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William of Walworth said:
I really don't forsee any change in decision up at the DVLA, from what I've heard .....

A friend told me late last night that he's been stood down from the call centre part of it -- that's where the majority of cases happened.
Will do a bit more digging tomorrow.
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It appears, I'm told, that the message from the bosses is that right now there are only ten -- and according to the below link, four! -- live and isolating cases :hmm: :hmm:

Let's just say I'm sceptical! ;)
It is true that the call centre is the main area of concern though.

This is a crap South Wales Evening Post story (front page headline! ... beware the annoying pop-ups too!), but worth a look anyway .....
 
If you’re feeling unwell and worried right now then call 111 for advice. They’ll assess whether you need to be seen and where.

Re the GP surgery, I guess it’s all down to the delivery of the message and how that’s been taken by the member of staff.
When we’re unwell or frightened we can come across like an angry bear when we probably don’t mean to. To the person on the receiving end, that could feel abusive and threatening and they have a right to be treated fairly and with respect at work just as you do as a patient.

Would it be worth writing with your concerns and also possibly explaining why you might have reacted the way you did? Apologise for your part if you feel you need to? When you’re feeling better obviously.
 
muscovyduck said:
Not doing much at all with my evenings right now, just stuck in my own head :(
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Artaxerxes said:
I am so fucking angry and miserable this morning.

What a farce this whole situation is.
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It is fucking hard isn't it :(

I am not much of a 'going out' person anymore and all my family are pretty spread out/independent in our own idioms. However there is a tedious drag to this shit that is wearing me down now. I am following the rules and trying to get outside but mental health is a struggle.

What saddens me is that after the Corbyn hope (deluded perhaps/likely) and Brexit I can see nothing but a bleak future. Pile Covid-19 on top of this and can understand why people are really struggling.
 
I put in my prescription request on Friday morning and went to pick it up Monday and it hadn't been completed. OK, no worries, I can go a day or two without my adhd meds. Messaged them yesterday on ask my gp to find out if it was ready before traipsing out in the cold and rain only to be told it won't be ready till Thursday. Fuck. I wonder why its suddenly taking so long? I've had no problems all last year getting it on time.
The consequence for me is that today I've woken up feeling extremely foggy headed, confused and down for the first time in months. My brain is clearly dopamine depleted. I have to work from home feeling like this and that is hard. My anxiety is rising purely because now my usual daily tasks now feel daunting.
I guess I'll have to start ordering my prescription a week in advance. Sounds like a simple solution ...but not so much for someone who struggles with 'executive function' which is a right wanky term tbf.
 
Badgers said:
It is fucking hard isn't it :(

I am not much of a 'going out' person anymore and all my family are pretty spread out/independent in our own idioms. However there is a tedious drag to this shit that is wearing me down now. I am following the rules and trying to get outside but mental health is a struggle.

What saddens me is that after the Corbyn hope (deluded perhaps/likely) and Brexit I can see nothing but a bleak future. Pile Covid-19 on top of this and can understand why people are really struggling.
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Recently I've been feeling like my chest was about to explode, but I've found that breathing helps (who knew!?).

If you have Samsung Health there's a "stress" section with a nice breathing tool. "Calmaria" is another breathing app I liked.

It helped me so I thought I'd share in case it can help someone else.

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Have been trying to walk and get as much fresh air as possible. Reducing the booze/fags and almost stopping 'other indulgences'

Am still trying with the meditation and breathing as mwgdrwg mentioned above.

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Last cpl of days have been quite trying mentally, and my wife and I are very blessed with our setup (work, home, relationship etc.) so I can't even begin to imagine how tough it is for others.

Strength to all.
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This is the thing. I am okay (on paper) with a WFH job (which I dislike but is still a job) and despite some pretty small issues things are okay. It is just the bleak future that makes me want to stay in bed.
 
Badgers said:
Have been trying to walk and get as much fresh air as possible. Reducing the booze/fags and almost stopping 'other indulgences'

Am still trying with the meditation and breathing as mwgdrwg mentioned above.


This is the thing. I am okay (on paper) with a WFH job (which I dislike but is still a job) and despite some pretty small issues things are okay. It is just the bleak future that makes me want to stay in bed.
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I'm stopping drinking for a bit. Started doing some pushups. Taking my vit E regular.
Vaccine shot has reduced my anxiety a bit.
Getting a bit of hash involves a seven mile walk which is good.
Increasing daylight is obvious and gives me cheer and hope.
 
It doesn't help that we're in the depth of winter at the moment, At least when all this started I could sit outside in the evenings and weekends. I'm still going for my evening walk but at the moment, I need to put on a thick coat, hat, scarf and gloves and go for a walk in the dark and the cold. It feels like a chore at the moment rather than something to look forward to.
 
Sorry I need to get up and have Breakfast because as you know I'm fucked if you stress me out (see your comments on the 40day fasting thread about blood sugars, potassium and coronary events). Putting y'all back on ignore :)
 
MickiQ said:
It doesn't help that we're in the depth of winter at the moment, At least when all this started I could sit outside in the evenings and weekends. I'm still going for my evening walk but at the moment, I need to put on a thick coat, hat, scarf and gloves and go for a walk in the dark and the cold. It feels like a chore at the moment rather than something to look forward to.
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Aye, it's hard motivating myself to get up and out in the mornings before work which I was doing a fair bit in Spring and Summer. Even getting out lunchtimes is a stretch.

I'm so exhausted just living like this, it's been over a year of nervousness at this point (I was aware of lady Rona early on) and 10 months of being told not to go anywhere or do anything.
 
I’m about to jab myself up with Golimumab after three months off it.
I’m presuming it will put me back in the clinically vulnerable category but arthritis is overtaking at the minute
I’m keeping away from the housemates, they are out most the day and when I drag my arse out of bed I sanitise everything in the kitchen and living rooms and isolating in my room on an evening

smoke me a kipper skipper
 
Like many people above, I have it easy really, decent enough house, garden, can work from home (not much work / money coming in, but I do have savings) - but the last few days have felt really bleak. It just feels relentless, the nothingness. Finding it so hard to motivate myself, having periods of intense fatigue. Actually feeling a lot better today, I think perhaps because I hit a bit of a rock bottom and forced myself to be a bit more active and engage with a few non-work tasks rather than stare blankly at the PC.

I am not particularly sociable these days anyway but the not being able to go and chill in a coffee shop, or go to the gym, or just take the train to Manc or Leeds and mooch around for a bit... just endless walking, which i love, but no destinations. Starting to find it hard to even meet friends for a walk because it increasingly feels pointless without anything to even talk about. My mum is 80 next week too, and while we're not particularly close I feel awful not being able to go and see her. I suppose the one thing to remember is I'm always fed up in January, and at least this year there is an actual reason, and even in lockdown it will feel much better come March. That's still a way off though.
 
I am actually feeling a little bit better today. I had been trying to stick to a strict routine with WFH but gave up last night and feel a lot better for it for now. Weather being warmer probably helps too, which is a suprise to me because I like the novelty of bad weather
 
I mean it's anecdotal but literally everyone I know seems to be finding things way harder to deal with now than ever before. I know I am.

And that's not weird is it? Like all the stresses are going to have somehow vanished, or everyone is magically going to have learned how to deal with it all and behave as normal? That's the sort of shit that some bosses would like to believe in and pretend is what's happened, but it's not. Call me nuts but generally IME the longer you put people under unrelieved psychological stress, the worse they get.
 
Weirdly enough, I find that going into work (almost) 'as normal' is helping ...

Gives me a routine -- and bloody hell, the job really is routine! :hmm:

Still, at least it's part-time :)

But I'm really sorry to read here that numerous Urbans are feeling pretty down at the moment :( :(

Biggest of sympathies.

I wonder whether it might be worth remembering that even if there wasn't this horrendous pandemic ( :( ), January** can be about the very worst time of year for feeling down and miserable -- short days and shit weather :(

**So to have a really poor-weather January -- and conditions are particularly shit right now :thumbsdown: --in Covid-times is going to challenge even the most upbeat people.
 
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PS : Unwise as this thinking might be in some respects, I have a large piece of optimism nurturing within me, and that's down to the Magic Vaccine and prospects thereof.
The Vaccine is the only thing I am optimistic about (what with another near-destroyed festival season coming up :( ), but Science , and reading about it here even the :( bits, isn't half helping me......

Urban in general is also helping me a lot in these grim times. I hope others are finding hanging out with other Urbans of an evening is a positive for them.

Anyway, life will improve even if that's mostly because of Spring coming up from March onwards! :thumbs: :cool:
 
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lazythursday said:
Like many people above, I have it easy really, decent enough house, garden, can work from home (not much work / money coming in, but I do have savings) - but the last few days have felt really bleak. It just feels relentless, the nothingness. Finding it so hard to motivate myself, having periods of intense fatigue. Actually feeling a lot better today, I think perhaps because I hit a bit of a rock bottom and forced myself to be a bit more active and engage with a few non-work tasks rather than stare blankly at the PC.

I am not particularly sociable these days anyway but the not being able to go and chill in a coffee shop, or go to the gym, or just take the train to Manc or Leeds and mooch around for a bit... just endless walking, which i love, but no destinations. Starting to find it hard to even meet friends for a walk because it increasingly feels pointless without anything to even talk about. My mum is 80 next week too, and while we're not particularly close I feel awful not being able to go and see her. I suppose the one thing to remember is I'm always fed up in January, and at least this year there is an actual reason, and even in lockdown it will feel much better come March. That's still a way off though.
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Yep main topic of conversation is normally covid which I don't normally mind because it's something we have in common but I wonder whether it leaves other people a bit depressed.

Did today make an effort talking to neighbours to move the conversation to the birds we're feeding though. Ended up really pleasant talk. Will think of other topics for different neighbours.
 
William of Walworth said:
PS : Unwise as this thinking might be in some respects, I have a large piece of optimism nurturing within me, and that's down to the Magic Vaccine and propsects thereof.
The Vaccine is the only thing I am opitimistic about (what with another near-destroyed festival season coming up), but Scince , and reding about it here evn the :( bits, isn't half helping ......

Urban in general is also helping me a lot in these grim times. I hope others are finding hanging out woth pother Urbans of an evening is a positive fopr them.

Anyway, life will improvbe even if it;s mostly because of Spring coming up from March onwards!
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FEBRUARY onwards :D (Celtic spring anyway)
 
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