Here we can all be heard for a little while. Part 3

Savvy_Sue

dekaspace1 said:

Im worried as my brother is on the vulnerable group and got a chest infection at weekend and hasn't been answering his mobile or landline for 2 days.

If you don't have any contact details for friends and neighbours, and you don't live locally, it could be worth contacting the police (not as an emergency) and asking them for advice. If you think that's a step too far, send him a card to say you are concerned about him and ask him to get in touch. 

dekaspace1

He finally got back and is fine, just has a cold so self isolating for a week. (not corona)

Izadora

I know that everyone's panicking at the moment but I'm finding things really hard and I'm terrified that I'm going to have made my parents ill.
I popped by yesterday to drop off some home-made cake and pick up some toilet rolls and IzHe's now in bed as he came over all dizzy after eating lunch and has been asleep all afternoon. He didn't come in with me and his temperature was totally normal earlier but, even though I kept my distance from mum and dad and didn't touch anything other than the toilet roll, I'm scared. I know that the fact that my brother works at a doctor's surgery and was there on Saturday was far more of a risk to them but they're in their 70s and my dad has COPD so they're in the high risk category and I wish I hadn't listened to them when my dad said it would be fine for me to go there. I thought that it would be okay as long as I popped in and out as quickly as I could but what if I was wrong? Everyone's been saying that it's serious and don't go out unless you really have to and I now feel like I've just recklessly endangered two people who mean the world to me.

Sorry for being pathetic and rambling but my head's been spinning all afternoon and I don't seem to be able to calm myself down.

I hope everyone's well and staying safe xx

little_green

ahhhhhhhhhh really loosing my mind tonight. worried. anxiety through the roof. I think i have tight chest pains. is this corona? is this my imagination? I'm scared. I don't know what's safe anymore. Can i just stay at home bubble wrap the apartment, clean surfaces & door handles hourly & rock back & forth in a corner til this is over? help

Izadora

little_green I know it won't make them any better but it's more likely that the chest pains are related to anxiety than corona. If there's nothing that you need to go out for then definitely stay at home. I know that everything's terrifying at the moment but, other than following the advice to stay home, there's not really a lot any of us can do about it. I know from how much I've been worrying that it's pointless telling you not to but if rocking back and forth in a corner is what you need to do to feel better than do it. I hope things don't look quite so bad this morning.

Waves_and_Smiles

Izadora, you aren't pathetic at all. This is a worrying time for everyone. I panic everytime I pick up our weekly shopping (I do click and collect) that I might have infected WaSp despite using wipes on the trolley and myself afterwards, plus gel, plus thoroughly washing my hands when we get home. We can only do our best right now and you are clearly doing that.

LG, I agree with Izadora that it sounds like anxiety. The feeling of not being control is the worst for me because my OCD means I desperately try to grasp control of everything. You are also doing your best in circumstances none of us planned for, even though it feels woefully inadequate to us that is all we can do right now. Hang in there, this will pass eventually.

Izadora

Thanks WaS, I hope things are as okay with you as they can be in the current situation.
IzHe's still not feeling great but is much better than he was and I've been checking on my parents a couple of times a day and they're both still well. I think I'll probably be worried until I'm past my 14 days' isolation and they're still fine but at least the level of panic seems to be easing off a bit now.
Stay safe everyone xx

Waves_and_Smiles

I'm glad everyone is OK Iz and you are feeling a bit calmer.

Amusingly, I seem to be doing ok because a lot of my mental health problems are based around interacting with people and leaving the house. I was made for self-isolation! I am still picking up our shopping through click and collect once a week (WaSp stays in the car and I wipe down everything) but otherwise I am not stepping out of the door. It is harder than WaSp who liked going out but he is in the highly vulnerable group so will be in for the next 12 weeks.

MothballsWallet

I'm annoyed with my sister in law (SIL) - my wife's with her family at the moment caring for her mum (they live in Russia, which is now also on lockdown), my MIL is in one of the at risk categories, but my SIL is acting like the lockdown doesn't apply to her, so she's going out when she shouldn't be and saying she thinks the virus is fake 

geminilady

MothballsWallet said:

I'm annoyed with my sister in law (SIL) - my wife's with her family at the moment caring for her mum (they live in Russia, which is now also on lockdown), my MIL is in one of the at risk categories, but my SIL is acting like the lockdown doesn't apply to her, so she's going out when she shouldn't be and saying she thinks the virus is fake 

Does your SIL live with your wife's mum?am not surprised you are worried.If I was your wife I would not let SIL in the house she would be putting everyone at risk