How are you all dealing with coronavirus and the restrictions many of us have to live

I've started to struggle as well. The loneliness, the being stuck inside, not getting a lot of sun, not being happy with my flat now I'm spending so much time here.

I don't think people who are trying to stay positive at home are doing nonsense. You have to keep living your life as much as you can and find a way to cope. As long as they are staying at home, they're still doing their part. You can't spend all your time thinking about all the people that are dying, it will drive you crazy and it's not going to help anyone. And maybe people who make the best out of staying at home will be less tempted to ignore the rules. The only thing that really bothers me are people constantly ignoring the rules, having corona parties, still visiting family over Easter.

It does sting, all those people enjoying their time at home. Because I'm jealous, but that's not their fault.
I hardly have anyone to talk to. No video calls with friends. No one checking in with me, just saying hi or asking how I'm doing.
Also don't really feel any solidarity in the neighbourhood. No singing from balconies

And yes, it's going to be a very long time before things go back to relatively normal. I know there are more important things right now but realising there might not be any concerts and festivals until at least after summer, maybe even next year..... not going to my happy place, not getting to hug some of my favourite people, that's hard. As is not knowing when I'll see my parents again and worrying about them.

You are right and I see what you mean when you stressed on the need to stay positive and focus on how people contribute by staying and doing stuff at home. Indeed, I came out with the point to keep a kind of routine at home to keep yourself busy and try to do the most normal life as you could but believe me, I don’t know how things are being there but here, there’s not a balance at all.
I’m putting on those people who lost a relative or a friend in the pandemic, who are already, many of them, because here in my country we overtook Italy’s figures.
I wonder how these people may feel with all these messages full of positivity and happiness one after the other. While, the figure of deceased people are mention quickly and hidden among other figures.
No balance at all. No real. No emphatic at all.

I'm doing the best I can with what I have. I'm going on about my business. I have a doctor's appointment next week. I'll practice social distancing. It's something I really need to take care of. Otherwise, my life hasn't changed much. I'm a homebody anyway. I'm just worried about the planet and people. I hope we all come through this Okay. Perhaps I can find some ways to socialize that I've never tried before. These apps like Zoom and HouseParty seem really cool. Only problem is you need friends to use them. I have no friends. I'm trying to meet people on Discord and Meet Up but it's hard. So life for me goes on as usual. Constantly alone and lonely.

On another side, Break, I think this excessive optimism has contributed not so much now, but especially at the beginning, so many citizens didn’t take enough seriously what it was happening.
This is how I see it personally. Maybe, I’m wrong.

Why do you emphasised that keeping social distance is something you have to take care of? Are you in a risky group?

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Originally Posted by AzulOscuro Why do you emphasised that keeping social distance is something you have to take care of? Are you in a risky group?

Where are you? We've been social distancing in California since March 4th - which is keeping COVID cases moderate.

You were very right when you mentioned that in your State things were taking seriously and very soon.
I’m in Spain and we began later the confinement. 10 th March and we even had very close what was happening in Italy.

My question to Deilla is because I’m not sure if she’s finding trouble with other citizens to keep distance or because she’s very social. You know...it seemed to me she overstressed this fact so I was curious to know.

I'm in the US. We've been practicing social distancing for a while. I was referring to being in a doctor's office and how to deal with that. Sometimes it's hard in close quarters. But I'll make sure to keep my distance in the elevator, the waiting room and in the hallways. I've been staying in my house mainly and not going places except to doctor's offices.

Yes, I understand now. Thanks for explaining.
Me too. I went out only for the indispensable. Unluckily, I had to take my female doggie for an urgent surgery but other than that and going for groceries once a week, I better stay at home. Not only for me but for others.

How is your dog doing now?

I'm thinking I will cancel my appointment next week. I feel bad for canceling and I really need the medical procedure, but I will be in worse shape if I get sick with Covid 19. I am just too afraid to go to a medical facility where I have to be around other people. Someone could be sick and not know it.

There was a moment I was a little worried because she vomited and she wasn’t recovering as expected but I took her again for a blood test and she’s ok. Now, I see her each day better. Thanks god, my princess will be soon jumping up and down again when they can stay out for a long time and all this confinement finished.

You are the best to know if it’s worthy. Consider that this situation is probably still gonna take a long time, if the procedure is urgent, maybe...
Are you in an area with a big rate of contagions?

I'm in a small town where we've only had a few cases. So I'm not sure what to think. I just can't bring myself to leave my house again. The thought of leaving brings on a great deal of anxiety.

My president gave a step back. Apart from essential works, other workers will be able to go to work always these jobs may be accomplished with safety measures. Mobility will take place so...Then, using masks is highly advise...I wonder where I’m gonna get them because it’s not truth that a normal mask you can made from any cloth may protect you or others from the virus.

I just noticed this thread a couple of days ago. I started to reply, but then I figured it would be better to post on my blog about how COVID-19 is affecting me.

But then I experienced two totally bizarre ideas; in both of these I question reality.

First, there's the idea that none of this is really happening at all. It's just me that's imagining it. Meanwhile, the world is going on as usual.

Second is the idea that what's happening is just a television drama that the public mistook for a real pandemic. Or perhaps it's a fabrication by an oligarchy that wants to shake up society "just to see what a real pandemic would be like." Or perhaps the goal was to upset the economy, so as to sell equities at a high price and then re-buy them at 30% lower price.

I'm glad I recently joined this forum -- it's a good place to "go crazy" in.

First of all, welcome to the forum!!

I’ve been lucky so far to not have lived neither in a period of war, so for me, also, at the beginning of this all, it was hard to believe it. After a week of confinement what I felt was that I was in a nightmare, in the sense that it was something bad but still didn’t seem real.

It’s interesting what you mention about bizarre ideas. I would bet many people wonder and have similar ideas. What I’m more interested in is why we may wonder these questions.
I also had these bizarre ideas, of course, I discard them soon but why I had them. Could it be that we got to believe ourselves so powerful that we can’t ever think of a cause other than that role by the human being.

I found a silver lining in all this madness. My physical therapy can be done at home now. I never finished my physical therapy last year because I hate leaving my house. Now the people that offer physical therapy can do it via TeleTherapy. I can do the initial consult and all 8 weeks of therapy from home. I'm so excited. Now I can do something about my lower back pain. I start tomorrow morning.

That's great news! Hope you get results soon, good luck!

I had to go to the post office today to pick up some parcels. (Of course, I was at home on the day of the "attempted delivery", no one even rang the doorbell though.)
I hope this doesn't trigger another week of anxiety. I spent about 20 minutes in line inside the mall. Although everyone kept a good distance, more than 2 metres even, I'm not sure if that's really enough when there's air vents forcefully blowing the air around Just have to keep reminding myself that there is only a small chance any of the people in line were infected.
(I also didn't want to risk an eye infection by not picking up my new contact lenses so I had no choice but to go.)

But worst of all it makes me really sad to live in a world where going to the post office is risky I've been struggling a lot with "will we ever get out of this" the past couple of days.

I'm an essential worker in a small pharmacy, so for the time being at least money and being able to leave the house regularly aren't an issue. But I am having lots of anxiety. Worried about what happens if we should unwittingly infect a customer, or if the business could survive if we all got sick, or even just had to quarantine out of caution.

I really miss eating out, but I'm just afraid of taking even that small risk. I can't find any interest or pleasure in hobbies I once did, on my days off I just lay around on the internet or Xbox. I've started drinking a bit...not good for an ACOA that comes from a long line of alcoholics on both sides of the family.