I live in
Switzerland, in the canton of
Vaud, thats in the french speaking part of the country and also the most infected place, its even more infected than the cantons that are in direct connection with Italy.
School got closed from 16th of March and reopened at the 24th of August, there was no rules about not going outside. They told people to avoid going out and a lot stayed in. Group pf people who are not from the same family could be arrested, I think if you were more than 4 or 5 and cops saw you, enjoy the fine.
Shops etc were and are still very very controlled by the commercial police to make sure the rules are respected.
I don't want to sound like a dude who profited from the situation but because the streets and city was nearly/totally empty especially in the morning, I would just go for a walk around and meet maybe 1 or 2 persons in TOTAL so could finally walk without stressing about the person coming,
which was good for my anxiety. Because we had a lot of free time, I spent more time with my parents and they seemed happy.
Then well we started to wear masks everywhere.
There's just
one thing that made me depressed during the lockdown (
massive overthinking caused by free time leading to depression):
Every Zoom meeting I saw people complaining about having to stay inside/not doing anything, while I felt normal of the situation because I used to avoid going out because of my anxiety and I told myself that, in comparaison with them, that
If I really "appreciate" something that made others unhappy except me, then I must be at a very low point, atleast I was "happy".
This is when I noticed something was really wrong with me and during this lockdown I also discovered that I
might have BDD.
Starting school with masks made me
completely afraid of taking them off in public or being in a crowded place like the bus without mask, and again wearing those "safety behaviours" reduce my stress while In a bus without mask I would believe that everybody is looking at me or judge me and every laughs are targeted against me, I never went far to that point before.
Atleast, I
learned a lot about me during this situation