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Originally Posted by divine1966
It’s a great idea to call your doctor and ask if it’s a good idea to go outside.
A good friend of mine is over 60 and recently retired. She has zero family, no kids, no partners, no one. We cannot see each other now for obvious reasons and she is not working anymore. So it’s isolating and lonely now
She does go out to walk once a day and she says it make her feel better to just see people from a far and maybe even wave at them. It helps her to feel less isolated. If your doctor approves it, it might help you feel less alone. But of course if doctor thinks otherwise it’s different
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I have been sort of voluntarily retired from age 61 until now, I am 66, and I am DONE with it. It is by far the worst period of my life. It is difficult if one does not have those "ordinary" placements such as spouse, grandkids etc. But I am really done with this. I didn't plan on getting sick and I didn't plan on Covid 19 but it has been a lesson. Social isolation is a tough nut. Look at your friend. She doesn't have the usual "placements" and it puts her in a sad place. Some of us might be too passive and accepting. I think it is kind of ironic that I have been feeling suicidally depressed...and now I am fighting to stay alive. My son lives thousands of miles away and all I really want is to move closer to where he lives. But to do that I have to survive Covid 19.
I can't believe I am fighting so hard to be able to take a freaking walk...when in truth I hate walking alone. It is sooooooo lonely to walk alone without a dog.
I need a new life and I think it has to include a dog. But first just to get through Covid 19. This is like living in a war. I am also going to work because I hate the word retirement and never again want to be "retired" from life.
