Covid-19 Community Support and Mental Wellness Thread

a reply to: toolgal462

Thanks Toolgal! The kitchen repairs and rebuild was finished several weeks ago and so far it's been working out wonderfully.

The secondary, insect based problems are also nearly over. Not a full eradication yet but soon I'm told.

Of course it's 2020 so as soon as that disaster was under control, more popped up to fill the void.

The current ordeal here is that two of my sister's in-laws, a young and pregnant couple, tested positive for Covid and had visited my sister's home just a day prior.

There was a scare as my sister's boyfriend came down sick and was also tested. Thankfully yesterday they got the results and he was negative.

a reply to: Hefficide

Glad to hear the kitchen is repaired. Hope the rest continues to move in a positive direction as well.

Once the weather got better I kinda spent all day outside and mostly ignored Covid so I haven't checked in on this thread lately.

Hopefully everyone has survived and is getting on with life.

But yah, 2020 is the year that keeps on giving. And not anything good it seems.

I'm scared to go through a long winter if the Covid and political climate don't lighten up.

Is there any explanation as to why this popped up in "recent" this morn? just curious

a reply to: vonclod

I don't know. Some sort of glitch would be my best guess.

originally posted by: Hefficide
a reply to: vonclod

I don't know. Some sort of glitch would be my best guess.

We will call it a "cosmic bump"

Reading your post on the top, hope your family members skate through it without too much fuss.

How do I avoid pandemic? question for OSHO


Link

Is there a thread where people who are infected are sharing their recovey and post recovery experiences?

a reply to: deccal

Apologies for being so late in replying, I haven't been around as much as I typically am and neglected to check this thread.

Answering your question, I am not aware of such a thread but you are absolutely welcome create one or use this space for that discussion, whichever you prefer.

Revisiting this because one year and eleven days after creating this thread, yesterday, I received my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine - meaning in two weeks and six days from today, at least in theory and subjectively, I will personally leave behind anxieties that defined a full year of my life.

It's been a Hell of a journey watching how society, in general, reacted over time. Disbelief giving way to fear, fear giving way to acceptance, acceptance giving way to frustration and, finally, frustration giving way to defiance and anger.

I realize that this is ATS and a myriad of conflicting and diametrically opposed opinions exist here. My views aren't for everyone. It's the sort of place where I could well end up having to make videos just to prove that my 5G didn't improve and that magnets won't stick to my body now - and that's fine. I am personally just happy that a year of having a constant, subconscious source of anxiety will soon be over for me.

I hope you are all holding up well.

a reply to: Hefficide
Thanks for the thread. I followed it a bit last year when I was at my all time low but didn't feel I should post due to it being for mental health and my views were quite contrary to most people.

However, yesterday I phone a government run, canadian mental health line. Their website says no waiting nor put on hold but it rang a very long time before anyone answered. No biggie but when I explained what was going on for me the line worker went silent, a long silence then hung up on me.

What I had explained was what the pandemic is doing to those of us who don't believe it is that dangerous, that it is being blown out of proportion and causing untold subsequent damage. Regardless of whether we are right or wrong, not being allowed a voice is inhumane. I tried expressing this twice on my own fb page and friends turned on me, fb censored my further posts. There is no outlet to speak safely at the moment. Anyhow, I had explained to the phone operator that my doctor answered my concerns by prescribing antidepressants when I told him that I was angry about what was happening, I had a huge meltdown at the pharmacy when the pharmacist said I should feel better in about a week. I lost it and said I was angry not depressed, perfectly happy when not being interfered with.

I called the phone line a second time and spoke to a pleasant woman. She suggested that the line may have simply gotten cut off but did hear me out. She was compassionate but had zero resources for me despite fully understanding that I just wanted a safe venue to express this. Zero resources in all of canada!

So that truly sums it up. Short of a couple like minded people in real life, and a few on ats, I am utterly alone in this world. I'm naturally a loner but this is really hard. Even sharing this puts me at risk of being accused of wanting grannies dead. It's a heavy burden to lose closeness to one's family and friends when they don't understand why. Everything is censored and I don't recognize the world I live in anymore.

I don't mean any harm to any one who has or had covid but I live on a huge island with a small population that is in lockstep with the draconian measures around the world without a real need to. We have had more drug overdose deaths than covid for 2020! I only met someone who had it when I left the island and went to vancouver a month ago. A guy in his early forties who described it as a cold but with a really bad headache. I've worked with the public all through this and heard of nothing but colds or anecdotal mild illness. I know one person who had it alongside a lung infection, only tested because he went to the hospital. This man has had heart surgeries and many other issues. He recovered quick but was retained in a covid ward for some time. His business had to close and people were vicious about his "covid protocols" though when I went there it looked like they were taking the same precautions as any other business. People are so mean, especially when they are fearful.

As background, I'm a farmer and do not live a sterile life whatsoever. I eat food in the barn, or after playing in the dirt without washing my hands, I can eat off the nastiest public buffets with no ill effect mental or physical. I have adhd and learning disorders, only diagnosed at 50.

Perspective is everything. I raise rabbits and for the last two years before the pandemic we had an outbreak of a rabbit disease that is near 100% fatal and vectored by insects/wind, viable on surfaces for an extremely long time and ranges of cold/heat. Bleach isn't adequate to kill it. My adhd made it impossible to do the usual bio security that other rabbit breeders pride themselves on so I relied on wishful thinking and luck. So when this covid hit essentially nothing happened in comparison and I just couldn't take it serious. That, and years ago I had a fluish thing that knocked out my hearing for weeks, fever high enough to hallucinate for days, lost twenty pounds I couldn't afford, and my sense of smell is still off. It was six months before I was back to normal. So I see all of this as nature. These things happen. Why the big freak out? And why can't we discuss this publicaly?

I don't really need answers, just venting about the crisis line issue for the most part. Thanks for listening. Much love.

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originally posted by: Hefficide

Revisiting this because one year and eleven days after creating this thread, yesterday, I received my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine - meaning in two weeks and six days from today, at least in theory and subjectively, I will personally leave behind anxieties that defined a full year of my life.

It's been a Hell of a journey watching how society, in general, reacted over time. Disbelief giving way to fear, fear giving way to acceptance, acceptance giving way to frustration and, finally, frustration giving way to defiance and anger.

I realize that this is ATS and a myriad of conflicting and diametrically opposed opinions exist here. My views aren't for everyone. It's the sort of place where I could well end up having to make videos just to prove that my 5G didn't improve and that magnets won't stick to my body now - and that's fine. I am personally just happy that a year of having a constant, subconscious source of anxiety will soon be over for me.

I hope you are all holding up well.

Doing well. Whole family has had jabs, boosters, and flu shots. We're ready for anything!