covid. Then I got it.

I recovered, and it's been fine. But my ego has never been the same.

As far as I know, I haven’t had it yet and I’ll probably feel let down by my body if/when I get it, too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Disagree. I hardly give it a thought any more. It seems way in the past.

Same. Except we have zooms now.

Right and that would have happened eventually anyway. Timeline accelerated by covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got Covid for the first time, a month or so ago.

It bruised my ego. I thought I was one of the special few who would never get covid. Then I got it.

I recovered, and it's been fine. But my ego has never been the same.

As far as I know, I haven’t had it yet and I’ll probably feel let down by my body if/when I get it, too!

My sister believed she was immune...tlll she just got it. She has been 30 days with no taste or smell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got Covid for the first time, a month or so ago.

It bruised my ego. I thought I was one of the special few who would never get covid. Then I got it.

I recovered, and it's been fine. But my ego has never been the same.

I think you know it is silly to assign moral value to having Covid or the lack of it, so I will not flame you on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Disagree. I hardly give it a thought any more. It seems way in the past.

Same. Except we have zooms now.

Right and that would have happened eventually anyway. Timeline accelerated by covid.

True.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got Covid for the first time, a month or so ago.

It bruised my ego. I thought I was one of the special few who would never get covid. Then I got it.

I recovered, and it's been fine. But my ego has never been the same.

I think you know it is silly to assign moral value to having Covid or the lack of it, so I will not flame you on this.

I think the pp was trying to be funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got Covid for the first time, a month or so ago.

It bruised my ego. I thought I was one of the special few who would never get covid. Then I got it.

I recovered, and it's been fine. But my ego has never been the same.

I think you know it is silly to assign moral value to having Covid or the lack of it, so I will not flame you on this.

I'm not assigning moral value - I've lived my life 100% normally for the last 2.5 years, and probably did some "risky" things in the first year pre-vax (regular gym use, for example).

After a while, I thought I might have been genetically gifted or something! Nope, turns out I just hadn't met the right covid+ person to get infected by