Covid-19's Impact on YOUR well being....Help us help others!

[blondguy]

Hi Everyone

This is a difficult and unprecedented time we are all going through. Out of 10 how has Covid-19 impacted your well being?

Just for myself...I come in at about 8....A brief post will help us help others more effectively!

• 0 to 5 .......... Low impact...................Coping well and not really worried about Covid-19
• 5 to 7 ...........Medium Impact.............Concerned about Covid-19 yet is doesnt effect me
• 8 ................. Frequent Impact........... Very concerned and checking media/news reports
• 9 ................. High Impact..................Frequently concerned and experience some difficulty functioning daily
• 10................Very High Impact...........Difficulty sleeping...increased anxiety...loss of concentration and/or feelings of helplessness

The forums are a rock solid safe and non judgemental place for anyone to post 🙂

my kind thoughts always

Paul

[geoff]

Hello Fred, I agree totally with you, it's so annoying these politicians who are supposedly meant to be running this country can't get a damn thing right.

What happens if 90% of Victorians out of 6.681 million get the jab and a couple of people have the virus, is the state going to be closed again, the state will go broke, the only stores counting their blessings are the supermarkets.

Geoff.

[fred4761]

Tonight I am at a 10! I am in regional Vic and have been struggling since the snap lockdown number 6 and then the quick snap out of lockdown only to go back into lockdown 7.

This afternoon I was informed that an organisation that I volunteer at is now a Tier 1 exposure site and we all have to stay home and quarantine for 14 days and get tested. The person was someone visiting my town from the city and I am irate. I am so angry that some thoughtless person travelled to my town and visited multiple businesses including the one where I volunteer. I am so angry that the government/police/whoever did nothing to prevent this person travelling from a hotspot in Melbourne to my town. I am angry that because of my age and because of being in a rural area the soonest that I can get book in an appointment to get vaccinated with the recommended vaccine was 5 weeks from the date that they first became available to my age group. That date is not until next week 😞 I feel like I have done everything right and still I am being punished. I don't understand when the premier and the health officials say that if you can't get a vaccine near you then travel to somewhere nearby. I don't want to travel far to get a vaccine. I am scared to travel to bigger towns with more active cases to get a vaccine. I am so frustrated that the government are talking about opening things up now that so many people are vaccinated . . . . what about the people who want to get vaccinated but haven't been eligible until recently and then the next available appointments are weeks away. It bothers me that the government are saying that the best vaccine is the one that is available to you now and then my GP and specialist did some bloodwork and advised me that they would prefer I wait for the Pfizer or Moderna. I feel so confused and conflicted - should I be following the advice of my doctors who have tailored their advice based on my own medical needs or do I give in to the mounting pressure that the government keeps putting on us?? I am angry that I even had to stop and consider this before my rational mind determined that it makes more sense to follow the advice of my doctors. I am so over this never ending cycle of locking down, doing the right thing and then being penalised with threats that if I am not fully vaccinated by the end of October or whenever we reach 80% vaccinated that I won't be able to enjoy the same privileges as fully vaccinated people.

[ecomama]

Hey everyone, group hug.

Hey fred4761, all of your feelings and questions and statements are valid. Being at a 10 is not fun. Hugs!

I'm in former "Greater Sydney" then we magically popped to being "Regional NSW" - what a crazy palaver.

Anyhoo our "escape" from Greater Sydney did nothing (as we actually hadn't moved anywhere geographically) but placed Regional NSW under greater restrictions.

Thanks (sarcastically) and sorry regional NSW?

I'm at about a 2 where all this is concerned, maybe a 1 or zero. I just don't care or better worded can't care.
I know my own capacities. I was beyond my capacity last year and refuse to go there again.
3 months in lock down now? IDK.
I refuse to watch any telecasts or listen to news, I turn my radio down in the car at news time.
Nothing makes sense except for the sense I can make of my own life for me and my family.

My C-PTSD went rife last year during lock down and I was horribly effected by all the news. I took leave, got treatment and feel stronger than ever now. Only for myself, I can see others around me falling apart and losing their minds.

All friends I speak with are ANGRY. I'm taking a well deserved hiatus from them for now.
I see anger in my children's friends, and wider, it's horrible what's been going on.

We've had so many Covid tests now, I've lost count.
3 in one week at one point.
"Close contact of a close contact of a ...." yep that's it, which means my WHOLE family has to be tested and self-isolate, on repeat on repeat etc etc etc.
I re-stock pantries and freezers pronto on "release".

I notice NDD - Nature Deficit Disorder, more than ever now. Hyper focus on media.
Grounding ourselves and connecting with nature - even if the SKY is the only part of nature you can absorb, is the only way to get through atm.

This and working really physically hard, so I'm tired and can sleep better, is working well for me.

Turning of the media has been a life saver.

There have to be SOME people "okay" when things open up and I aim to be one of them.

Keep the faith everyone!

Love to all
EMxxx

[quirkywords]

EM and Fred

what a hectic time you have had,

I think you both express what people are going through.