Covid-19 Community Support and Mental Wellness Thread

originally posted by: BoscoMoney
As someone who has struggled with sever mental illness all my life, I;m finding myself being pulled back into old self destructive behaviors. Its always been a fight to keep the positive times up and not let the negative come back and take over. things are beginning to build up this past week. this morning i was reading about the stimulus checks and who and who would not be eligible. It would seem that i would not. for me this is not a party thing, or a socialism thing, please dont bring that to me here. all i know is reading about it seems to have finally flipped that last switch. when i talk about sel f destructive behavior, i mean it litteral. when overhweling sadness grips me like this, i usually find an outlet in hurting myself. please, im not in need of intervention. im too chicken# to kill myself. food will do that eventually. Ive taken my panic pills so i am on my way to sleep now. i know this is all info with no end or point. i just wanted to express myself this morning. im a pathetic person

Sounding more like an overwhelmed person than a pathetic one. It's not easy even for people who haven't grappled with severe mental illness. Please be kind to yourself. (heart)

Eventually, this will pass.

a reply to: KTemplar

Sorry I dozed off for awhile after my whah whah rant.
But no nothing like that is ever confirmed.

Had to take my son to the doctors twice in the same day with breathing issues, severe congestion, and for grins Pink eye, he doesn't have any other symptoms of the virus and the doctor prescribed a breathing mask and albuterol, decongestant , and eye drops thankfully things are clearing up but yea didnt really get sleep for a few days.

then I got a call saying I was exposed, im on day 12 since exposure no symptoms since the head cold I had before being exposed ran its course around day 4 or 5 after exposure.

Shows a giant glaring hole in most preppers plans... I practice good hygiene stay home when I am sick and take care of myself and yet I get exposed because someone else doesn't.

There is a lot of luck involved with surviving the start of a problem like this virus.

a reply to: Irishhaf


I’m sorry you have been going through this!

Make sure you have or get a humidifier. Manuka honey, elderberry gummies or liquid form, licorice root and apple cider vinegar all good items to have.

It is infuriating to see people out and about and coughing without even trying to block it. This is what worries me most.

God Bless you and your wife and baby!

a reply to: KTemplar

I had a head cold a a week or so ago, and my sinuses, being the special, non-draining things they are, take their sweet time unloading, so I've had a minor cough for the past week and a half now.

I hate going out in public. I get dirty looks.

a reply to: ketsuko

Do you take allergy pills? They help me!

People will sneeze and cough, seasonal allergies affect many.

I just cringe when I’m at a grocery store and people are just wet sneezing spray without trying to use their arm or elbows to contain it.

I hope you feel better soon, and not going out in public may save your life!

a reply to: ketsuko

Turns out I am sort of allerigic to a lot of stuff in the spring time in south georgia, enough to keep me congested and keep steady drainage, on top of acide reflux irritating my throat as well.

Normaly the meds control the acid reflux but with all the extra stress they are only keeping it from being a full blown mess in my gi tract. So I have to drink fluids almost non-stop through the day and it helps keep the worst of the coughing away.


a reply to: KTemplar
I dont have manuka honey, but I am eating local wildflower honey every morning with breakfast, and yep have some elderberry gummies, and a pretty good variety of fresh fruit.

a reply to: Irishhaf



I’m glad you have the elderberry! Stay well!

How is everyone doing today? I had to borrow a laptop because I have dreaded black screen on my less than 1 yr old Lenovo. Grrrr, like I need laptop trouble to add to everything going on right now

Anyway, is anyone feeling better today? I feel that things are turning to a more optimistic outlook based on the successful treatment of WuFLu with Chloroquine.

I saw a couple of Drs saying this could "neutralize" the pandemic within weeks, not months.

Dr. Oz was one I saw that said that. I made me feel better.

a reply to: ketsuko

flonase or a similar otc nose spray really helps. i prob should start to use mind again as i have chronic respiratory issues. Rhinitis, without allergies I'm told....Whatever, feels like allergies to me.

a reply to: toolgal462

Sounded nice til you mentioned Dr. Oz...

a reply to: Puppylove

He was not the only Dr. I saw that said this.

a reply to: toolgal462

Hope you're right.

Man, I ordered some Manuka honey last week and it tastes like moldy socks.

Is that normal?

a reply to: toolgal462

I'm trying to get myself pulled back out of the pit of negativity I sunk a couple of feet into yesterday.

Mixed results so far.

I've ignored most news for the past few days, my browser tabs and resources all fixated either the obviously, singular issue - or mindless distractions from that issue ( entertainment news, games etc ).

I decided maybe checking something not Covid-19 related would help - so I closed some tabs and opened a new one...

... Only to instantly find out that my Senator apparently went to a classified briefing weeks ago, about the virus, and then immediately sold a few million in stocks while also spending a few million to buy stocks in a work from home software company.

Needless to say Operation Chillout got off to a dodgy start - but I'm adapting and working on it.

Hope all y'all are hanging in and holding up.

I think that a Golden Girls marathon will cure the WuFlu.

Seriously, nothing makes me feel less on edge than that show.

Only problem is I don't have it. And there are no good youtube videos either.

originally posted by: Hefficide
a reply to: toolgal462

I'm trying to get myself pulled back out of the pit of negativity I sunk a couple of feet into yesterday.

Mixed results so far.

I've ignored most news for the past few days, my browser tabs and resources all fixated either the obviously, singular issue - or mindless distractions from that issue ( entertainment news, games etc ).

I decided maybe checking something not Covid-19 related would help - so I closed some tabs and opened a new one...

... Only to instantly find out that my Senator apparently went to a classified briefing weeks ago, about the virus, and then immediately sold a few million in stocks while also spending a few million to buy stocks in a work from home software company.

Needless to say Operation Chillout got off to a dodgy start - but I'm adapting and working on it.

Hope all y'all are hanging in and holding up.

Yah, I heard that news myself but the story I heard claimed that there is no evidence of the three having any more knowledge of what was coming than the rest of us. *shrug*

It's not like in "good" times the same slime we vote into office don't game the system in 10 ways to Sunday....

I just blocked my ex, who pretends he is my friend and constantly making nasty remarks to me. I have been aware of this virus since early January, and I've been telling people it was coming. No one took it seriously in my orbit, including him....He made cracks about me being a hermit so what do I have to worry about?

Now, he sends me stupid texts criticizing Trump (he also has TDS). He said his sister takes a drug that she said was known to help with WuFLu (plaquenil). I told him it does and that I have the same condition and I was offered that medicine but declined and he insulted me because he thinks he knows better than I do about my own health.

I told him that even my Rhuematologist agreed that I would get minimal benefit from the medicine and it has some nasty side effects. It is after all, an old chemo drug. But if it was a matter of me dying of pnuemonia or taking the med, then yah, I would take it.

Anyway, he still replied with something dismissive about me "ranting". I finally told him to take care of himself and said I'd be blocking him and then I blocked him.

I am so tired of being treated like an imbecile by people. Especially when I always turn out to be right about stuff.

I have good instincts. I don't claim to be a genius but I have been very good at seeing bad things coming before others even give it a second thought.

I am tired of these people in my life. Including the 2 jerks I work for.

Next will be finding gainful employment where I am actually appreciated.

a reply to: toolgal462

I'm sorry to hear that. Relationships can be difficult. Differences of opinion as well.

But there are always touchstones too.

For example, I imagine a lot of folks on ATS see your username and don't relate, whereas every time I see it I suddenly have a guy named Maynard in my head informing me that his shadow is shedding skin.

originally posted by: Hefficide
a reply to: toolgal462

I'm sorry to hear that. Relationships can be difficult. Differences of opinion as well.

But there are always touchstones too.

For example, I imagine a lot of folks on ATS see your username and don't relate, whereas every time I see it I suddenly have a guy named Maynard in my head informing me that his shadow is shedding skin.

Right!!! Maybe cruising with my top down on the convertible with Aenima blasting will also help with the WuFLU. I find that album very cathartic!

They are "exes" for a good reason I suppose, right?

Hell, don't know what the hell I ever saw in the little troll....LOL

He is a highly educated person but that doesn't translate into being smart if you ask me.

The older I get, the more I love my cats. And I am not embarrassed either. But I get a lot of "crazy cat lady" remarks from my stupid exes.

So, I am watching some Golden Girl clips on youtube.

Dorothy had some of the best put downs for her ex, Stanley!!

I wish I had told my ex to "go hug a land mine" before I blocked him!!!!