Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As an introvert, I am loving this. This is great. Hope it lasts forever.
F you. People are dying from the isolation.
- an introvert who needs people[/quote]
What an oxymoron statement!
Anonymous wrote:OP here. Puttering around the house, doing yard work, cooking, cleaning, organizing, etc. just feels like the most boring waste of time. I've never been a homebody type--always been much happier being out and about. The social isolation is really getting to me. I loved getting together with friends for lunch, it was one of the highlights of my week in the past. So sad to think it could be months/years before I can do that again.
Not to mention my spouse is exhausted, stressed and distant and never home so I feel more alone in the world than ever.
Additionally, we had so many wonderful things planned this spring and summer--travel we have now canceled, special events that were one-time things (like my husband's 40th birthday celebration in April that we canceled--I had planned a big party for him, and my mother's 70th birthday celebration that we were going to fly to Arizona for in May--now canceled). We had a big family reunion planned for June--now canceled. We canceled all our travel through the end of 2020.
These are milestone events that we had to cancel and I'll never get those experiences back. Our families are all out of town (thousands of miles away, not within driving distance) and I have no idea when we will get to see them again. All this greatly depresses me.
\Anonymous wrote:As an introvert, I am loving this. This is great. Hope it lasts forever.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, OP. My dearest friend is in a similar situation, with her MD husband on a COVID unit, coming home at night where he has to retreat to their basement. This is an extended trauma for those on the frontlines and a huge sacrifice for them and their families.
Is there anything that would help make it feel better or relieve some pressure? I would hope to help ease the burden on frontline workers and their families—and I’m sure others would too.
OP here. What would honestly help is if my friends called/emailed/texted to check in on us and see how we're doing, that would make me feel less alone. Only one is really doing that.
It would also help if my husband wasn't so grumpy/exhausted all the time. I have no quality time with my husband since this all started. We haven't had a conversation to ourselves in 6 weeks. We haven't sat and watched a movie together in 6 weeks. He lives in the master bedroom now.
When we do see him, he makes me feel like being with us is an imposition. We don't see him on the weekdays because he says he needs to go to sleep at 8 pm and he goes into work before we wake up. The weekends are not fun family time. He spends some time with the kids but isn't happy about it. He wants that time to himself to recharge from the week.
Anonymous wrote:As an introvert, I am loving this. This is great. Hope it lasts forever.
Anonymous wrote:As an introvert, I am loving this. This is great. Hope it lasts forever.
Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, OP. My dearest friend is in a similar situation, with her MD husband on a COVID unit, coming home at night where he has to retreat to their basement. This is an extended trauma for those on the frontlines and a huge sacrifice for them and their families.
Is there anything that would help make it feel better or relieve some pressure? I would hope to help ease the burden on frontline workers and their families—and I’m sure others would too.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As an introvert, I am loving this. This is great. Hope it lasts forever.
F you. People are dying from the isolation.
- an introvert who needs people
Anonymous wrote:As an introvert, I am loving this. This is great. Hope it lasts forever.