Mental Health During A Pandemic

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Pretty well, touch wood.

I mean, it's all relative - I was reading the case of two African American men who were wrongfully imprisoned and one of them spent 43 years in solitary confinement.

I am in no way denigrating what you are going through but in times such as these it is important to keep busy and remember to be thankful for what you've got, whatever that may be. This will pass.


How are you doing OP?
 

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It's not fun, but find I can work from home with no problem. Go out to pick up groceries, and twice to get my hair cut. Hike and run some on the local trails. Not many people hiking in hot weather but last few days made me think it was time to find a new trail with no people. Yard work helps too. Just fill day light with projects, nights with reading and you will survive.
 
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My life hasn't been terribly different.
Other than not being able to take my girl out on a date, because of theaters/parks/restaurants being closed, not much has changed.
My job is deemed "essential". So, I go to work as usual. Gyms are open. So, workouts are at a regular pace.
I don't fear human contact, like some.
I know the risk for myself & accept it.
No way in hell I was going to hide indoors forever.
Like the saying goes: " I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees".
 
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I don't fear human contact, like some.
I know the risk for myself & accept it.
No way in hell I was going to hide indoors forever.
Like the saying goes: " I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees".

That's a very irresponsible attitude. If you think social distancing is only about your own safety then you have gravely misunderstood the whole situation.
 

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That's a very irresponsible attitude. If you think social distancing is only about your own safety then you have gravely misunderstood the whole situation.
Nope.
I understand it perfectly.
I'm not forcing anybody to do anything they are uncomfortable with.
I maintain a personal space whenever possible.
I wash my hands & clean surfaces whenever possible.
And, if I was sick, I'd stay home.
Don't like it?
Don't care.
 
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Nope.
I understand it perfectly.
I'm not forcing anybody to do anything they are uncomfortable with.
I maintain a personal space whenever possible.
I wash my hands & clean surfaces whenever possible.
And, if I was sick, I'd stay home.
Don't like it?
Don't care.

You do care. Or else you wouldn't have replied.

And sure, now you say that you are cautious. That's a whole different attitude from the one in your first post.

And what I don't like is how you throw shade at people who "fear human contact". Not everyone is ok with dying like you are.
 

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As a longer term medium-severe sufferer it isn't amazing.

Before this I was having issues and let things slip a bit.

It was kind of in a process of getting through challenging avoidance. Sometimes we break to fix, but fixing gets interrupted.

Avoidance is now enforced, and coping mechanisms may be useful in some sense…which given effort to rectify them I do not see as positive. Its a depression.

The major source of anxiety follows an election in the UK I found to be rather worrying. Somehow, the country being in that kind of divided dishonest state, having to deal with this is problematic. Social anxiety is major, because as many know it feels like scrutiny by other members of public, and some perhaps arbitrary restrictions by those who voted in favour of a poor medical system.

The scrutiny, the doom, hysteria, a kind of socially enforced tribal justice, perhaps I am familiar in that I have shared at one short time delusions regarding nuclear war (full psychosis, sectioned) and thus am placed in an albeit less absurd, but seemingly comparably big shift that is not produced by my thoughts with, is worrying me about returns of that illness. Occasionally leaving paranoia and mild peripheral visual disturbance/trick of mind (not exactly hallucination, but perhaps mistaking objects for people out the corner of eyes)

I am a musician too and venues do not cope. It has taken a while to be playing them after mental health issues.

*also turning on quora after four months or so… BiBig mistake. Forgot how shite minded people can be, and the confusing lack of true communication going on here.

Another note I obviously cannot go to therapy, and careworkers are way too overloaded, thankfully am no longer a severe case but they are truly worried a out psychotic, self harming, suicidal, drug addicted and perhaps abusing people.
 
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Sure there are times when you can't help but get a little depressed about the COVID situation, but I think it's possible to turn this into a positive experience in the end. It's all about your attitude.

I've been keeping myself busy with new and old hobbies. Learning a new language, learning how to cook/bake new things (I made my first croissant yesterday! :yum), gardening, reading, exercising, doing a lot of yoga, and catching up on a huge list of Netflix stuff I've wanted to watch.

I've also been reconnecting with people I didn't have the time to connect with before this thing. I'm basically looking at this year not as a "wasted" year, some kind of forced confinement or "punishment", but as an opportunity for self improvement and growth. When this is all over I'm going to be a better, and stronger person than I was before :)
 

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You do care. Or else you wouldn't have replied.

And sure, now you say that you are cautious. That's a whole different attitude from the one in your first post.

And what I don't like is how you throw shade at people who "fear human contact". Not everyone is ok with dying like you are.
First paragraph- no. It's true. I don't care what you think. Deal with it.

Second paragraph- never said I *wasn't* taking normal, everyday precautions like washing my hands. You read into it.

Last paragraph- if you are afraid, that's your issue. Some are scared. Some aren't.
I have no desire to die prematurely. With the current numbers, I have better than a 99% chance that won't happen from the virus.

Like I said, I don't want to force anybody to do anything they are uncomfortable with.
Want to stay hidden? Go for it.
The world is opening back up.
Get some therapy lined up if you need it to deal with the situation.
 
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That's a very irresponsible attitude. If you think social distancing is only about your own safety then you have gravely misunderstood the whole situation.
First of all... he didn’t say anything about social distancing in that first post. Second don’t get all high and mighty about “social distancing” because you’ve decided to do it now. Personally, I’ve done my best to keep people at a distance for years because people are nasty and I don’t want their gross on me. People have been spreading deadly viruses by being too close since the beginning of time... Does that mean I can call you irresponsible for waiting until now to keep your distance from strangers and wash your hands? Please. All this self-righteous BS can disappear any time. Your (not you specifically, people in general) fear does not give you the right to lash out at people who view things differently.
 

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I've been fine so far. Being essential I've had to work throughout this pandemic. So I have at least been interacting with my co-workers.

Temps taken every morning and at the end of shift. I've only been going to work and home with the occasional stop at the grocery store for needed items.

With the exception of not going to the gym which I have missed immensely. It was always a stress reducer as well as boosting my energy level throughout the day.
I'm thinking I might start going back to the gym in the morning.
 
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Turn off the news
It's an odd one. At the start of it all I was my usual news junkie self but found myself waking in the morning, switching on the radio news and starting the day with dread or checking my phone throughout the day... and it's such a confusing, depressing, overwhelming ARRRGGGHHHH!!!! that is emitted that I was more selective about how I got my news.

I now check the headlines at midday and at 5pm I listen to an hour long BBC radio daily news discussion programme that's had the whole day to think about itself and is quite non shouty.

That's all I need. Not constant frickin' updates.
 

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Been workin from home since March and it’s been hit or miss. Some days I miss the office some days I think I don’t need it. Early quarantine I had no schedule and felt super unmoored. My mental health greatly improved once gyms reopened
 
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That is what the right wants you to do. Just get tough, and vote them out.


Not a right or left thing. The media gets ratings anytime theres a crisis so they just beat it into the ground, panic builds ratings. Same with 9/11 or anytime theres a hurricane here in FL. Now add the election on top of this and they just wont relent. 24/7 cable news has done more mental health harm than anything.