How is everyone coping?

High bank balances are no real substitute for low moods,confusion despair and mental health issues.

Not everything that counts...can be counted.

it’s true , there’s been a lot of mental suffering in this pandemic

But I do know of mates, having saved money like never before, have redone their homes, new kitchens etc and couple others have saved enough for their weddings and paid off their loans. So for others, financially it’s really helped and that’s eased their mental worries over finances.
 
Good and bad days like most I suspect. Struggling with work at moment, mainly due to personality clashes with new boss and another guy. We lost over 650 staff since January 2020 and I have dealt with almost every single one. Get laptops/phones returned, disabling and deleting accounts etc. Bit soul destroying at times as worked there 13 years and some of these are friends as well as colleagues. Friends with little guy who worked in post room, got learning difficulties and I kind of took him under my wing. He lives with his dad and meeting him on Monday for first time since Oct. One positive became debt free for first time in about 30 years this week. No bank loans, both credit cards which were maxed to 9k paid off, overdraft paid (no one even knew I had the debt so had to keep that under my hat) and managed also to save some money towards wedding which will probably be next year. Missing my family back home in Northern Ireland, missing days out. I know some people lot worse off than me
 
Great shame it's the 2nd Easter on the spin that's been more or less a write off for people.
Yes you can travel but still cannot stay over anywhere or escape the torture of the last 13 months.
Feel sorry for families with kids, the roadmap out of this is far to slow.

They should have deferred these 2 bank holidays until June / July, if no one can go anywhere what's the point in having 2 bank holidays?
 
Great shame it's the 2nd Easter on the spin that's been more or less a write off for people.
Yes you can travel but still cannot stay over anywhere or escape the torture of the last 13 months.
Feel sorry for families with kids, the roadmap out of this is far to slow.

They should have deferred these 2 bank holidays until June / July, if no one can go anywhere what's the point in having 2 bank holidays?

I've got a 3k run race for my running club on the track, spectators allowed.

and then a BBQ round the in-laws today, taking our little one and gonna get on the beers
 
it’s true , there’s been a lot of mental suffering in this pandemic

But I do know of mates, having saved money like never before, have redone their homes, new kitchens etc and couple others have saved enough for their weddings and paid off their loans. So for others, financially it’s really helped and that’s eased their mental worries over finances.
There’s also been a great deal of mental wellness and enhancement of health during this pandemic. This has come, in a way, off the back of the pandemic which has showed that poor health is the biggest contributer to death with this virus and has made a great number of people wake the fuck up with regards to their health when it comes to many kinds of diseases and ailments.

A lot of people have had more time to shop and cook well, and therefore eat well... as well as exercise more and become fitter stronger and physically more able to cope with illnesses that might come along or just be fitter for life in general...there’s been less work stress for many people... better sleep patterns... better rest and recovery... more time spent with children for those who have them... more time spent enjoying solitude for those who don’t (like me, I live alone and have really enjoyed my time alone)... people have been able to see the outdoors more, walking running and cycling around the beauty spots in their local areas... people have learnt to spend less money on shit they don’t need to, many have had more spare cash as they haven’t been able to spend it on the things they usually waste it on... many have used that cash for home improvements and redecoration, making their habitat a better environment for them to live in... others have been able to pay off debts they wouldn’t have been able to without all this...

For many people the lockdowns have allowed them to become generally physically and mentally more well than they were.
 
There’s also been a great deal of mental wellness and enhancement of health during this pandemic. This has come, in a way, off the back of the pandemic which has showed that poor health is the biggest contributer to death with this virus and has made a great number of people wake the fuck yo with regards to their health when it comes to many kinds of diseases and ailments.

A lot of people have had more time to shop and cook well, and therefore eat well... as well as exercise more and become fitter stronger and physically more able to cope with illnesses that might come along or just be fitter for life in general...there’s been less work stress for many people... better sleep patterns... better rest and recovery... more time spent with children for those who have them... more time spent enjoying solitude for those who don’t (like me, I live alone and have really enjoyed my time alone)... people have been able to see the outdoors more, walking running and cycling around the beauty spots in their local areas... people have learnt to spend less money on shit they don’t need to, many have had more spare cash as they haven’t been able to spend it on the things they usually waste it on... many have used that cash for home improvements and redecoration, making their habitat a better environment for them to live in...

For many people the lockdowns have allowed them to become generally physically and mentally more well than they were.

I want to say my mental health has improved working from home aswell, the stress and time of saving on commute to London has allowed me to prepare work much better, help my wife with my newborn and just felt so much more relaxed in my own space. I've managed to keep my daily running going as i'm not time constrained like i am in the office. my world has changed for the better. Not seeing Family and them not seeing my newborn for a long time was particularly tough. but there will be a lot of positives to take from this lockdown for me.
 
In a weird way, the pandemic as become the catalyst for huge positive changes in my life. Basically to try and balance the anxiety of it all I started exercising regularly, drinking less, and trying to focus less on the things that stress me out and more on the things I love. Sounds daft and a bit facile, but it really has worked.

There are of course still good and bad days in general. I've not seen my parents in over a year and they're in their late 70's and early 80's. But they're okay and now they've been vaccinated I'll see them sooner rather than later.

Without wanting to sound like a hippie I do think that for a few people I know this last 12 months has allowed them to get in touch with who they are and what they really want from their lives.
 
I have been suffering terribly with my mental state since Christmas. I never really got over not being able to get back home and see my family at that time and all the talk of virus variants was like a hammer blow. I began to suffer pain in parts of my body at this time and spent lots on doctors appointments, ultrasounds and tests without really getting a clear answer to the cause of my pain. I have also been working in a poisonous environment with a backstabbing corporate ladder climber as my only "team mate".

After much effort I received two job offers at once this week and have accepted one of them and handed my notice in yesterday. The crazy thing is that my physical pain has completely stopped since I received those job offers. I am still monitoring the situation but feel a bit like it was the effect of stress on my body.
 
I have been suffering terribly with my mental state since Christmas. I never really got over not being able to get back home and see my family at that time and all the talk of virus variants was like a hammer blow. I began to suffer pain in parts of my body at this time and spent lots on doctors appointments, ultrasounds and tests without really getting a clear answer to the cause of my pain. I have also been working in a poisonous environment with a backstabbing corporate ladder climber as my only "team mate".

After much effort I received two job offers at once this week and have accepted one of them and handed my notice in yesterday. The crazy thing is that my physical pain has completely stopped since I received those job offers. I am still monitoring the situation but feel a bit like it was the effect of stress on my body.
Interesting, that’s definitely a real thing, psychological stress manifesting as physical pain, I’ve had various sort points in my body at times too this last year, knots in my back etc
 
How is everyone coping with this European trip to Porto....personally it’s nearly done me in, still stressed to the ceiling regarding tickets, tests, forms and anything else you care to mention.

Be interested to hear how people are coping, I feel a bit better having just penned the following

“An ode to Malcolm”

In ‘68 Big Mal had cried, Europe will be terrified
Soon the dream had all but died, they said Big Mal had fuckin lied.

The Kippax Street didn’t give a fuck as next we won the FA Cup

When Sheikh Mansour took us over, he promised us Guardiola
Pep declared the wait is over we’re all feeling glad all over

So it’s off to Porto on Saturday night
To finally prove
........................BIG MAL was RIGHT.................
 
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