UK lockdown is actually helping me

[HopelessBorderline]

I feel like I'm getting a break from "real life"
I don't have to go to work, so no pressure or stress there. I don't have to feel guilty for not seeing anybody or make plans. I'm not even bothered that I can't see family as such, because they bring drama.
All around me (well, on social media) everybody is complaining about all these factors that are having such a negative impact on their life whereas I feel like I'm finally getting a breather. I don't even have to attend my therapy sessions because of the huge backlog in telephone appointments. I've never felt so calm in a long long time. I feel free. Why?

If anything I'm scared to death about everything being "normal" again, real life is fucking shit.


(This is not me saying that thousands of being dying of corona is a good thing, obviously)

 

[Deleted member 23885]

My mental health is bad regardless of lockdown. Actually, it's not really helping me. But, I wish you the best of luck.

 

[HopelessBorderline]

My mental health is bad regardless of lockdown. Actually, it's not really helping me. But, I wish you the best of luck.

I'm really sorry to hear that. I think I'm just enjoying not having control of something and it not being my fault for once. I don't feel any pressure by anyone else. I don't feel like anyone's burden. All of a sudden I'm left alone with my thoughts and nobody else's input. Irony that it's actually helping.
If there is anything I can do to try and help you, I'm always available to talk. Hang on in there!

 

[WornOutLife]

Yeah, the lockdown helped me too!

Although here in Argentina it's over and people are doing everything wrong because they just don't care about the virus.

I think we'll have another lockdown in a few months.

 

[death137]

This pandemic is also helping me

 

[Nymph]

Yeah I can relate, the lock down helped me too. Having online school instead of having to wake up everyday at 6 am with 5 hours of sleep made things easier. Also I can just stay at home more so that's good. It feels bad to enjoy this lockdown while others are having problems with it but we've been suffering in regular society our whole lives so why can't we get a small break from it?

 

[ovaltinee99]

I'm exactly the same. A lot of people are complaining about how their mental health has deteriorated because they're extroverts and social animals forced into lockdown (and their complaints are obviously reasonable). I just hope this experience allowed them to understand the other side of the coin, too - that for the longest time this world has forced introverts and people with social anxiety to constantly socialise and be subjected to the world's noise, which is not very good for our mental health either.

This world has honestly favoured extroverted and social people because "humans are social beings." I just hope that when this is all over, the world would be equally accommodating to introverts and socially anxious people who want their own space too. A lot of people are coming out of this pandemic mentally scarred and I hope the world would be gentler and kinder to each other as we process our issues, pandemic-related or otherwise.

 

[alice-in-wonderland]

I am grateful for lockdown too. Normally I would invite my mom to stay for a month and take her to places while I really need to find and satisfy myself first.

 

[Wrennie]

I actually temporarily forgot Covid was even a thing since I never leave my room. I do thoroughly enjoy the isolation aspect of the pandemic. It's easier to turn down friends' invitations for gettogethers because 'social distancing' is now seen as a valid excuse.

 

[elfgyoza]

First lockdown helped me massively, I went from 10/10 suicidal in February to having loads of energy, enjoying life, in March until July. Definitely agree with @ovaltinee99 - it was the extroverts complaining! I don't need a lot of socialisation and the lockdown lifted all of life's responsibilities. This lockdown is different for me though, I was already in a psych ward over Christmas and my biggest triggers are sound related so I'm getting worse lol