[hopealwayz]

I am SO restless. I’ve been working on my mental health.

[ArtleyWilkins]

I was just about to die of boredom, but I'm a teacher and they finally put us to work this week. We are going fully online next week, so extremely busy creating lesson plans, online learning space/activities, and calling every single family in my 2nd period (5 hours of phone calls yesterday and still have to re-call 11 who I was unable to reach). Yeah, not bored anymore. LOL! We have some 53,000 students in our district and we're making a valiant effort to personally contact every one of them by Monday. It's a MASSIVE undertaking but necessary because we honestly aren't sure where they all are right now. For instance, I discovered one of my students has physically relocated during this crisis but she'll still be doing our work. We have other students whose families may have left the country but we are doing are best to account for all of them.

[ChickenNoodleSoup]

Fortunately, I have a rowing machine and some weights at home, so I exercise a lot.
Other than that, it's a bit boring, I pretty much do the same things every day (read, game, watch movies, eat). Usually I enjoy cooking, but since me and my partner decided to not leave the house at all for the coming months, by now we mostly eat canned food, not a lot of cooking involved.

Mental health wise, I'm actually doing better than I have been for years. I'm not stressed, not anxious (probably due to medication), have far less mood swings than usual.

[Omers]

I have H so I am not totally isolated but we are getting more and more uneasy around eachother. I am lucky that we live on 30 acres. A walk around the outside of my hay field is almost exactly a mile. We have quite the lot of cats, dogs and horses that need tending to. Soon it will be time for gardens and harvesting the various plants on our land.
I have either video sessions or phone calls with T every week and can email him. Pdoc I call. T said in an email this week that I am processing a lot and doing it really fast. I think some of that is because I can’t go anywhere and some is because I am more afraid than ever of not being able to finish my work with him.
H goes back to work soon (he was quarantined) and then things will get easier. I have a project I want to work on that relates to T and will help me feel connected. H is more jealous of T than ever so I don’t want to work on it while he is home even though he knows about it.

[ScarletPimpernel]

I'm not in isolation anymore than I was before. However, H being home all the time now...it's overwhelming. He's starting to feel anxious again and is grumpy.

For me, to fight the boredom, I play with my dogs, watch tv, play games on my phone and computer, sleep, and read forums and fb.

I, too, am no more isolated than before. My husband is working from home, so I actually see another person now more than usual. I used to sometimes briefly hang out at a couple places that I don't now. It's not a major loss, for the time being.

My schedule and day to day life is virtually unchanged. note: That's not really something to envy but it does mean that I'm suffering little anxiety over this situation. So far anyway.

[DechanDawa]

I dislike the feeling of everything being closed. It's weird and surreal.

I don't mind being at home...I live alone and am used to it...but for mental health it was already important to be able to go out, see people, sit and have a coffee, browse through a book store...

I feel like my mental health has taken a big hit this week.

[ArtieTheSequal]

I'd already been working at home for over a year before all this started, so not a big change for me at least during the day. Plus we've been working a lot of overtime so I am too tired to want to go out anywhere anyway, even if I could. I do at least make sure I go out in my backyard once a day to stand barefoot in the dirt it helps me stay grounded.

I took a leave of absence bc I'm scared AF of the coronavirus. I told my supervisor I'll be back when it blows over and he said ok. Now I'm bored AF and am contemplating going back when pandemic reaches peak, rather than it being completely gone. I've been through hours of Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube per day. And cleaning house. And I'm still running out of things to do.

[unaluna]

Originally Posted by Xeero Gusteaux II

My schedule and day to day life is virtually unchanged. note: That's not really something to envy but it does mean that I'm suffering little anxiety over this situation. So far anyway.

Yeah things on the tv will freak me out from time to time, but i just switch to a stupid youtube video and i feel better. I am taking my temperature every day though. I dont want to be blindsided.

[mote.of.soul]

Well, for me - someone who has had to get used to the fact that I have very bad social anxiety - handling the current isolation aspect of these times is actually not a problem. It's something I've had to get used to a long time ago. So, I probably represent a small percentage of the earths population for whom this is the norm; the recluse, the hermit, the self isolator. Must be hellish for everyone else.

[Row Jimmy]

I am exercising, climbing a few mountains, running, and doing a lot of stargazing at night. My wife and I are getting along surprisingly well. One thing this has taught me is that I am not in control and can't force my will on my life. It has been liberating sort of going with the flow.

[mugwort2]

Watching free classic old movies on youtube. Keeping in touch by phone with relatives and friends and my male friend.

[zapatoes]

Taking it day by day, stressed some about setting up working from home, but look forward to working from home. Just stressed about initially setting up home work space.

[eskielover]

Lol....me & all my friends are getting their spring cleaning & yard work done without interruptions of social gatherings. We are going to be a country with the cleanest houses & immaculate yards by the end of this.

The sense of accomplishment is great.

[ArtieTheSequal]

I cleaned my kitchen yesterday afternoon. The countertops practically sparkle now and that makes me happy. I need to clean my office next. I have papers everywhere!!

[divine1966]

My husband and I enjoy spending such unusual amount of time together. We don’t normally have the luxury. It’s very nice. We like having each other around. He works but not every day because his shifts are long, in health care. But I am home all day now. I.

I normally am very hyper constantly doing something person so I guess it’s ok to take it slower. I am trying

I’ve been reading, talking to people, doing deep cleaning and organizing, catching up on tv shows, doing work online, going outside if it’s warmer etc

[Mountaindewed]

I’m doing pretty good. I’ve figured out the online grocery shopping. Also I got some cat litter ordered and a few things from amazon. I have a doctors appointment I have to go to tomorrow. They called to confirm on Friday and said I had to go. But I’m doing ok with the isolation.

[-jimi-]

We don't have many restrictions. Business as usual.

Not that a lockdown would affect me much. When I go outside it's mostly to walk the dog.

Just teed off concerts will probably be canceled this summer, I had so many plans.

[Nammu]

I'm really missing the library. It was my go to place where I could get away for awhile. I also liked playing on their computers cause they're much more powerful and up to date than my iPad

[Deilla]

Being isolated is how I normally live on a day to day basis. So I am managing as far as that goes. I keep myself busy with chores and hobbies. The difficult part is trying to get the food I need and/or supplies. It gets worse each day. And the news makes me anxious. Often I have no one to talk to. So I feel like I am suffocating. Like the world has gone mad. Another down side for me is that some of my medical appointments are canceled or I'm too afraid to go. So I'm suffering physically when normally I would get treatment.

[MuseumGhost]

I've started to get anxious about going shopping. Things were very weird last week when I ventured out (all stores crowded and claustrophobia-inducing, to me; people behaving rudely and impatiently with one another; long lines everywhere and dwindling selection of goods)---and I did not feel like trying it again for another week, at least. We're well stocked-up, but there are always a few things I need, since I cook. It all hadn't been a problem, until last week.

Now I'm facing having to go out again. I'm not looking forward to it.

Otherwise, things are going pretty well. I've been able to keep busy, and the house is getting its Spring Cleaning, by degrees. Husband has been very nice and very helpful.

[pliepla]

Well, first: I've divorced last summer and I've been struggling to build up a start of a social life. Also I'm extremely depressed and yet I had two things that I held on to: tango and painting classes. For the first time in ten years - with the exception of a three month trip to India - I've been without tango for more than a week. Painting classes were cancelled until further notice.

In Belgium, we are allowed to leave the house for physical excercise though. For me that means walking and ironically, the social distancing guidelines have given me more social contact than ever. In general, people I meet - except when in supermarkets where many still think hoarding is in order - are more friendly and many engage in a three minutes chat from a safe distance. I've never really had a problem with smalltalk but my utter lack of self-esteem makes it extremely hard to reach out to people so even while I know I can be funny, empathic etc., I hardly ever meet new people. For now that has become easier. But I'm not really optimistic: once things are going back to normal, the friendliness will wear off and my anxiety will re-emerge.

For a few weeks, I guess we all know in the back of our minds - although it has not been made official - that all summer festivals will be cancelled. For me that means that I will not have two major jazz festivals to go to (usually, it is a lot easier for me to engage in a conversation there) and I won't be dancing outside of my usual bubble. Moreover, I was kind of counting on the painting classes to be a starting point for a new social circle. I know some people there are into jazz and Indian classical music as well, but with everything cancelled (at least) until the end of the month (my guess is, we will not meet again before the summer has passed since this is not an essential activity), I see the potention of building up a peer-group any time soon jeopardized.

For now, I'm doing quite fine but once more people start working again, I'm afraid I'll gradually become more isolated. And I am quite worried about the summer ...

[Sunflower123]

I’m an introvert so this is right up my alley. I’ve set goals for myself and am happily making progress each day. I don’t feel the usual pressure to go out and connect with the world.