I am over 65 and have a pre-existing health issue. In 2019 I had chronic bronchitis for several months. It was misdiagnosed twice as being a bacterial infection. A new doctor finally diagnosed it as allergy induced asthma and put me on a nebulizer with corticosteroids twice a day.

Then Covid 19 hit! I live alone and am totally isolated without friends or family nearby. If I got Covid 19 I think...I really think I would probably die...as at the moment my lungs are still compromised.

In light of all this I am wondering if I need to spend 100 per cent time indoors in my apartment.

I am wondering if I should not go out for walks. I don't know about this. I have to go through several locked doors to get in and out of my building. I guess I could wear gloves and a mask but I would feel kind of weird walking around in that get up.

My mental health is starting to suffer. I was already very isolated when I had bronchitis in 2019...and vowed to break out of isolation in 2020. To me this is like a very bad cosmic joke. I was already at the breaking point from social isolation.

I am feeling overwhelmed. Sometimes I call a crisis hotline to have someone to talk to. Most of the time everyone I talk to comments that I sound very calm and grounded...so no one really believes I am feeling overwhelmed.