What did COVID-19 pandemic do to you?

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so fragile now. Like a leaf struggling to hang on before another blast comes. I never felt like this before and our family has been through a lot.

This is EXACTLY how I feel. I used to think I was a tough cookie! Now I feel afraid and anxious - not necessarily about Covid, but more like - when will the other shoe drop. I know I need to be strong for my family, so I just have to fake it. But sometimes I can’t.

Yes, thank you. I am afraid and anxious and putting on a brave face to my family. I cry when I am alone and that helps a little.

Me too.

Same. I have good days but any new activity seems very precarious. New soccer season? We backed out. Swim lessons? We passed this year. Vacation or trip out of town? I can't relax/don't want to spend $. And my fears aren't even COVID-related. It's like I can't commit to anything because I feel at the drop of a hat, anything could go completely awry. I have this "huddle" mindset that is so paralyzing.

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Sometimes I feel like I'm dying. It's like the fear, anxiety and dread and loss has accumulated into this feeling that I must be dying, or the end is just around the corner.

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My kids no longer wear pajamas to bed. Yes, they sleep in their clothes. I was once so meticulous about these things.

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I"m mentally healthier.
by far. Stopped drinking too.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband died. And part of me died with him. Now I’m a sad person.

So very sorry.

Sorry about your loss. Hugs to you.

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Anonymous wrote:it made me pregnant LOLLLL

Congrats!

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I no longer give a shit about the catty “mom friends” in my neighborhood. They’re still full of drama and I smile and wave from the sidelines now.

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Lost my job and we have a terrible family dynamic that seems intractable now despite lots of therapists. We’re also in serious debt and I am depressed

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Was about to schedule a trip to see my family after 20 months of not seeing any of them, including my 93 year old mother. Just found out DH needs major surgery and will need 3-4 months to heal. SN child just resumed self-injury after resuming in-person. Feeling hopeless, like it will never end.

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Anonymous wrote:I lost two relatives and one family friend to Covid. I lost a lot of respect for people who don’t take this illness seriously. My view of certain colleagues is irreparably shifted.

I also lost faith in our nation to pull together in times of crisis. Obvious cracks haven present for at least the last 15 years but the pandemic really pulled back the veil. I think our place in the world is permanently shifted and not for the better.

I might agree with you re: "our nation" but I really felt like our town pulled together. We left the DMV two years ago. The community did a pretty good job here. Town of 100k.

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I realized how terribly uneducated and gullible a lot of people are. When I saw multiple online postings, first, denying COVID, then, denying the vaccine -- not to mention all the 'Bill Gates chip' conspiracy crap - it literally made me gasp. Most of those people are college-educated (well, none were in health care, so those were 'soft' degrees but still).

Now I think Internet might eventually bring about the demise of humanity. Online BS spreads like wild fire. It wasn't the case even 20 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:I got to know my neighbors.

I got a new job and a taste for working from home. I can’t go back to the office now.

I realized that it’s important for me to have green outdoor infrastructure for walking, biking. So we moved and I’m loving the new neighborhood.

I also realized that it’s very important for me to be surrounded by beautiful esthetic. We updated the house and I love how it looks.

PP here. I knew how fortunate our circumstances were compared to others. I tried to do the right thing - gave N95 masks to nurses in the beginning of pandemic (not doing this again though), paid our cleaners for months not to come clean, supported our school, didn’t b*tch about academics and didn’t b*tch about wearing masks, followed all the orders.

OMG, did you CLEAN YOUR HOUSE YOURSELF??

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Anonymous wrote:It gave me a reprieve from commuting because of telework. The money saved on gas and car maint. was a boost. We enjoyed Universal Studios in Florida with no crowds while everyone huddled in fear in their homes. None of us got the vaccine nor plan to get it. All around it's been good --no, great!

My only concern is how the government was able to use a "crisis" to shut down businesses and impose restrictions on church attendance (our church refused to comply) as well as use the population as a guinea pig for a hastily prepared vaccine.

600,000 people died and that is your 'only concern'?
You're a disgusting redneck.

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Could we just let people post without responding with something nasty? This thread was helping people share their experiences and feelings.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s made me mad. I will never ever forget the feeling of abandonment. The whole world walked out. I was home alone with 3 small children, one with special needs, for 15 months. Our schools didn’t reopen. Therapies were only on zoom. And nobody cared. My parents social distanced from us. My DH can’t work from home and was out of the house from 8-7 every weekday. Soooo many “friends” and neighbors gushed about all the “silver linings” of the pandemic and how they enjoyed the family time and slower pace. Can’t relate. At all.

Sounds like maybe you bit off more than you can chew.

Yes, put those children back in your tummy, lady. What a dumb comment.

It always begs the question if the SN child was the first or the third.