Feel like I’m walking uphill through mud every day
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Anonymous
The flu is far, far more dangerous to children that abet than covid, even with a vaccine. Yet we all went about our lives. |
Anonymous
Whatever benefit you are gaining from dodging a runny nose and cough for a week you are losing with compounding interesting in living in fear. At this point, even if I were 80 years old I would be in "f**k it" camp right now. Short of building yourself a cabin in Montana you are going to get this bug. Unless you have a temporary condition (e.g. pregnancy, neonate) there is really no point trying to avoid covid anymore. It's not going anywhere, will never be eradicated with vaccines, every winter there will be a new variant, just like the flu. |
Anonymous
"NO, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY MENTAL HEALTH, WHY DO YOU ASK? FYI I ACTUALLY LIKE STANDING SHIVERING IN A PARK MORE THAN HAVING CHRISTMAS DINNER." |
Anonymous
I don't think what OP is doing is living in fear, but I do think her risk analysis is off. I think that what OP is doing now is less like wearing a seatbelt and more like not driving a car at all. |
Anonymous
I agree to an extent, although we're skipping in-person dining with the younger ones right now because they aren't at least vaccinated. But yeah, I'm taking my little kids to the library for an hour or so. It's open, all the toys are out and there's a mask mandate for anyone over 2. It's safe enough for us. |
Anonymous
OP here. To be clear, I’m not living my life in fear. I realize at this point we will probably all get COVID. I’m more concerned about getting it now when our hospitals and health care systems are overwhelmed. And I’m exhausted just from prolonged uncertainty around every aspect of life, from “is my office going to reopen?” To “can I find a rapid antigen test or PCR test if my kid gets a cold,” to “is my kid’s school going to close,” to deciding if my nanny should come care for my kids when her kid was exposed to COVID but doesn’t have PCR results yet. It’s that times 2 years that I’m exhausted by. If I go to the movies once or to dinner once (which I’d probably be fine with doing not right now but later once we are through the current surge) that will not suddenly alleviate the new stress of life. It’s not a black or white thing, y’all. |
Anonymous
It’s way to early to be that drunk, PP. calm down and go sleep it off. |
Anonymous
You think that because OP is not going to bars and movies? |
Anonymous
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We’re still talking about OP (and others) not going to bars, movies, indoor restaurants, and traveling, right? I mean, OP and others like her are still working, sending our kids to school, walking and hiking outside, talking to family and friends?
What’s the problem? Yes, the uncertainty is with us but no one is hiding or running from life - we just aren’t dancing in bars. |
Anonymous
+1. Posters seem to have a very emotional response to not going to bars and movies here. |
Anonymous
Even my pregnant daughter in law isn't carrying on like some of these posters. She is vax'd and boosted. She tries to avoid large crowds. She wears a mask. But, they go out to eat. They go shopping. They visit friends and family. And she is a NICU nurse practitioner. |
Anonymous
+1 Your kids are in daycare so presumably you're taking a risk with that, no? And you're a healthy person whose vaxd, I assume, so even if you got covid the symptoms are manageable. Obviously, your mental health is suffering so you really need to consider the risk-benefgt of being unreasonably cautious and not getting out more. |
Anonymous
| Why do you care if you get covid Op? Are you high risk? Not vaxd? |
Anonymous
NP. Same, OP. I had a major depressive episode in my 20s and I was not functioning. It was very hard to find medication that works. So last year I kept saying I wasn’t depressed, because I was functioning fine, but just as you described - brain fog, exhaustion, blahs. Totally normal during a pandemic I thought. I finally agreed to start an antidepressant and it took a couple of tries to get the right one but man, it was like someone turned on the light in my brain! I could see and think clearly for the first time in who knows how long. It’s worth talking to your doctor about. I’m actually seeing (telehealth) a psychiatric nurse practitioner and he has been very helpful in figuring out the right Rx for me. I am also the most COVID cautious person I know and have an unvaxxed kid (plus a 5 year old who just got vaxxed in November). I wouldn’t go to the movies now either. But window shopping is right up my alley. The farmers market, even when it’s cold, is something, too. I’m doing dog training for one hour once a week, and that’s indoors (trainer and I both wear N95s). I meet friends about every 6 weeks for dinner outdoors/semi-outdoors. We did just postpone last weekend’s meeting until after this wave dies down. I’ve been to yoga a few times, and will go back in a few weeks. I’d also be comfortable meeting with friends for a masked walk or afternoon around the fire pit. Some of staying in and isolated so much is it becomes habit and seems like the only safe way to be, but it is really wearing. Push your comfort zone a little bit. Find something outdoors and masked with someone else maybe. It will help. |
Anonymous
Ah, I posted earlier before I saw this OP. I got the impression from your OP that you were locked down but I see that’s not the case. I still think you should consider an antidepressant, but otherwise, yep. Right there with you. This shit just sucks and it’s exhausting and hard. It just is. |