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37 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

I wasn't trying to sneer it was more an observation. And yes too right the pandemic has brought up MH issues which need properly funded.

The answer to any of it isn't to prolong this pish a second longer than it needs to be. It is to open things up and for people to gradually (if they want) get back out there.

 

It didn't come across as a neutral observation.

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27 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

It didn't come across as a neutral observation.

I've read it back and it didn't seem to egregious to me..

I acknowledge the mental health issues that the pandemic has brought about, but as I say imo the answer isn't to try stay lockdown longer.. that makes more sense to me. Also, just cause things open doesn't mean people need to go and they can ease themselves back in as they see fit.

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1 hour ago, Zoo Music Girl said:

Just done my fourth volunteering shift after not managing to get any in April. Was the quietest yet due to a bit of a drop in supply at my particular centre, but they were taking some walk-ins for over-40s as well as appointments, which I hadn't seen there before. Nice to get back out there and see it all happening!
 

Other way round at my centre, last one was my busiest shift yet, non stop from start to finish and from talking to the staff, pretty consistently so. The poor receptionists were losing their minds by the end of the day

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1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

good response to a typically shitty little bully post from my man fray.

Usual nonsense from you, accused of bullying when I didn’t even aim my post at anyone. I’ve literally said there are mental health issues that need to be addressed by the gov with better funding fs.

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3 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

Usual nonsense from you, accused of bullying when I didn’t even aim my post at anyone. I’ve literally said there are mental health issues that need to be addressed by the gov with better funding fs.

That’s not what your post said at all though.

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10 minutes ago, BobWillis2 said:

Out come all of the offended lockdown lovers. 

Not at all. I can’t wait to get back to normal life, parties and festivals, but there’s no need to belittle anyone who’s not feeling like that... and compare people with potential MH issues to indie sage. 

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1 hour ago, jannybruck said:

Yes, and I think it's important to treat that as a health/mental health issue rather than sneering and being all "lol what a bunch of weirdos wanting to stay indoors" which the forum and social media in general often veers towards.

It's unhealthy to be so isolated and hermetic for so long, and the combination of WFH + lockdown + anxiety/media fear has made a lot of people not want to know any different, and would feel perfectly safe living like this forever. It has proper mental and physical impact, and if there's people on this forum feeling like that then – multiply by the amount of people in the country – there's going to be huge fallout from this over the coming year. Some people are going to freak out trying to assimilate back, and some will just double down and seal themselves off even more.

The government should be throwing money at MH support coming out of this pandemic because we're going to need it.

I’m out of upvotes but this is a very good post. You’ve raised some very important points and I think you are right there are people that will need to go slower than others and hopefully there will be the support available for people that need it. 
Mental health suffering should never be something that people should be made to feel embarrassed with as you say. I hope that it gets much more focus we we leave the pandemic behind us. 

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3 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

I’m out of upvotes but this is a very good post. You’ve raised some very important points and I think you are right there are people that will need to go slower than others and hopefully there will be the support available for people that need it. 
Mental health suffering should never be something that people should be made to feel embarrassed with as you say. I hope that it gets much more focus we we leave the pandemic behind us. 


Sorry but there was absolutely none of this offered to those of us who rely on social contact back during the lockdowns world forgive me if I don’t lose any sleep for those who are suffering now. I’m excited for the reopenings. 

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10 minutes ago, fraybentos1 said:

I said some people seem to be fine with lockdown. My point wasn’t really about mental health reasons tbh but felt the need to clarify that too after. 

some people have been able to deal better with lockdowns than others yep absolutely bang on there ..... I dont think many if any want those restrictions to continue though .... everybody is missing /has missed something that lockdowns have restricted 

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20 minutes ago, Fuzzy Afro said:


Sorry but there was absolutely none of this offered to those of us who rely on social contact back during the lockdowns world forgive me if I don’t lose any sleep for those who are suffering now. I’m excited for the reopenings. 

Why are you so lacking in empathy? We've all suffered from lack of social contact, especially at the start. And we all discussed how hard it was - at length.

I've no idea how your brain works that being happy for the reopening doesn't leave any room for any consideration for people who are struggling with re-integration.

Personally, I'm somewhere in the middle. On balance, I'm looking forward to getting back into things, but not without some apprehension about learning how to socialise again. I think I'll be fine, but I certainly feel for those who are going to find it harder, surely you'd have to be a psychopath not to?

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Just now, BobWillis2 said:

You would think/hope that as people get their first and second doses their anxieties about being around other people should ease far quicker than they would have otherwise. 
 


 

from a personal point of view it certainly helps .... but as someone that has been very aware of distancing and was shielding during the first wave its quite a difficult thing to break .... Im much more aware of my personal space at the moment ... and I guess a needle doesn't instantaneously stop that being the case ... Ill get there ive no doubt ... but some understanding for people that have had to shield would be great .... Thank you 

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My sister (28 with no health issues) got a text from her GP today to get the vaccine tomorrow. My brother (40 next month) is at the same GP and has heard nothing. I’m 36 and at a different one and still waiting. Seems like such a lucky dip this far into the roll-out!

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10 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Why are you so lacking in empathy? We've all suffered from lack of social contact, especially at the start. And we all discussed how hard it was - at length.

I've no idea how your brain works that being happy for the reopening doesn't leave any room for any consideration for people who are struggling with re-integration.

Personally, I'm somewhere in the middle. On balance, I'm looking forward to getting back into things, but not without some apprehension about learning how to socialise again. I think I'll be fine, but I certainly feel for those who are going to find it harder, surely you'd have to be a psychopath not to?

It's weird, right?

I prefer to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume there's an element of hyperbole in his posts. At least I hope so.

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11 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

My sister (28 with no health issues) got a text from her GP today to get the vaccine tomorrow. My brother (40 next month) is at the same GP and has heard nothing. I’m 36 and at a different one and still waiting. Seems like such a lucky dip this far into the roll-out!

That may be a quirk of the way appointments are being offered - specifically, that your brother has already become eligible to book through the national booking system for about a week now (due to turning 40 before July 1st) - so there's no reason for the GP to issue a special invite to him.

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5 minutes ago, incident said:

That may be a quirk of the way appointments are being offered - specifically, that your brother has already become eligible to book through the national booking system for about a week now (due to turning 40 before July 1st) - so there's no reason for the GP to issue a special invite to him.

When he looked at that, it tied to send him to a hub 20 miles away. Think he’s going to wait to get it at a more local venue.

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23 minutes ago, Ryan1984 said:

My sister (28 with no health issues) got a text from her GP today to get the vaccine tomorrow. My brother (40 next month) is at the same GP and has heard nothing. I’m 36 and at a different one and still waiting. Seems like such a lucky dip this far into the roll-out!

Could be that the GP has stocks of Pfizer/Moderna not required for 2nd jab, talk at vaccination centre is that they could be used for the under 30s who cannot have AZ.

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