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Dealing with COVID-19

What effect is the pandemic having on your mental health?

  • It is making it easier

    Votes: 16 24.6%

  • It is making it harder

    Votes: 49 75.4%
  • Total voters
    65
The pandemic is getting me down. Haven't left my house enough. Still having issues with masks. I just want it to all be over already!
 
I'm in the final stage of being selected for an inoculation. They just have to contact me now. Nothing left to do but wait, as my "tier and lane" in my state is now officially eligible for vaccination. Any time guys. Stick it to me!

But how long that may be is anyone's guess. The state bureaucracy is still trying to track down so many people older than I am. Mostly those who have no Internet or phone. :confused:
 
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So far, I got shot number one last month. I am eligible due to having epilepsy, but that has been well-controlled. I did feel a little fatigued, and had redness in the area that my mom is concerned about, but otherwise I am fine. My two besties got the shot as well, and we plan on getting the second one this Saturday.

Once the shots fully kick in, I have doctor and dentist appointments to set up, because I didn't go last year due to COVID. I also gained weight due to being cooped up in my home as a result, and am currently dieting. I will need to get my last name changed and my state ID renewed, as well, as they were mostly unavailable during the pandemic.

So yeah, story of my life. Probably the hardest part of my life to go through, but otherwise going well now.
 
Now discharged from the clinic. They don't seem to think I'm about to die. Had a thin q-tip shoved way up both nostrils, which was not particularly enjoyable.
 
I'm starting to panic now. My brother's girlfriend is leaving for a while, meaning that my mom has to babysit, possibly meaning that I may not get my second shot on time. I NEED this shot so I can be mostly immune to COVID, and for my mom to deviate from this plan is stressing me out. My mom is my ride, and I am desperate for one.

Before anyone tells me that I need to learn to drive, I'm too scared; my ex drove like a maniac, getting into too many accidents, and I am too scared of cops pulling me over. Which is why I don't want to drive.

If I don't get this shot, there will be a chance that I will melt down, and it will be terrible because I lasted for more than a year without a meltdown, and I don't want to spiral down again
 
NVM, got to my appointment on time, but I will have to wait in the parking lot like I did last time. No big deal, though, but I do want to get it out of the way.
 
I was in a supermarket earlier today. I was patiently waiting on another shopper at the freezer section, adhering to social distancing. At this time of covid I thought the person was being unreasonable perhaps. She was taking a long time, reading packaging on various frozen meals and putting some back. At normal times I think a customer can take as long they want as there's no requirement for social distancing. And to put some items back, I heard touching items you are not going to purchase is frowned upon.

One of my friends told me that he was in a supermarket walking along an aisle, and a customer saw him at the other end of the aisle but stayed in the middle instead of moving to the side.
 
I'm just getting weary, in the dumps tonight, got this e-mail today regarding what would have been a classic car cruise night this upcoming summer:

Firstly, I hope everyone is well.

Please note that we will not be proceeding with our weekly car shows this season at Grey Eagle Casino.

We will now consider a few Sunday car show events only for 2021. Information will be sent out upon confirmation of any car show event dates should we decide to proceed.

Note the word "consider" (no guarantees of anything), I just want normal life back! I can't fully understand how (except for liability reasons) people decide so far in advance to just cancel things... But it sucks for the people who would partake, enjoy, celebrate the event, celebrate anything in life...

And as one year has passed, tonight would have been a night one year ago when I would consider going to a regular Friday evening music open mic I went to and enjoyed... It was of course cancelled one year ago, just like everything else in life... The worst part that there was no warning, like a rug being pulled out from underneath my feet...
 
They're not vaccinating people in my age group yet where I live, but at some point I will need to get one if I want to travel.
 
Aspergers_Aspie said:
I'm against 'covid passports'. And I agree with the UK human rights orginisation 'Liberty'
Liberty's view on immunity passports - Liberty
Click to expand...

It does represent quite an erosion of civil liberties in a democracy.

In the US we were well beyond that point when the "Real ID" Act was made law. That as of next October (if the date isn't pushed back again) those without Real ID symbols on their drivers licenses will be unable to enter federal buildings or travel on commercial airline flights. In essence that Real ID symbol becomes a "passport" of sorts. But this is based on terrorist threats rather than anything pathological.

Something I still need to rectify with my own state's DMV, who put some tough demands on getting that Real ID symbol on my license.

Documentation required citing your full SSI number on various forms of identification. It's the 21st century! Who the hell (including the IRS) puts your complete SSI number on much of anything these day? :rolleyes:

Duplicate License or ID

So on top of it all now they want a vaccine passport. Papers please! Dein ausweis! Raus mit euch! o_O
 
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Mid-March, when I would normally start to look at the schedules for car shows that start up in the spring (other events as well), it's starting to look like another dry summer... All my favourite weekend car shows once again appear to be cancelled, even with vaccinations coming in... And I thought that alone would open things up for ways to celebrate and enjoy life, this is getting rather tiring by now, when life will return to normal, will it ever return to normal? :(
 
This Tuesday afternoon...I finally get to be vaccinated. Whew...:)

"What a long, strange trip it's been." o_O
 
Had my vacc' two days ago.

That's it.
Nothing to report really.
Vaccinated at 18.00hrs.
Felt some malaise and sleepy til 22.00hrs
Slept like a log all night.
Awoke 'full of beans'

Still waiting on the sore arm & symptoms but nothing to report to date.

The process and system set up at the Vacc' center I attended was very well organised.
Helpful attendants. Clear factual instruction. Seamless process.

Initially I'd been stressing out because I didn't know what to expect or what I might have to deal with, ie, others getting too close or shambolic set up.

Needn't have worried. Couldn't have been simpler :)
 
Learning as much as I can helps having a background in both engineering and micro biology .just a interesting puzzle.my new interest since I Left hospital. would love to pass on what I have found so far.
 
A little humour from a friend...

Medical experts in Ottawa today were asked if it is time to ease the COVID lockdowns.



Allergists were in favour of scratching it, but Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves.

Gastroenterologists had a sort of a gut feeling about it, but Neurologists thought the government had a lot of nerve.



Obstetricians felt certain everyone was labouring under a misconception, while Ophthalmologists considered the idea short-sighted.



Many Pathologists yelled, "Over my dead body!" while Pediatricians said, "Oh, grow up!"



Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness, while Radiologists could see right through it.



Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing and pharmacists claimed it would be a bitter pill to swallow.



Plastic Surgeons opined that this proposal would "put a whole new face on the matter."



Podiatrists thought it was a step forward, but Urologists were pissed off by the whole idea.



Anesthetists thought the whole idea was a gas, and Cardiologists didn't have the heart to say no.



In the end, the Proctologists won out, leaving the entire decision up to the A-holes in politics ‼️‼️‼️‼️
 
Things are shifting like tectonic plates. People seem unclear about where to stand in stores. However more people seem to invade my personal space like the body snatchers. There are more people talking about their vaccinations as a rite of passage in 2021. But a nurse said we will zoom up in numbers the minute spring-break happens. I feel some relief, l survived lockdown and missing toilet paper. I ended up liking the ability to hide my face out in public. Kind of a blessing. It made me buy a home that l couldn't see myself doing precovid.
 
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