Location: Whenever, wherever, ON Joined: 06.27.2013
Oct 29 @ 11:33 AM ET
I agree with you and understand..
When this first started and people were hoarding TP/Lysol/etc, I had my first ever panic attack.. I went grocery shopping and got to my car, sat down in the drivers seat and had a breakdown..
I had never experienced anything like that before in my life. - PatC80
There's nothing about this that's easy. Even for introverts who like to be uninvolved, they still want involvement.
Especially in March/April when you would leave your house and there was this omnipresent fear that you were going to go out and contract a virus that was absolutely going to kill your whole family. Like you were making a run for supplies in The Walking Dead.
We started to understand more and there became a bit of a rote process about things, and it's easier, but it's still ridiculously hard.
Still, the idea of sitting in a restaurant or a bar or doing anything indoors is not something I'm willing to do - but I'd like to. I'd like to get out with my kids again and go somewhere.
I think collectively we're angry and depressed because we're powerless to do anything about it. We do what we can, but God knows - everyone is going through this in their own way, so anytime anyone is having a hard time and talks about it, they're probably helping other people indirectly, too.
I'm worried about the depression that is going to hit when the days are short and the nights are long and cold.
I'm not going to lie to you: I'm not myself these days. I can feel it - just the dread of doing the same thing over and over. I struggle to put 100 per cent effort into things.
We all need to wear masks. We all need to social distance.
But I think we all need to be empathetic to people who are struggling. Make sure they follow the rules, but be kind about it. - Atomic Wedgie
Absolutely this.
I am pretty interested to see where this takes us the next 5 years. You know when this thing magically disappears, right?
I'm worried about the depression that is going to hit when the days are short and the nights are long and cold.
I'm not going to lie to you: I'm not myself these days. I can feel it - just the dread of doing the same thing over and over. I struggle to put 100 per cent effort into things.
We all need to wear masks. We all need to social distance.
But I think we all need to be empathetic to people who are struggling. Make sure they follow the rules, but be kind about it. - Atomic Wedgie
Location: I would never let my children play hockey. The risk of getting drafted by Edmonton is too high", ON Joined: 08.11.2011
Oct 29 @ 11:55 AM ET
There's nothing about this that's easy. Even for introverts who like to be uninvolved, they still want involvement.
Especially in March/April when you would leave your house and there was this omnipresent fear that you were going to go out and contract a virus that was absolutely going to kill your whole family. Like you were making a run for supplies in The Walking Dead.
We started to understand more and there became a bit of a rote process about things, and it's easier, but it's still ridiculously hard.
Still, the idea of sitting in a restaurant or a bar or doing anything indoors is not something I'm willing to do - but I'd like to. I'd like to get out with my kids again and go somewhere.
I think collectively we're angry and depressed because we're powerless to do anything about it. We do what we can, but God knows - everyone is going through this in their own way, so anytime anyone is having a hard time and talks about it, they're probably helping other people indirectly, too. - Monkeypunk
Well said..
You're right, we can only do what we can.. I do get upset when watching the news and Doug Ford press conferences.. How many more times can he say "come on guys, suck it up"?
When this first started, I was doing all the groceries for my inlaws (I still am) and I was scared I would somehow, unknowingly pass the virus to them both..
i'm optimistic that wealthy western countries will be back to normal by fall next year, just in time for cyclocross season - TheMussel
Yes, as long as the stock markets survive, the world should be back to 'normal' within a year or 3. But if the virus doesn't go away, the world economy could crash...
Yes, as long as the stock markets survive, the world should be back to 'normal' within a year or 3. But if the virus doesn't go away, the world economy could crash... - 21peter
I dont think this goes away, I think it just becomes normalized.
But this is coming from someone who doesn't have confidence in a vaccine.
Location: avid reader of the daily douche news Joined: 03.14.2014
Oct 29 @ 12:03 PM ET
There's nothing about this that's easy. Even for introverts who like to be uninvolved, they still want involvement.
Especially in March/April when you would leave your house and there was this omnipresent fear that you were going to go out and contract a virus that was absolutely going to kill your whole family. Like you were making a run for supplies in The Walking Dead.
We started to understand more and there became a bit of a rote process about things, and it's easier, but it's still ridiculously hard.
Still, the idea of sitting in a restaurant or a bar or doing anything indoors is not something I'm willing to do - but I'd like to. I'd like to get out with my kids again and go somewhere.
I think collectively we're angry and depressed because we're powerless to do anything about it. We do what we can, but God knows - everyone is going through this in their own way, so anytime anyone is having a hard time and talks about it, they're probably helping other people indirectly, too. - Monkeypunk
Location: Whenever, wherever, ON Joined: 06.27.2013
Oct 29 @ 12:20 PM ET
Why not? - Tumbleweed
My mother-in-law, who is 73, lives with us. She has COPD and a weak heart. It's a risk we don't want to take.
There have been studies that have attempted to discredit the impacts of mask wearing, yet the underlying numbers showed that 50% of those who "wore masks all the time but still got COVID" had been out to eat indoors at a restaurant, and 71% of those same respondents had been indoors at a bar or casino as well. I think those numbers are probably exaggerated, but the point remains that I believe in the underlying context behind them.
The virus is at its most effective indoors particularly in poorly ventilated or poorly circulated areas. This describes my favourite local pub.
That said, we did go to a patio a couple of times when the weather was better this summer and had a meal stuck in an extended portion of the patio in the corner of a parking lot . . . it's a very peculiar time.
