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mepace10

2020/04/12

Support our Healthcare Workers As a pre-licensed nurse, the PPE (personal protective equipment) shortage is an issue I feel strongly about. Without the proper protective gear, nurses can not provide safe, quality care to their patients and in addition are putting themselves and their families at risk. Currently, in many areas of our country, doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers are having to rely on makeshift masks such as bandanas, plastic, and other household items. A close family member of mine has been on the frontlines screening for Covid-19 and has been having to reuse disposable masks and was also instructed to conserve all PPE. WIth America being one of the wealthiest countries in the world this is something hard for me to understand. It is simply not acceptable. I would like to encourage anyone who feels led to write to their congressional representatives asking for their support in getting sufficient PPE to our health care workers. I have also attached a link on information for making or donating PPE. If you have any other questions or comments I would love to hear from you. Thanks!

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yokie2526

2020/04/12

Dealing with covid and a narcissist My husband does not take precautions even though he is diabetic and our son suffers from asthma. He said he is not concerned yet he keeps drinking pediolite and ingesting tylenol on a daily basis like it is a cure. I tell our kids stay away from your dad if he shows symptoms. I am so stressed because there are a lot of people/friends/family members that are not taking this seriously.

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seanhaggins21

2020/04/12

Help With Roommate Visiting Friends Each Week My roommate has continued to visit friends' houses multiple times each week (different sets of friends each night, some of which have roommates) -- staying there well past midnight before coming home. I've had 2 talks with him and he has refused to stop visiting friends' places stating that it's for his mental health. He claims to "need social interaction" for his mental health "outside the walls of our apartment." What can I do to convince him to stop going out and putting me at risk?

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anight_toforget

2020/04/13

I feel trapped. Advice/Tips welcomed please. This corona thing has ruined my life. I have been laid off for over a month. I am homeless. I have $15 to my name. My car is on empty. I have been crashing with friends around the country, but I can't afford to do that anymore. It seems my only option is to return to Louisiana and live with my family there. In addition to LA having a ridiculous amount of COVID cases, my family is very chaotic. My family triggers my depression and suicidal thoughts, so I've avoided staying with them for the past two years. I am absolutely terrified that my suicidal thoughts will get bad again, and I can't afford to see my therapist if she even accepts phone/video conferences right now. I hate feeling like a victim, but I'm beginning to feel hopeless. I have no financial support. I would love any tips or advice on what I could do in this situation. Thank you.

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N95ZThrowZN95

2020/04/13

Mom is 64 and Works at Lowe's While I Work in an ER - Feeling Like It's Inevitable She Gets COVID-19 I work as a medical scribe in an ER. I am trying to get another job, but a lot of the ones available would still have me working with the public like my mom's retail job. The most promising one I have applied for is 911 dispatch. It would be a godsend. The job is full time and has a high enough of a wage bump that my mom would be able to quit her job and stay at home if I could secure it. I know that I have already come into contact with this bug in the ER. I feel like it's not a question of if but when I track it in and give it to her. The anxiety about this is driving me crazy. She's been smoking since she was 12 years old and is on blood pressure medication. She already gets winded from basic physical exertion. If she isn't the poster child for who CANNOT get this virus, I don't know who is. I've been crying every day for 3 days in a row. I'm surprised it's not a longer streak, really. I keep picturing the hard conversations with the doctor over and over - her testing positive, her going on a vent, and her eventual death. If she made it on a vent, I could only hope that she would be heavily sedated when she passes. If/when she dies, what do I do? I feel like I'm killing her by going to work. I'm not sure how I will be able to live with myself. I have asthma (albeit mild) and am sitting on a BMI of 30 (obese), so I'm not looking so hot either, but my chances are way better than my mom's due to being 37 years younger.

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cosmospup

2020/04/13

anxiety over asthma & covid venting and asking for some reassurance. i (m22) have a weak immune system. i always have. i also have mild asthma and have been on preventative and active inhalers since i was 3. i feel like a sitting duck right now, a duck desperately trying to pretend i’m not going to die in the next few months. i just feel like if i get corona it’s going to be how i die. i’ve always been a sickly person because of my immune system. I doubt i would be able to fight it off. for example during the H1n1 scare, i caught it and was very sick for several weeks, originally i needed hospitalization but i made a surprising recovery which prevented me from going into the hospital. something that makes me feel even worse is i am stuck in a home with THREE essential workers who leave home and return everyday. as soon as these people arrive at our house i ask them to first thing change clothes and then wash their hands. i also wash my hands constantly, wear a mask if i have to go out (for food), and make sure that my medications are all stocked up. regardless of all this, NOTHING is making me feel better. i also have panic and anxiety disorder as well as clinical depression. it’s my birthday in two days and i have literally never felt worse. if anyone can reassure me or perhaps add some factual evidence about the risks of corona and having asthma, i feel that would help me greatly.

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myanxietyaccount22

2020/04/13

It’s all so confusing. Does anyone else waver from extreme panic and fear to an odd sense of calm over this crisis? One day, I’ll be completely convinced that if I contract this virus, I will die. The next day, I’ll feel confident that while it’ll be a horrible experience, I’ll survive it. Then another day, I’ll have a very calm acceptance of “if it’s my time, it’s my time”. Then my anxiety will go overboard for even thinking that. However, through all of this, I am really just down. That’s the common feeling.

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0101001000011

2020/04/13

My mom is a nurse on a COVID floor, and my brothers are grocery store workers. I came back here because I was living in my car in the Bay, but I don't think it's safe here anymore. I'm in California still, but in a smaller city. The cold air from sleeping in my car fucked up my lungs, so I thought maybe if I come back home, I should have a better time surviving. I left my car up north with a friend because it is dangerous to drive. I'm still having issues breathing every morning after sleeping, so I guess my lungs are permanently fucked up. I just don't know what should I do. The city is not taking it seriously here. Neither is my my family. Either I be homeless but still having risk in an area taking it more seriously or more cases, or I stay here with less cases, but more close contact. I don't have a job, so I have food here with family. My mom is already working with COVID patients. What should I do. edit: I have asthma, and that's why I have issues with breathing cold air. Edit: I am with my family now, but I don't know if it's right decision.

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Pentacle_Pagan

2020/04/13

Taking in relatives who might have been exposed My SIL works at an old folks home. They have recently had 1 (so far) confirmed case of Covid19. The unit where the individual case is located is locked down, with a full scrub in required to enter. SIL might have had contact with someone who had been in contact with the confirmed case, but has no known contact with confirmed case. My MIL lives with SIL and is definitely immunocompromised. Suggestions have been made that perhaps MIL should stay with us for a while but that defies the current shelter in place order and makes me worry about my kid, myself, my SO.. But especially my child. The only spare room we have is located directly next to my kids room and the bathroom my child uses. I don't know what to do here. I want to help but all I see is the potential for my child to wind up sick. Kid's not immunocompromised but has respiratory issues like crazy and almost constantly. He just got over a 2 week battle with pneumonia about 3 weeks ago. Again,i want so desperately to help but I cant see past the risk to my child. Reddit, what do I do? My heart and my head are tearing me in two different directions and I cant see clearly. Any help is beyond appreciated!!

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AppaloosaLuver

2020/04/13

Quarantine Elsa album I put these together to help someone out whose kid didn't want to wear a mask "because Elsa doesn't wear a mask." The folks at r/Assistance suggested I share this here as well in hopes it'll help more parents and spread a little joy to the kiddos. https://imgur.com/a/IvF09Tt

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x78370

2020/04/13

Boss took away hand sanitizer from employees and told to use 100% alcohol instead - at a medical production company. How is this legal? A friend of mine is very distraught with conditions at her company. They are a small company and manufacture medical components/supplies and she is worried with how they're handling the COVID-19. At the end of last week her boss removed all hand sanitizer from the workplace citing concerns about it somehow being transferred to the products and gave them 100% alcohol to use on their hands!!! There's no way their hands won't end up dried like the Sahara and bleeding. Is this even legal? To make matters worse, there's a fellow co-worker who thinks it's amusing to fake cough around her and is not taking it at all seriously. I've read articles of people in public getting fined and charged for such behavior. This company is in the US and I'm hoping someone out there might have some advice for how she can deal with any of this crap she's dealing with on a daily basis. It's severely affecting her, as you might imagine. She's a strong woman, but this environment is NOT good! Does she have any legal action she could pursue or something that could help safeguard her?

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NegativeBarracuda

2020/04/13

Increasing Anger Reflex Increased emotions are definitely part of this ride. Normally I'm the rock, the logical one in the family. I'm the one that can (and has) function in multiple emergency situations, including serious injuries. I have always been the calm, stoic, methodical one in frantic situations. Lately, however, I am getting angry. Like, illogically angry. No patience. Constantly irritated. Sounds are setting me off. Certain topics are rubbing me the wrong way when discussed. Sometimes there appears to be no reason for the anger and frustration at all. It's just there and I'm struggling to shake it. I recognize the anger and have not taken it out on anyone or anything around me. I openly state that I need to disconnect for a second and physically remove myself from being around others for a quick break. Last night, it was so overwhelming that I couldn't get myself out of the negativity loop. I was just so *mad.* I'm still working. I'm 'essential', but not really. I'm in an office with 3 people. The rest are working from home. I feel like perhaps I've relied on structure too long. Logic for too long. Predictability and planning and the long-game. At work, I'm getting no answers about whether we are going to switch to working completely from home or not. Nobody is telling us about lay-offs. We have no idea if pay cuts are coming. I don't know if I should defer my mortgage, or not. Because I'm still getting a regular paycheck so I should push it as long as I can, right? I'm happy to be going to work, but also frustrated to still be going to work. I'm in *accounting*. I'm not essential. I'm only essential because the people *at home* need me to be here in case I need to go into old records. But, I did work from home for a week and, yeah, needing paperwork and not having it *also* sucks. I literally don't know what to do. I'm so frustrated. I'm so angry. I'm an introvert so I'm not going stir-crazy, but I think this uncertainty is slowly chipping away at my patience. There is no logical choice right now. There is no stability. No game plan from work. No game plan for my future. I feel like a cornered animal. I know I'm not alone. We are all struggling. Is anyone else having their feelings manifest as anger?

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Mommy2aBoy

2020/04/13

Worried/Obsessed with running out of food! I'm a fairly new prepper, started stocking up in January. I check flyers every week, compare prices, order for delivery/pick up. At night I think about what I have, what I need, where to store it, same thoughts in the mornings. I also take inventory. I don't feel "safe" or "comfortable" with the amount of food I have right now and I'm not sure what amount will make me feel this way. So I just keep getting more and more when I get money. Does anyone else feel this way?

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jackthedemon666

2020/04/13

i will always have hope i know things are looking bad but always remember never lose hope if you have hope everything will be okay so please try to be careful out there because i believe in all of y'all wonderful people always remember things will get back to normal <3

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blueboxbandit

2020/04/13

I need help finding the edge of my anxiety and reasonable fears regarding my roommates behavior. TW: Coronavirus While I was waiting for mod approval to post I also posted in r/anxiety but I'm very interested in this community's advice as well. ---- Some background: I'm in my 30's, diabetic, chronic depression and anxiety issues. My roommate has been living with me for 4 years. She's always been a little flakey but right now she owes me $1k. I'm not too stressed about it but it's kind of relevant. We share a small free-standing house, owned by me, with one bathroom. Today I blew a gasket when she took a lyft to the grocery store. I have a car and have always been happy to drive her places as long as I was awake and available. I was awake and very available, I knew she was going to the grocery store and she told me which one and I told her the other one was much closer and nicer bc I assumed she was walking. But she didn't seem to mind and I thought she was just trying to get some steps in or something. My bedroom window was open and I just happened to hear the car pull up and looked out the window to see her get in. I was incensed. 1. How could someone CHOOSE to sit in an enclosed space with someone who has had who knows how many passengers over the duration of this pandemic. I was obviously available. Even in the driver sanitized after every ride, the driver was at the very least exposed to every passenger. I didn't ask if they were wearing a mask, but I know my roommate wasn't. 2. When she came home, I said I need you to change clothes because you were in a lyft, and she said but I just got home. I said, I'm immunocompromised and I need you to take everything that was in that car and treat it like your driver coughed on it. 3. I have absolutely no understanding of why she did this, but she went to the grossest grocery store in town. When she told me she was going to the store I was like, oh we could probably use butter, then she told me which store and I was like, nvm I don't want their butter. It might make sense if she was trying to save money but then .. she took a lyft.. when there's a store in walking distance. I just don't get it on any level. There is almost no chance they are taking sufficient steps to prevent spread of the virus. It didn't seem like that big a deal before she left because that was before my trust in her common sense plummeted, and just thought I'd remind her to sanitize everything when she got home. So the reason I'm posting this here is because I having been mulling this over for hours and I honestly don't know what the threat level is. How dangerous was that car ride? Personally I feel like I should consider her contaminated until she doesn't show symptoms for 2 weeks. Is it overkill? I have anxiety anyway but next to having a limb mangled, being intubated is my greatest fear and I'm tearing up just writing that. Also, is even possible to avoid cross contamination when we share a kitchen and bathroom? At this point the trust meter is leaning closer to suspicion than trust for me so I can't just trust her to clean where she's been. I think I would have to clean the bathroom and kitchen every time I used them. I'm not completely without options, my parents are in Florida and their summer home is unoccupied in a town less than an hour away, but I have three cats and a dog, so it's an unappealing option to say the least. I thank you for any advice you can give me. Dealing with a mental illness at times like this is so painful. Everything I've ever overthought, I could usually at least tell that I was overthinking it. It didn't help much but it was some comfort compared to this.

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psychopompandparade

2020/04/13

the contamination anxiety is going wild i have vaguely ocd-like contamination anxiety stemming from a long running phobia. before, I was able to manage it mostly. Was about to get a handle on what was rational and what wasn't at least 95% of the time. I've lost that entirely. Everything about this virus is unknown, it seems. I wish I had a magic epidemiologist on hand to bug constantly about questions, but I know that isn't the way to solve this. It just feels like the only one my brain will listen too. I've been googling for an hour if I should shower after being inside the shared stairwell of my nine unit apartment to take the trash out. No, right? That's overkill? No one was even in the stairwell with me. But. But what about the study about it hanging in the air? Should I have worn a real mask to do that? Where will I get that many masks? And on and on. This feels so petty to post here. There are people posting about working in hospitals, about losing loved ones, about being sick, and here I am looking for some way to deal with this bullshit. Does anyone have a solution? Found a trustworthy place to ask these questions? Found some factoid that could keep their brain from screaming about stray viral particles being carried by the wind or whatever? I hate it. I know I'm not being rational, but I don't know which parts are the irrational ones. I just want to lie down, but I haven't decided about the shower yet. It's been over an hour now. Sorry if this is a total waste of space on this sub, where people are far more in need than I am. I just. Didn't know where else to post this, or the questions.

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P_DrewG

2020/04/13

Isolation & Depression / Anxiety This may get jumbled. Just need to share. I'm an emotionally intense person. My depression and anxiety are increasing with each day of shelter-in-place. I wish "sucking it up" were an option, or that reading, meditation and facetiming friends helped in a significant way. But the truth is I wake up feeling an intense dread of the monotony and lack of touch awaiting me for that day and each one of the foreseeable future. On the surface it's almost strange that something like simply being distanced from others and being forced to entertain one's self could do this to me. But there it is, tightness in my chest and a sense of deep sadness. The fact that it's so indefinite probably contributes. I think this all has stirred up the latent feeling of disconnection / lack of community that American culture and capitalist realism create. But now I have no remedy to access. No playing music with my bandmates. No taking someone out on a date. I have an almost resentful envy of those who are truly contented and pacified by things like watching movies, reading, cooking, and doing household projects for the sake of being "productive". That stuff could get me through a week or so. After two or three, even strenuous exercise, writing and playing music feel empty and rather worthless. Turns out touch, face-to-face interaction, and simply the *potential* for new experiences with others are things I need to even begin to flourish. I'm an ambiverted empath and putting around with my own thoughts isn't enough to feel like I am *really* living. On paper, 40 or 50 days of hanging out by yourself seems tolerable- like one of those white collar prisons in Scandinavia, minus the co-workers. But somehow my heart and mind are going off the rails. Oh and fuck, then there's the backdrop reality that even if this is a relatively short-lived, one-time pandemic, we are entering an era of such severe climate disruption that this is likely to look like child's play in hindsight. Ugh. &#x200B; Anyway. Anyone else feeling really raw during this isolation ? Maybe I should have gotten the wife and kid and rural house thing set up and these would be typical days in the life. &#x200B; P.S. I am glad lives are being saved, and have deep sympathy for those who lose loved ones in this and all other tragic situations.

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AcademicF

2020/04/13

Should I have thrown out my food? I ordered Papa Johns pizza from Postmates, and chose “contactless delivery”. I laid a towel out in front of my door for the delivery guy to lay the pizza down, but when he delivered it he knocked on my door. Which means he had to stand on the towel to be close enough to my door. I asked him to leave it on the towel, and he confusingly said okay, and then when he walked away I grabbed the box that he laid down where he was standing. When I brought it into my kitchen I moved the pizza from the box to a plate, took the box out to the dumpster and washed down the table where the box was and washed my hands. I also microwaved my 3 slices just in case the virus particles somehow made it from his shoes, to where he laid the pizza where he stood - to the inside of the pizza box. This virus has made me an anxious, OCD wreck. I still ate the slices, but im worried now.

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alexoflyer88

2020/04/13

Worried my neighbours frequent fires are going to kill me Hello all, I hope you are all hanging in there. I've been really stressed and anxious throughout this whole outbreak, but things have gotten way worse for me in the last week. The weather where I live has gotten really nice lately, and several of my neighbours have taken to burning large bonfires and using their fire pits on a daily basis. Sometimes there will be two or three people burning at once. Unfortunately, the smoke from these fires seems to get inside my home even when I have all the windows and doors closed, and the air quality inside my home deteriorates pretty dramatically as a result. Ordinarily, I would just leave for the day and return once the smoke subsides, but I cant really do that since I'm under a stay at home order. I've read tons of articles suggesting that individuals that are exposed to even small amounts of air pollution have a much harder time dealing with covid-19, so breathing in all this smoke on a daily basis has me very anxious headed for a breakdown. Idk how much more I can take before I start down a destructive path. Any advice or encouragement that you all could share would be absolutely amazing.

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margosmango

2020/04/13

Went food shopping and someone near me sneezed into the shelf I'm from NYC, living in Queens near the largest outbreak in the country. I haven't been food shopping in 2 weeks, and I was pretty low on food, so I made the trek to Costco right in my neighborhood. Unfortunately it was very full of people. I was wearing a t-shirt mask, but most people were not 6 feet apart. I was doing my best to be in and out, quickly grabbing only what I needed. And then a teenager sneezed into the cheese refrigerator. He was wearing what looked like a medical mask, but he didn't seem to care at all. He didn't even bend into his elbow. I was standing about 8 feet back, as far away as I could without being closer to other people. I had politely asked him to move, so I could grab the cheese next to him, but then after realized that I might have walked right into a cloud of the virus. It totally sent me spiraling. I don't go out, when I do it's every 2 weeks, and I'm wearing a mask. I'm washing my hands constantly, cleaning my apartment and surfaces everyday. Cleaning groceries, and even spraying down my apartment building's public surfaces. I'm 28 and healthy, but I can't help but feel unsafe. And that's now turned into anger, especially towards the morons in my neighborhood who still continue to gather in large groups on the corner of the street. And especially that teenager not giving a shit in the world. His mother didn't even say anything. I need advice on how to get over this anxiety. It's been weeks of it, as I'm sure it is for most of us. My therapist and I have discussed how this pandemic is triggering my PTSD, so that is somewhat comforting to know where it's stemming from. Some days are good, some not so much. I feel guilty even worrying considering how so many others are right in the face of the virus, and how many of my friends are now losing their loved ones. It's a terrible spiral of anxiety and guilt, building on top of each other.

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6seanryan15

2020/04/14

Feelings of being ashamed, but no where to talk about what's going on? I'm so tired of feeling like I have no body who understands my situations and I wish I could post about things, but I read people going through issues on the other corona subs and the unemployment subs and it's just full of downvotes and people not being able to understand that now more than ever - nothing is black and white. We're all in this situation that we could not predict and we all are just trying to figure out how to handle it best for ourselves, meaning mentally, physically, and financially. I'm so scared to post my issues and what I'm feeling because I know I'm just gonna be downvoted and insulted with comments from people who have no idea what's going on in my life and people not in my shoes. Sorry, I just needed to rant. Anybody else just getting upset feeling like they can't be honest about their issues and how they're feeling? I try to calm myself down by reading Reddit, but it seems a lot of people are just combative and looking for arguments. "Be lucky you even have a job!" "YOU HAVE TO WORK" To me just translates into "So you wanna commit fraud and be lazy? Go back to your job where you get treated like shit and make 10 times less than I do but do 10 times the work"!!!!!!! Hopefully I can find some COVID-friends in this sub who feel just as worthless and ashamed as I do and can tell me I'm not crazy.

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SME_TX_BX

2020/04/14

I need a better approach to help my mom Hello! I am trying to help educate my 82 year old mom on the following concepts related to COVID19: \--Any item brought in to the apartment from the outside must be treated with care (i.e. assume any such item could have the virus on it - and clean or 'quarantine' as appropriate). \--Any space outside the apartment (including elevators, laundry room, public hallways, mail area) must be avoided (and if can't be avoided...must assume the virus could be there and take proper precautions). \--Any human you encounter in person might be sick or be a carrier, or have the virus on their shoes or clothes, so keep them 6 feet away and out of the apartment (and definitely do not ask the FedEX delivery person to bring the box inside for you with the dolly - which she did). My mom is having a hard time embracing these ideas and adjusting her actions. I have tried the best I can to explain. I think if it were spelled out in this way (above) by a medical professional (and I emailed that info to her) she might start getting it. I have searched the CDC web site - but have not found wording that I think will help her get it. To summarize: \--I need a better description for her of dos and don'ts \--I need a new approach to help her understand and to help her adjust her behavior. Thank you in advance! Stay safe!!!

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gabrrdt

2020/04/14

I hate this "the world has changed forever" thing some people say "This is the new reality". "World has changed forever". All that sentences. And all of them are said with this sense, this feeling, that it is a very important and profound thing to say, and all the time they sound really vague and not very well explained. I mean, why this will change the world forever? I get it, we will have political and social changes, but that happens with any major event, it is not a big deal. After WWII, the world changed, but that doesn't mean we were at war all the time. I hate when people say those things in a very uncritical way, trying to sound "wise", it only brings more panic and sadness. I mean, this is a virus, much probably we will have medicine and vaccines, and we have this herd immunity thing, I'm almost certain it WILL pass, and we will live sorta the same way we did before, without that social distance shit. So why saying in that "insightful way" that we have to "accept it, the world has changed forever, but we still can be happy in new ways and blah blah blah"? C'mon, we are not babies and we are not stupid. I understand that could last months or some years at the worst scenario, but I can't see why that would last forever. And I don't want to be "happy in new ways", I just want to get back to my normal life, go to a stadium to watch my soccer team, go to the streets, get a crowded train in the subway, all the regular stuff. PS: I don't know if it is allowed to curse here, just tell me if it is not allowed and I'll edit. Also, clearly english is not my first language, I'm making a huge effort to express myself on it, but I'm sorry if that is not clear enough.

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drumbum424

2020/04/14

The Internet can be a scary place How are you all dealing with the rampant ignorance and disinformation being spewed left and right on social media right now? My bar was already set pretty low for the general public, but I've been especially shocked by how so many loud voices on Instagram, YouTube and even Reddit are insisting that this is just a cold, that medical experts should not be trusted, and that we should open everything up immediately. As if hundreds of thousands of people suddenly dying isn't a big deal. They are so, so confident in their stupid opinions. It's not even just conspiracy theories, it's people acting like they know everything. None of these people care about any facts. I've made a pact with myself in the past to not argue with strangers in the comments about things, because everyone ends up angry in that situation, but I'm finding it harder and harder to refrain from calling people out. Refusing to listen to experts on this is what's going to make this last year(s) and not months, and these people will still probably downplay this when this is all over. I know arguing with strangers is a waste of my time. I've never done this with previous world events but it feels like I can't help myself here. Some genius was trying to tell me we shouldn't listen to someone who was interviewed for an article about their recommendations about slowly opening concert venues back up months and months from now. The commentor said "ok what makes this person an expert". I found that the interviewee was a professor at Harvard medical school, and now runs an advisory board on public health, and I explained this to the commenter. He replied "who cares if he went to Harvard, he can't run my life", totally missing the point. This kind of thinking is going to get people killed! Or at the very least, make people angry at those who know what they're doing. I feel like the lack of respect for expert advice is what got us here in the first place. How do you avoid getting frustrated when you read things like this? Are there really this many ignorant people in the world? Have I been blind to this my entire life?

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Aslan27

2020/04/14

My dad (54) got off the ventilator yesterday after being on it for 14 full days. He's a previous heart patient, diabetic, slightly overweight, but most importantly a fighter. I write this message with great happiness and I want all of those who have loved ones in a similar situation to remain hopeful and keep your morale up. No matter what. Everyone has their own time when they're ready, whether it be 7 days or 14. I will write a more detailed log of his 14 days and counting at a later date but I am tired and want to keep this simple and boost morale for others. He's been stable most of the 14 days. There were time periods where he was progressing well and tried weaning off, but had difficulties and took a couple steps back. They put him in prone position many times during these two weeks as he often responded well. He was put in prone again two days in a row before coming off the ventilator. He's now very weak and tired, so he'll continue to rest and cough up whatever is bad in his lungs. We FaceTimed with him 30 minutes ago and he looked good and happy to see us. We told him we loved him and we are expecting him to get better and come home soon! Hoping you all remain careful, safe and healthy. If there's any questions I'll be more than happy to answer.

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guypersonhuman

2020/04/14

Essential Employee Dilemma and Stress We are a food ingredient manufacturing company. The vp of my dept went home sick (headache, looked sweaty) on Wednesday am last week and was still not at work today. The owner called a meeting (very appropriate social distancing, masks etc..) with all of us today informing us that "someone" (small company, we all know who it is) went home with covid symptoms and they are still sick but haven't been tested. When all the shit hit the fan (March 17 ish) we were given a memo saying if we come in contact with someone showing symptoms we must report and self quarantine for 14 days. Don't come in to work, just call and explain. Imo, we are all subject to that directive as we all had direct contact with him, but the boss said we aren't, just go back to work as normal and continue to use precautions. I'm obviously stressed out because: 1. Direct, sustained contact with someone suspected/presumed to have covid. 2. Feel like I should quarantine, not just morally, but also to follow work guidelines 3. I can't find any good info on job protection for a voluntary leave of absence related to covid for my state (NY, not NYC) and can't find any info on being given an order to quarantine by my local health dept. 4. Despite consistent inquiry, my requests to work from home are largely being ignored ("oh yeah, we'll see what we can do" but then no action for the weeks) 5. My SO has been working from home and pretty much isolated for a month and I dread bringing this thing to her, in spite of her own efforts. Anyone have any insight into this or maybe just some kind words? I'm definitely self medicating(not at work) my stress with wine and weed (not smoking) and can't seem to relax even when I'm not at work/in danger I know I'm one of the lucky ones for still having a job and very grateful for that, but I'm stressed and nervous and don't want to infect anyone. That was the one thing I promised myself, that I won't infect a single person and now I'm at a crossroads where I have to put my money where my mouth is.

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Mdfinest

2020/04/14

Should I continue going to work or staying at home? Hi everyone, I have an issue here. My dad and I had a lengthy "discussion" (really a butting of heads) about how he does not want me to go to work anymore because of Covid19. But I disagree with him and feel the need to go to work because I have no choice as I'm working an essential job. I want to go to work as I feel like I shouldn't be held hostage to earn an income because of Covid19. I actually like working at my job and would rather do that for 10 hours a day currently than to stay under quarantine with my dad who has at this point basically become paranoid and panicky about the virus which he was not a few weeks prior despite only watching the news and not going into any further research at all about it until the US started seeing a spike in cases. He watches the news everyday (mostly CNN) and keeps track of the number of cases and deaths, minute by minute. I've told him that he should try not to follow the news so much especially at this time. But he won't listen so yeah. That's where the problem lies for me as I have not been paranoid or panicky this whole time and have tried to maintain a calm head in this whole situation, not only for myself but for everyone else in my family. I work in a warehouse with 8 to 10 other people and they've taken our temperatures everyday and have strict guidelines. I'm a fit, young healthy male in my 20s who exercises regularly and takes vitamin D every morning. I take precautions such as wearing a mask, hand washing everyday, etc. With that being said, I know I'm not immune to Covid but I think I'll be fine. He doesn't seem to understand that and is now saying I'm being "selfish" for still continuing to go to work. He doesn't understand that I've been taking precautions and looking at content from reputable sources like everyone else (which he knows I have and I was actually the first person in my family to start thinking about the impact Covid might have by buying the necessary supplies back in Early March and doing the initial research) when I take the bus. He says it's not "enough". I even mentioned I could get a coworker friend to drop me off to and from work before I start having enough money to get my own car. Not "enough" he says. Not only that but he has not taken into consideration that I can't just "stay home" like everyone else. I'm not a white collar office worker or a college/ grade school student so if I ever decide to quit my job because of that then I will not only be further behind financially and job wise but it will take me another 3 months to find another job after this lockdown is over and who knows when it will be. I don't ever want to do after having gone through that ordeal back in December 2019. Again, he's called me selfish and berated me for not caring about my two younger siblings despite me doing the research initially and basically consuming content from reputed sources (the news imo is not a reputable source and only feeds into the paranoia and fear. That's another story). He always seems to frame this into the "greater good" whenever I have my own personal interests at stake and says, oh well what about your youngest siblings or your mother or your family". "You're the oldest sibling here". He don't really care about the impact this has for me, honestly. I don't want to quit and feel like quitting would be a "I told you so" moment for my parents and I refuse to do so as it will give me the strength to persevere through tough times as I have before. He's basically givien me an ultimatum if I decide to go back to work which is I should get my own "room or hotel or Airbnb" which is further confirmation he doesn't want me to go back to work. He knows I can't afford one at the moment and is using it as a scare tactic. He has a minor in psychology so I know what he's doing even if he tries to deny it. My mom is not off this too as she berated me also for going to work and said "I don't go out much at all anyways" so why should it be a problem for me to be in quarantine, she says. Again, she's said this nonsense before and I know exactly what she's trying to do here just like my dad. She works as a manager in a grocery store with far more people yet she wants me to quit when my little warehouse has a little over 8-10 people at any given time depending on which managers come in and out during the day. I'm honestly just tired of the BS and hypocrisy and self righteousness from my parents regarding this situation. I'm an adult and last time I checked, should be able to make decisions regarding my job without them having to play silly mind games and toying with the only stable source of income I have at the moment. I have a second source of income which can earn me enough in the future maybe more than the current job I have but I can't really do much with that one at the moment. Will they pay for my expenses (ie, phone bill, cable bill, credit card/college debt) once I quit my job. The answer to that is a big fat No so I think they should cool it a little bit. I can't do it anymore with the people in my personal life anymore especially my parents as I've become persona non grata in their eyes. Everytime I come home, I get stared at with contempt and have to constantly spray down everything from the outside including my shoes and other pieces of clothing. I get no praise or support for having to wake up at 4am every morning and work 10 hour shifts at my warehouse during such a time from my parents/family members. Nope, just beratment and constant guilt for working during this time as if I had a choice to do so. And then my dad has the nerve to ask me what I did with my tax refund for me to justify working during our "discussion" as if that has anything to do with anything. But again, I know what he's trying to do here. So I'm here to get a non judgmental assessment from people who aren't in my personal life about whether I should quit my "essential job" or stay at home like everyone else? I think about this disease everyday and it's impacts and did so way before it was talked about en-mass. I need an honest assessment and what I should do based on my current situation. Apologies if this was such a long post/vent but I needed to get this off my chest since last night. Thank You. Edit- I'm honestly afraid of being locked down at home with my dad and getting constantly lectured for not doing much in my life so far despite taking steps to do so. Also having my every move being watched. I'm afraid of being berated by mom for leaching off of her. I have too much pride for that which get from my dad's side. I also have depression and anxiety and I feel like that will make everything worse. I'm afraid of returning to the person I was 2 years ago. Update- I've decided to stay at home. I literally could not sleep while trying to make this choice. For my family's sake and for the public's sake, I couldn't risk myself going to work while knowingly or unknowingly having the virus. It's not my preferred choice at all but it's what is needed unfortunately.

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Mystogyn

2020/04/14

My work is putting me in an uncomfortable position Hello all. So up to this point I've been pretty calm about everything that's been going on. I worked as a server in a popular chain restaurant and we were basically furloughed around March 17th. The restaurant stayed open for takeout (which we have an entire job code that only does takeout). Originally they were offering hours to those who wanted them and I was happy to take time off work. Since then I've pretty much isolated in the house. It seems to me that most people (at least in the US) are not taking this very seriously. People are out meeting friends, getting takeout food, and any business that can find a slight reason to be deemed essential is open. It seems more like people are looking for a work around. Anyway my job called me today saying they had hours to offer me in our takeout position. I was asleep at the time. I had some coworkers that are working tell me our GM is going to report people to unemployment who decline the hours, which would either cut us off, and potentially mean we have to pay the money back. But the kicker is they don't have enough hours to support all the servers that they laid off, so it is my understanding that they picked a few people that they want to come work (because we're good workers) and are saying if we refuse they're gonna screw us. Now I feel like I'm an awful position for a variety of reasons. On one hand I understand that I am being offered work. On the other hand I barely consider it essential or life sustaining. In fact I hate that Togo even exist. I prefer not to use single use plastics. And aside from concern for my own health and safety, my roomate works in a personal care home. I've been extra cautious so as not to put and entire building of elderly people at risk. Basically I feel like I don't have a choice in the matter and the US is so determined to not let its already failing economy collapse that it'll find any work around it can so long as the numbers are good. And the sad thing is the economy doesn't even exist and is really just an idea, and no one understands that. These places of business will still stand at the end of this, people will still exist to work, and the product will be available. And to top it off with our push to open the country back up , I feel like we're going to end up exactly where we were before because nothings really changed. If anyone has any advice on what to do that'd be awesome, though I'm not sure my workplace will leave me much a choice. Am I being too paranoid?

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quicky124

2020/04/14

Should I quit my Job because of COVID-19 (I’m at high risk to catch it) I work in the aviation industry, my company has been tasked to disinfect the aircraft of a major airline , my company only supply us with PPE and face masks. Is this enough to protect me from the virus? If I get the virus would I have a course to sue the company and airline, For not supplying us with full hazmat suits ? My company didn’t tell us that this job was to disinfect the aircraft, they only said it was a deep clean. I currently have a New baby which put my family at risk.

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Batgoil123

2020/04/14

I'm really struggling. (I'm sorry if theres spelling mistakes or grammatical issues. I'm tired and dyslexic. I just need to get this off my chest) Im really panicked about how this world is. I'm an extrovert to the point of fault. This has been really bad on my mental health. I've been having panic attacks daily almost now. I'm dyslexic and online learning in nearly impossible for me. I'm in my last year of highschool and the struggle is so bad right now. I've fail everything I've been assigned so far. Everyone keeps telling me everyone is struggling. But my family is okay. My boyfriend acts like everything is fine. I feel like such a downer. Everyone around me is okay and I'm here a babbling child, barely pulling through to the next day. When will this end? I wnat to wake up and for this all to be over. But I know it wont be. I feel so freaking alone right now. And I am. Even if i had everyone around right now. I dont have the words to describe the pain in ny chest, my throat, my mind feels like it on fire. I've been told to get therapy. But do they even know how to deal with this? I just want know I'm not alone. I'm not crazy. I just want a reason to live again.

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nashamagirl99

2020/04/15

My COVID-19 first world problems rant COVID-19 has caused a lot of changes in a short period of time and its been a struggle. I feel bad complaining when I’m in a very privileged position and most have it much worse than I do, but I need to vent. I am 20 years old and live at home with my parents and immunocompromised 15 year old brother. My dad is a doctor so we all have to social distance from him. He is sleeping in the studio apartment attached to our house and we have to try to stay six feet apart at all times. I miss being able to hug him and curl up on the couch and watch tv together. It’s pretty much impossible to social distance and we end up crossing paths much more closely just by moving around the house. Somewhat humorously my mom has been complaining about not knowing “how much longer she can take it” in a sort of wink and nudge way, which is kind of awkward. I’m completely stuck at home and other than going on walks have not left the house in weeks. I’m in community college and all my classes are online now. I’m worried about registering for next semester and how I will return this semester’s books. I was planning on transferring to four year university and moving out in a year and a half and am worried about having to postpone that. In addition to my school being closed, so is my work. Unlike many of my coworkers I don’t need the money to survive as I live with my parents, but I still miss having a job and earning my own money. My job was as a childcare assistant and I miss the children so much. I worry that I will never see them again and that they will forget about me. One of the things that sucks about staying home is not being able to see anyone outside of my immediate family. I’m a major introvert but that doesn’t mean I enjoy being completely socially isolated. I miss seeing people I care about like my good friend who lives nearby and my 77 year old grandmother who is still working right now. I had also recently started online dating which has obviously had to be put on hold. Not earning my own money or being able to go out by myself to movies and restaurants has been very infantilizing. I feel completely reliant on my parents and my independence has suffered. None of this has been good for my mental health. I already struggled with anxiety and now get bouts of panic where I feel like I’m on the verge of a mental breakdown. I feel hopeless and depressed and terrified about the state of the world.

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myworldofwater

2020/04/15

Self-isolating dilemma - infant at home Hi Everyone - I developed a bit of a scratchy throat, dry cough and tightness in my chest yesterday. No fever or body aches yet, but I'm trying to figure out the best next steps to keep my family safe just in case. I am a new mom with a 7 week old baby and we live in a one bedroom along with my husband. With only one room, it's hard to isolate (unless I move into our garage which is possible, but has no heat). I am breast and formula feeding and my baby girl wants to be cuddling with me all the time. My husband is also an essential worker. So basically if I self isolate, he has to stop working completely (potentially losing his clients as he works for himself), I'll no longer be able to breast feed since I'm sure the supply I have left will dwindle and I would imagine this will be traumatic for our new baby at such an important stage in her life. Any thoughts on how to handle this? I have been quarantined for 6 weeks now with our little one, but I went to a doctor's appointment last week and my husband could possibly be a carrier since he is still working. We have been extremely careful and vigilant, but I'm worried I may have contracted COVID-19 even so and I'm just not sure where to go from here.

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etto34

2020/04/15

Corona relapse I'm writing here because maybe someone else who has had this disease might be able to illuminate something about my present condition. I live in Edinburgh, Scotland in student accommodation...beginning on Friday, the 31st of January, I started to feel very tired. By the next day, I had the usual symptoms of a cold: congestion, a mild cough with yellow phlegm, and a bit of a headache. I was not concerned at this stage, and I kept functioning largely as usual, even though I was a bit knackered. There were no documented Corona cases in the area at this time, but I live in student accommodation surrounded by students recently returned from China. I presumed I did not have Corona, because no cases were reported, I had no fever, and my cough was not 'persistent'. These cold-like symptoms continued, but by following Friday, began to improve. My cough had disappeared. On Saturday, I was feeling mostly better, went out for a walk, did laundry that I'd been putting off whilst I was sick, and cleaned my room. That night I got hit like truck by new symptoms. My heart start racing, I had horrible aches and pains. I had night sweats where the whole bed became wet. I felt tightness in my upper chest. However, somehow, I was able to sleep. On Sunday, my symptoms lessened in the morning, but by night, they came back with a vengeance. I was up the whole night, my heart racing, with shortness of breath, nightsweats and aches and pains. I still had no fever. That morning on 10 February, as soon as I could I rushed to my GP, who conveniently has his surgery across the street from my flat. I had never experienced anything like this before, and I wanted to know what was going on. He took my blood pressure, it was high, but he said that was nothing to worry about. My heart rate was only slightly elevated. He said my lungs sounded fine, even though I was winded just by holding my breath as he used his stethoscope. Because I have a history of anxiety, he presumed I was having a panic attack or something like that related to my health, and that I'd just suffered a minor viral infection. He prescribed Propranolol. I never agreed with this anxiety diagnosis. As an 'anxiety-prone' person, I know the difference between anxiety and physical symptoms. However, because he said I was not 'in danger' of dying or anything like that, I went home. I rested, and my shortness of breath eased up a bit. My heart (combined with the upper chest area) still felt really odd, but not as bad as before. I took the Propranolol for two days, but it did nothing but give me cold feet, and I was certain it wasn't going to help. As the week went on, I rested, but was completely knackered, with horrible aches and pains and nightsweats. The shortness of breath did not return, but my upper chest was always achey and tight. On Thursday and Friday, I had stomach cramps. I also started to feel this strange 'bubbling' inside my chest, and a 'buzzing' inside my legs. This is one of the strangest symptoms I had. The buzzing is so bizarre...my legs are not shaking, or anything, but I just feel this internal 'buzzing'. In any case, I was continued on, still no fever, no cough. That weekend on Saturday-Sunday I had what felt like a relapse. Again, my heart started racing badly, I felt tightness in my chest. I didn't sleep at all Sunday-Monday, and again went to the doctor. I tried to explain that I'd never experienced an illness like this before. A cold never lasts this long, and a flu normally has a fever, and certainly it doesn't mess with your heart beat. He took my blood pressure and listened to my lungs. My BP was higher again, but not at a 'dangerous' level, and he said that was likely just a normal variation. My lungs he said sounded fine, and my heart rate was slightly elevated, but he said when he exercises at his age his heart beats faster than that. He tried to pinpoint where the pain in my chest was. He pushed under my breast area, and I found it very sore. He said this was an indication of muscleoskeletal pain, rather than a heart or lung issue. He said I just needed to go home and rest. So, I did. I rested for another week, and was able to sleep until the weekend again, though symptoms continued, when I had yet another relapse, though this time milder. I went to the GP again on Monday, and said, this is not getting better, it's clearly not normal...what's going on? And he said, I'll do a blood test and a ECG. I had those done. My ECG was normal, and this was a relief. Clearly whatever strange pain I was having, and my sometimes racing heart, were not going to kill me. My blood test showed slightly lower white blood count, and this was put down to the infection that I had had, but everything else was normal, except for slightly elevated bilirubin, which the doctor put down to gilbert's syndrome, because my other liver markers were fine. He ordered a followup blood test in a week's time. I continued to be extremely tired, aching allover, with strange pain in my chest, and buzzing inside me. But, the symptoms began to get milder. I thought I was getting better. When I had my next blood test, my white blood cell count had recovered. However, I continued to have bad and good days. By the 8th of March, however, I made close to a full recovery. I still had aches and pains, particularly in my upper chest, but by and large, I started getting back to normal. Unfortunately, as I was getting better, the world itself started to get sick. Everything went into lockdown, etc. We all know what happened. I haven't exactly been enjoying these weeks on lockdown, but I was happy I wasn't sick anymore. I started to wonder, however, whether I had had an early case of Corona. In the early days, a fever and a persistent cough were required in order to be considered for corona, but we increasingly learned that for some people this was not the case. I had never experienced a sickness like that before, and I came to be certain that I had probably had a 'mild' case, the shortness of breath being the biggest hint. I was probably exposed from Chinese students returning after Christmas break. However, I was not able to be certain, and I took all precautions, staying inside and washing my hands. However, starting this past Sunday, it seems like my symptoms have come back. On Sunday, I started to have a headache, and a bit of congestion. Then, on Monday, I had horrible headache and nausea. More importantly, the tightness and pain in my upper left chest returned. I had trouble sleeping again. While my headache somewhat recovered on Tuesday, on Tuesday into Wednesday I had the peak symptom of my previous illness...I couldn't sleep, with tightness and pain in my upper chest, and real shortness of breath. I could still breath, but it was painful, and I needed to focus on my breathing. I made it through that night, and here we are today. I still have no fever, no cough, but the tightness in my chest is bad. The shortness of breath comes and goes, but isn't as bad as it was last night. The buzzing in my legs and bubbling in my chest, which had been gone while I had been feeling better, came back. WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON? Did I have Corona, and am I now relapsing? That's the best explanation I can come up with. I did not expect this, but I don't know what to do. I can call the doctor, but because I don't have a fever and a cough, I don't think he'll take me seriously, and in any case, only hospitalised people get tested in the UK now....I have no idea what to do. I am sorry for the long post, but I am hoping that maybe some other sufferers who have been tested can shared some information, so that I can figure out what to do....

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wanderer_idn

2020/04/15

Preparing to Face OVID-19 At Home I made this thread with the assumption that I might have COVID-19 at one point and have to self-isolate at home. I think most of those who contract this disease face mild symptoms and can be self-"medicated" at home. What drugs should I prepare? What vitamins should I consume? Are there drugs that are instead counter productive? Anti-biotics? Anti-inflammations? It would be nice to have some sort of COVID-19 "at home survival kit" guidebook.

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probablyoverthinkin0

2020/04/15

Paranoid... COVID-19 is worrying me and I have no idea how to deal with the stress. I found out yesterday that my dad (60s) is at very high risk if he gets the virus, and he's started to acknowledge this. My mom is kind of the opposite. She really doesn't believe it's anything to worry about, etc. I promise any level of trying to convince her that it's dangerous does next to nothing. I've been taking my temp everyday because, like the title says I'm paranoid (I don't want to actually get it by accident and give it to my parents). It's been around 97.9-98.8 F depending on the day. If anyone has any thoughts on how to reduce stress/paranoia or just any words of encouragement to get through this that would be greatly appreciated!

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AngryCOMMguy

2020/04/15

Neighbor claims to be infected but her kids are still playing with others I can't make this up... Let's say your neighborhood crazy Karen that's a hypochondriac tells you she was in the hospital two days ago because she has COVID-19! That same day (and still today) you see her kids playing around the neighborhood. You keep yourself clear of them but see the kids playing with other neighbor kids including basketball games. What do you do? Count it as she probably lying for attention like she has done in the past? Doesn't care about her kids? Ask the health department what to do? We've already let the other parents know that came in contact.

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__babybummer

2020/04/15

Fearing my health with a Roommate Hey, I’m seeking some advice or validation on my situation. My city is currently on lockdown. We are not allowed in parks or to cross provincial borders, no gathering of more than 5, everyone has to be at least 6ft apart. Washing hands, not leaving the house unless necessary (groceries, medication, doctors...) I have two autoimmune diseases (so I’m on immune suppressants) as well as just finished cancer treatments under a year ago. So I’m very susceptible to getting sick with this virus. To make matters worse, I have lung problems due to improper intubation as a child. My doctor gave me a phone call when this all started to stay completely isolated (getting grocery delivery etc.) for these reasons. So here’s the problem. My roommate. She doesn’t follow the isolation/social distancing guidelines. She goes to the store every day to get beer, goes shopping at Walmart’s for unnecessary things, last night she even went out to a house party. She comes home casually and doesn’t wash her hands AT ALL (haven’t seen her wash her hands ONCE) doesn’t clean/disinfect anything. She just walks into my room to talk to me (standing les than a foot away). She seems to not really care about the guidelines set out, or about my health and safety. It’s causing me a lot of anxiety and I’m really scared for my health. I’ve been feeling like I’m simply disposable, and that no one really cares that if I catch this virus I will not fare well. I don’t know how to address this situation. Any suggestions would be helpful. tldr: I am high risk and roommate won’t social distance.

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Street-Return2

2020/04/16

So it's one of my best friends birthday tomorrow.... This is probably a *really* minor problem in comparison to others but it's still something that makes me kind of sad. It's one of my two best friends birthday tomorrow and I won't be able to see them. They live just a few blocks away from me, I could easily walk or drive there but they have someone living with them who works in a hospital so no one in that household can afford to get sick right now. We're going to do a virtual birthday party through Discord but that's not the same as being face to face with someone.

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California_Sun1112

2020/04/16

Complete lack of recreational activities is the worst for me Not being able to do anything I enjoy or want to do is the worst part of this for me. I have a husband and we pretty much keep to ourselves anyway, so the lack of social interaction isn't much of an issue for either of us, and having each other for company is enough, at least for the time being. I do have several friends I keep in touch with via email. The things I enjoy doing for fun and recreation are done away from home. The types of hobbies I could do at home simply don't interest me, or don't interest me enough to do with any regularity. I have plenty of work to do at home so I'm not bored, but all work and no recreation gets old fast. I'm very tired of people telling me to learn a language online, do puzzles, clean out my closets and any number of things I don't want to do really irritates me. If I wanted to do those things, I'd be doing them. The things I enjoy and want to do are all out of reach right now, and I'm having a very hard time dealing with that.

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Sarithus

2020/04/16

My girlfriend had COVID19. We've been apart for weeks. When can I see her safely? Hello, everyone. I'll try to keep things simple so as not to over complicate things: - Girlfriend went on holiday and 12 days later (24th March) she developed a fever, aches and an occasional tightness in the chest. She never coughed continuously, however. This sounds like corona, but we're not sure as testing isn't available yet. - I last seen her on 18th of March but, strangely, have had no symptoms. - Girlfriend started to feel better on the 2nd of April and has been feeling normal since then. - We've been been isolating from others completely We want to try living together for a least 2 weeks. When, in your opinion, would it be safe to do so? The original guidelines in the UK were that you could leave self isolation 2 weeks after your first had symptoms, which would mean I could have seen her on the 7th of April. However, the WHO have also said you could still be contagious for another 2 weeks which would take us to the 21st of April. I think I would be comfortable seeing her on a date past the 21st, say, the 25th or even pushing it to May the 1st to be extremely safe. Having said this, though, we've also read that the virus could be reactivating in people within 57 days. When do you think I could live with her? Thank you very much for any thoughts on our situation.

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product_of_boredom

2020/04/16

Help! My energy level is decreasing every day. Hey there, I'm having some trouble with this whole thing and I'd love some suggestions. First off, I don't have it that bad- I'm employed, working from home and not high risk. I rent a basement unit with no windows but a decent amount of space. However, it is getting harder and harder just to get out of bed as my energy level keeps going down. I'm also finding to very hard to concentrate for very long, and video games have stopped being fun. The other day, I sort of "woke up" and realized that I had been sitting on my bed zoning out for an hour and a half. The main thing I really look forward to right now is my weekly grocery trip, because it means I can go outside and see the sun and move around for a little bit. Its very hard going back in, though. Anyway, sorry for complaining- what's a good way to try to keep myself energized when I'm inside and alone for days on end?

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LemonLordTheGreat

2020/04/16

My ear has been blocked for weeks and doctors won’t do anything because of the virus I don’t know what I can do, I was told to stop using ear drops and do use olive oil 4 times a day and it just got worse. The doctor a week before I was told that looked in my ear and he couldn’t see my eardrum because of wax buildup. I can hardly hear anything in my left ear and they told me they won’t do anything because of the virus risk. It’s causing some serious issues and it’s been going on for over a month. Anybody know what I can do? Should I call again?

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PeppaPigsDiarrhea69

2020/04/16

Feeling down as I just found out two of my close, pro-quarantine friends have been going out with their SO as usual This one is gonna be a very mild post, just venting. I haven't seen my girlfriend in over 40 days, sometimes I catch myself crying in the shower thinking of how awesome it'll be when I finally see her, anxiously waiting. So to me, finding out I'm actually one of the few in my inner circle actually following quarantine makes me kinda demotivated, I feel dumb. I love my friends to death but jesus, I kind of want to punch them. Not only because they are putting lives at danger but because I'm deeply envious they are not experiencing the longing I am. Anybody feeling this as well? Feeling stupid for going through such hoops when other people probably aren't going to do that as well, even people that advocate for quarantine?

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lokikimo

2020/04/16

Talking to children when someone they know dies from COVID I haven’t been able to find any resources on this- does anyone have articles or sources on this?

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pghthrowaway33

2020/04/17

Worried Hi guys, I have a history of anxiety and I have bipolar 2. I am 33. My anxiety and bipolar are very well-managed, but all it took for me to FREAK OUT was to have diarrhea yesterday and a metallic taste in my mouth. I have been on lockdown for over a month. Went to the grocery store a couple times. I did see some family once, but they had been locked down with no symptoms for a month also and all have felt fine and still feel fine. I don't know what to do. My mind is going to the worst possible scenario. I can't believe how scared I am of this when a week ago, apart from hand-washing, distancing, and sanitizing, I was truly not concerned.

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penguinlinux

2020/04/17

We made it another week. Thank you all for this subreddit. We are all on this together I sometimes struggle, I an anxious, afraid at times. Mostly fear of uncertainty, reading the news i not fun and there are still challenges ahead. I come here and respond to some of the posts. Try to help where i can, I like coming here because i realize there are many people like me who are going through a lot of stress, have lots friends or family members or people who are worried about their health. We are all on this together and everyone here is kind and supportive and makes you feel less alone with your feelings . I just want to say thanks to all of you and for sharing your feelings and helping each other . We made it another week and that is something to be thankful for.

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pathetic_slug_

2020/04/17

Bosses pressuring me to go into work when I am not essential: I work for a small law firm in NJ. I am their only employee. Once the state of emergency was put into action, I was told I could work from home. I transferred all calls to my personal phone and forwarded office mail to my own home. Now that business is slow because deadlines have changed and people probably have more to worry about, my bosses have asked me numerous times in the past two weeks to go into the office and prepare advertisement mailers. I have expressed every time that I do not feel comfortable and even though they have said it is okay, they continue to find ways to make going in seem safer and keep asking. (i.e. I wouldn't have to go to the post office, just prep the mail. I would be in the office alone. etc. etc.) Note: I know them. I know if I agreed to go in under the conditions they are presenting, they would pressure me in the next few days to just go to the post office and keep pushing me to do other things they said I wouldn't have to do. This isn't the first time they have asked too much of me considering they pay me $13/hr with no benefits, and no real sick days or PTO. They ask me to try to keep my hours down to about 25-30 a week while also expecting me to complete full-time hour work in impossible time-frames. I have anxiety and can't even go to the grocery at this time. I feel uncomfortable going anywhere. Obviously, I do not want to tell them this personal info and I shouldn't have to. I also have concerns about going out, even to an empty office, because our area has a fair amount of cases and my father had a really bad respiratory issue last year that almost killed him, so I am afraid he is at risk. It may be unreasonable, but I am very uncomfortable and mentally, I cannot handle it right now. I am not attached to this job at all, I almost quit a month or so ago, but finding a new job now is difficult. I'm just so tired of the pressure and manipulation on top of my own anxiety. It's taking a serious toll on me. I get sick every time I see them text/email or call me because I know it is just them asking me to come in once again. How many times can I say no? I don't care what they do to try and twist it into a good idea. Why even ask if I'm comfortable coming in if "no" is unacceptable? If it's so important and safe, how come they won't go into the office? I just want to quit, but then I won't be able to get unemployment and I don't think I could handle that financially with no job prospect in sight. I don't even know how to respond when they ask anymore.

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cathb0t

2020/04/17

He's gone My brother who lived with my mother in NYC died last night at home from what we suspect was COVID-19. He was 36 years old. He had not been tested. He hadn't been feeling well for a few days and had quarantined himself from my mother. She thinks he was having shortness of breath but no fever. She went to check on him last night and found him. I will never forget the first thing she said when she called me. I keep hearing it over and over in my mind. I live in a different state (several hours away) and was advised to not go there as she needs to quarantine. I'm stuck in a horrible nightmare I can't wake up from. She is alone in the house and is afraid. She has lost her son and scared she will get sick. I cannot figure out how/if she can get tested since she had some contact with him. These NYC COVID-19 website are useless for real information. Luckily, she has no symptoms so far. But she is in a bad state. She has no one to provide any emotional support in person. Our relatives are calling her but it is not the same. We have no way to give my brother a service until this pandemic is over. No closure. I won't be able to help her settle his estate from here as I don't have any notion of what his financial affairs look like. I don't even know where he was working to notify his employer. I'm not sure what I need to do since he had no will. Probate, death certificates, court - no one expects to die at 36. Just going to be stuck in an NY Pause until who knows when. I know all of this can wait but I've been keeping busy with it because thinking about the here-and-now is a nightmare. My feelings are a jumble of grief, sadness, anger, guilt, immense helplessness. Until today, this seemed to be something that was happening to other people in other places. I'm just scared of the world now.

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schkeet

2020/04/17

my mom is showing symptoms and i’m freaking out she says she’s had a sore throat and a headache for about 4 days. she goes around town a lot (though mostly by car) since she’s the one in my family buying groceries for everyone (i live with my grandma and my brother but we’re living with our so-s now to minimalize the risk of grandma getting sick). she’s almost sure she doesn’t have the virus and that if she does she’s gonna be okay, but she’s a smoker and has been for quite a while. it hasn’t gotten worse and she’s getting tested next tuesday but i don’t know what to think until then. it could be something else but the fact that there’s a chance really worries me. what should i do?

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bitesizeboy

2020/04/17

Not sure what to say to the person who got me sick. I had an acquaintance (we've been flirting but only see eachother once or twice a year) stop by a few weeks ago (outside, maintaining social distance) who neglected to mention they'd been sick for a few days till midway through the conversation. Now I'm feeling ill (fatigue, mild chest pain, nausea, foggy brain) and I don't know how to confront them. Had I know they were sick I wouldn't have seen them (up to that point I hadn't left the house in two weeks) and pisses me off that they didn't care enough about me to even consider my wellbeing. I don't know what to say to them. I'm pissed but don't want to be rude, but I also don't ever want to speak to them again.

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lam378

2020/04/17

My brother had a stroke. He’s 38, and he had a stroke on Easter Sunday. They actually found he had another stroke earlier last week, but didn’t realize it, and had another one in the past that they can’t date. So, three strokes all together. He suddenly got confused on Sunday, couldn’t answer questions, and was taken away in an ambulance by EMTs and police (after much arguing, because he didn’t think anything was wrong with him). He’s a smoker, drinker, and drug user. They found cocaine in his system. My sister and I have been begging and fighting my parents to get him into treatment for 12 years. They did nothing, and here we are with a disaster on our hands in the middle of a pandemic. In central New Jersey, no less. He lives with my mother (70, cancer survivor with COPD) and his girlfriend, who is not a drug user but is just a complete airheaded idiot. My parents are divorced but we’re all very close. We obviously haven’t been able to visit him in the hospital, but we’ve been able to text and call him. He’s improved since Sunday; he remembers some things, but not others. He can pretty much answer questions, even if the answer is jumbled. He’s confusing words and having trouble with his short term memory. For instance, he insists he hasn’t seen a single doctor or therapist, but that’s not true. He can’t understand that he had a stroke or that his addictions brought it on, so nothing is going to stop him from going back to those behaviors except sheer force. Communication with the hospital has been horrendous, of course, because they’re a mess over there. He has no physical aftereffects, thank God. Just mixing up some words and unable to comprehend some very important information. He’s going to be released within a day or two and he’ll have to start speech therapy remotely. They can’t put him into inpatient therapy because those places are full, plus they’re full of Covid. We can’t send him straight to a detox because they’re all full. He has to come home. He was in the ER for 6 hours Sunday night, not with suspected Covid patients, but the hospital has warned us that Covid is “all over the hospital” and he’ll need to self-isolate for 14 days when he’s home. He was tested for Covid upon arrival (negative) but will not be tested again upon discharge. I’m terrified for my mother, who will have to be the one to pick him up because the girlfriend doesn’t drive. I’m terrified he’ll come home and freak out when they try to stop him from smoking and drinking and drugging. I’m terrified my father will insist on going over there and thereby expose himself, and my mom will just allow it because she won’t be able to control my brother. I’m angry as hell at my brother and my parents. So so so angry, and it’s eating me up, although I’m trying to be patient with them all. My sister and I have husbands and 5 young children among us. We’ve self-isolated with our families and been responsible human beings for 5 weeks. We want to help, but doing so will risk our families. This is a nightmare on top of a disaster.

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Itsallsotiresome44

2020/04/17

Losing my will to keep going The lockdown has taken everything that made my life tolerable away from me. I've lost the motivation to really do anything. I stopped doing online assignments so I'm probably going to fail this semester. If my school ends up going online only in the fall I don't even know if I'd wanna continue my education. I just stay up all night reading r/covid19 in hopes some good news will come but it doesn't seem to matter. Lockdowns seem to be tightening and even if they do lift them it sounds like they're going to keep social distancing policies in place until they find a vaccine (which they might never find anyways). A life thats nothing but going to work then going home where I don't get to see friends or meet new people doesn't sound like a life worth living to me. My life was finally getting better but all that progress has been done away. I'm legitimately suicidal and I don't know what to do. I talk to my dad about it sometimes and he's great and tries to help me think it through but the feelings just remain. I just want my old life back.

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modernviolinist

2020/04/17

My grandfather is dying and I'm a 6 hour drive away and I don't know what to do because California is sheltering My grandfather has been ill since before last year and this year has been really rough so my family has been mentally preparing for him to go. But what we couldn't predict was covid. I moved to LA at the beginning of the year to look for work and had plans to make frequent visits since I'm from NorCal and it's a very short flight or a day's drive. I didn't anticipate covid grounding me to the spot. The doctors say that he's likely got a week left and he'll be moved to hospice. I want to be there for my family. I don't even know what kind of hospice and I've heard that if they're in a facility they won't allow visitors anyway. My parents just called me a earlier tonight asking if I wanted them to come pick me up (via car) and bring me home for a bit. Flying is completely no-go. I told them I didn't think it was a good idea to potentially put them in danger since that would mean two trips from two big populations. I don't want to risk passing anything onto them even though I've been exercising precautions. At the same time I want to be there for my family, I want to pay respects. But I also know I absolutely can't put them at risk. Don't even know if there's going to be a funeral. I won't even be able to attend if there is one, if I'm sheltering. After some back and forth with my parents they said that maybe it would be best if I stayed where I am. Yes, it is safest to stay where I am. I don't really know what I want.

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Audric_Sage

2020/04/17

Desperate for info regarding checks Hey. I'm 18 years old today. I'll be starting college soon, and I'm as broke as everyone else. I really need this money if I'm gonna survive. I filed taxes a few weeks ago, and my mother doesn't work, so she hasn't claimed me as a dependent. That being said, I was still a minor when I filed. Obviously I'm asking if anyone has any clue if I'll be getting this check. I meet all the requirements by pure technicality, and I can't find any source of info that discusses a case as unique as mine. I'm in the middle of trying to plan my life out right now, and I need to know if this is even something I can count on. If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it.

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[deleted]

2020/04/17

Don't want get out of bed?? Parks closed?? Want fruit!! That's basically all, I'm a high school student right now (class of 21!) and I'm just exhausted with all of this. It's absolutely draining and I can't stand being inside all day. I used to go to the park but then they closed all the parks so I go nowhere, I can't drive either. I'm super mad since it was the only thing I looked forward to. I don't feel like getting out of bed anymore, much less being "productive" by creating or doing something, like some people are. I kind of just want to sleep all day, I already sleep about 10 hours, which is normal for me but lately I can't start the day until 2pm because I can't manage to stay asleep longer than 6hrs. I don't have any drive to do my schoolwork since it all feels pointless. I'm just sick and tired of this. My older brother and dad keep taking all the food in the house and leaving me with scraps, which used to not happen when he was at college. I just want to eat a piece of fruit for once but it's so hard to find any. I'm especially sad because I applied for a selective residential science program this summer and I've been so excited to go, if I get accepted, but I learned that it may just all be put online. What a waste if so. I wouldn't even go then, it'd just be more time in front of a computer instead of enjoying summer. I'd rather just go to color guard that I would've missed and go to the beach, if I can't actually travel and do lab work and research. It's right now a "strong possibility" which basically means I'm screwed. Horrible because it's supposed to be in mid July!! The only positives of this is that I'm getting into new interests, even if they're not productive. I started reading Harry Potter series. Can you believe I never have? They're quite good. I'm a Gryffindor. I've also started writing a bit again. No big novels or anything. Just scenes here and there. I'm into some new TV shows and movies as well. Started watching Arrested Development. Why did no one tell me how hilarious it is until now, I don't know! But I'm seriously sick of all this. I don't want to even get out of bed anymore. Everything is being cancelled left and right, AP exams that I studied so hard for are kind of a joke, can't even go to color guard, which I practiced months for for only half a season, not to mention how crushing this must be for our seniors who won't get to perform at championships.

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mslitty

2020/04/17

COVID Skype/Zoom support group? Hey guys, forgive me if this has been mentioned before but it sounds like it might be a good idea. It’s so helpful to connect with other people online and speak openly about our fears, sadness and anxiety over this and it might be nice to connect using video conferencing software to see and hear others. I wouldn’t mind facilitating something like that if the interest was there, I’m a certified group facilitator and a Masters of Social Work student so I have some knowledge/experience, but if anyone more qualified would be interested I wouldn’t mind passing the torch over either. Just thinking of a way to lean on each other and get through this together.

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jcandyl

2020/04/17

Justice for My Mom with covid-19 Hi everyone, I'd like to share what I feel is an important story and aspect of this illness related to covid-19. It's about my mom who passed away on April 14. Please be aware that the story and images are very graphic. I appreciate any feedback, discussion, and support. Also, please share this story, for my mom. Thank you. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158685917192269&id=789547268

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Doing_It_For_Value

2020/04/17

[Support] I don't even know how to properly describe how I'm feeling now. I think it's a sense of defeat. I have anxiety/depression. I was also a mild germaphobe BEFORE all this. When the outbreak first started in the US, I was very nervous but reassured by my mother, a doctor, that I was not going to die if I did get this disease. I don't know how much of that was (non-malicious) ignorance on her part or if she was doing it just to calm me down. I am careful, I wash my hands often, like when I get home from work. I use hand sanitizer at work and I have it in the car for if I have to touch something like a key pad in a store. There's no point in mincing words. I'm morbidly obese, but not bedridden/immobile. I can move, function like normal, take care of myself. I don't have heart issues, yet, but I was recently diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. More and more I'm seeing articles about studies that show that the obese are at much higher risk for needing critical care. Now they're saying that some people who are in critical care don't have ANY underlying conditions other than Obesity! And they're in their early 30s, like me. This is definitely the wake-up call to end all wake-up calls, sure. I've tried off and on to lose weight. Could I do it via something like Intermittent Fasting, which from I've read looks promising for me? Possibly. But it's very unlikely to lose ALL the weight I would need to be healthy before a vaccine is made for COVID-19. I have a lot to lose. So even if I start my weight loss journey again, I'll still be in a vulnerable group. Therein comes the feeling of defeat. I don't want to have to disinfect everything I buy from stores or have delivered to me. I don't want to have to put takeout food into the oven when I get it at home. Is that just laziness? Subconsciously suicidal? I don't know, and it's kind of scary. I live alone, my dad and mom are in another state and country, respectively. I need supplies to function like everyone else. Short of going out in a hazmat suit, I can't eliminate all risk. I feel like I'm going to just get the virus anyway, no matter what I do, and then go to the hospital and suffer, if not die. Maybe I kind of want to. Maybe they'll triage me for someone skinnier, which is fine. Better save them than me, pragmatically. Yeah, it's defeat. You win, COVID-19.

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SheHasTrouble

2020/04/18

COVID-19 probably just destroyed my family and I don't know where else to turn So this whole ridiculous saga started this past Wednesday. My mom, an oncologist (so in healthcare, but not front lines) came home complaining about some mild sniffles. She's been having really really terrible health anxiety and this sent her over the edge. She's been low key freaking out since she accidentally touched a doorknob at work and then touched her face. I don't think it's anything; it's been colder where I am and the symptoms she's describing are generally what I get when the temperature falls and the air gets dry. For caution's sake she wanted to sleep in the guest room (and has been doing so the past couple of nights), but this really sent my dad over the edge. He's bad at dealing with stress (he's been having trouble sleeping when she's not there and bad headaches) and told her that no, she couldn't do that. His position is that if she has symptoms, then she has no right to bring anything home and should just piss off to a hotel instead. So he's not letting her self-isolate at home. It came to a head this morning when he screamed at her and told her to get out of the house (like a clothes-throwing, screaming, red-in-the-face angry outburst) and she left to drive around...somewhere for like 5 hours. They've had big fights together and made up, but this feels completely irreparable. She eventually came home (because I kept telling her that Dad would want her back and he would be fine with her wearing a mask and gloves, which was...only partially true) but little has changed from this morning. Nobody has changed their basic positions. Mom has COVID-whatever, Dad is adamant that she gets far away from him if she has symptoms (he has hypertension and is on the wrong side of 50) She's now desperately looking for a hotel and I'm really really worried for her. It feels like my whole world is falling apart. I know I shouldn't be this distraught; I'm almost 21 and am only home because my school moved online so theoretically I shouldn't be dependent on my parents at all but I like having a normal family and this is sending my anxiety into super overdrive. My parents hate each other, and my mom won't even tell me where she's gong to go. Thank you to this stupid pandemic for blowing up every pillar of "normal" I had in my life. Someone please tell me it's gonna be ok :(

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suckandletitgo

2020/04/18

[Question] what should I write to my grandpa in a nursing home? Visiting isn't an option but I can write an e-mail and they will read it out loud to him. He is slipping into Alzheimer's and I'm not sure what might be helpful or nice to hear at a time like this. Do you have any ideas? &#x200B; &#x200B; \----------------------------------------------------------- big thank you to all of the staff at the nursing homes, you are all doing a fantastic job and my family is deeply grateful

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ExNihiloAdNihilum

2020/04/18

How to wear a mask (need some good sources)? We have these GCG brand disposable masks at work that are blue on one side and white on the other. People say that you're supposed to wear with the blue side out, but at the same time there are people who say that you wear it with the contact points of the ear loops on the outside. If I follow the latter suggestion, then I'm wearing the white side on the outside. So how am I supposed to wear these masks (the WHO link didn't really address this)? I hope this is appropriate for this sub or is there a better one for this question? Thanks

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WhatAnEpicTurtle

2020/04/18

My mum tested positive. Hi all. My mum's a frontline NHS worker and she's just tested positive for COVID-19. She's 47, and has mild asthma. So far, she's only got the no taste/smell and achy symptoms. No fever or cough. I'm hoping she stays like this - what's the likelihood that she does? I'm so fucking worried and I'm living alone 40 miles away so there's no way I can go and be with her because the UK is on lockdown, and even if I did visit, I'm worried I'd bring it back with me. She's living with my dad and brother so she's not alone. I just don't know what to do. It's the asthma that's causing my anxiety to skyrocket. Does anyone have any info that might set my mind at ease?

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CoinBoy8601

2020/04/18

I feel like we could really be in a lot of trouble as a society after this pandemic. With the COVID-19 virus going around, and the way that certain people are reacting to it, I truly feel that this could be the end of the golden era of humanity. People are dying, and the mortality rate could become higher if hospitals become more overwhelmed. In addition, since most businesses are closed, we could enter a major economic depression, which could heavily damage a lot of people's lives. The worst part is this "new normal" that a lot of people are preaching (especially journalists). Personally, I see this as fear mongering, as well as an attack on society. Why would we still need to worry after this virus is under control or has a vaccine? It simply does not make any sense. If there is a depression, people will have to sell almost every enjoyable thing that they own, which would make life much less pleasant. Not to mention that they might have to give up their future goals (for example: wanting to move to Brooklyn, NY). This could devastate a lot of people, including myself. We need a plan to gradually open businesses back up at some point (as well as give people their jobs back), because a pandemic plus depression is worse than a pandemic alone. For all we know, I could be completely wrong about this rant, and things could still mostly return to normal after this pandemic is over. I just wanted to explain how I feel about this whole situation somewhere.

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hecate37

2020/04/18

Fear: Lifesaver or Manipulator Fear is a powerful emotion that can be used for or against us. Posted Apr 13, 2020 Hoping people find this article comforting. It's about handling the onslaught of information, how critical thinking can help keep us grounded, and keep fear at bay.

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Yozakura_

2020/04/18

What things (books/shows/movies/songs/sites/podcasts, etc) give you a little more hope? I was randomly listening to an old World War II song my mother liked called [The White Cliffs of Dover](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuHYnzWHS7o) when I realized that people back then wanted hope in dark times too. The song is all about hope that the war would end and things would return to normal. I thought about this, and figured I could search for things that give me a little more hope too. Not because the world right now isn't frightening. It is, or a lot of it is anyway. But because I read that decreasing fear and anxiety can help our immune systems work better, and is better for our bodies in general. So I ask you all, what things would you recommend which give you a little more hope? Any medium is fine. Books/shows/movies/songs/sites/podcasts/newsletters/games/videos,etc and any others I forgot to mention.

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muchachaganj

2020/04/18

Scared that I will die I am having constant fears that if I get the virus I will die because of my health problems. I’m young and I don’t want to die. It’s scaring me so much because I have to go out every so often for essentials and I just don’t wanna die!! :(

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beardedstoner

2020/04/18

I'm worried that I have Covid. And I'm worried that my family will hate me Right now I am just very dizzy and queasy and tired. So I'm hoping that this isn't Corona but I am extremely anxious about it. I am living at home with my parents and two younger sisters. If I do have it, it is highly likely they will all get it. We are all worried about my mom. But now I am even further worried that I could be the person to give her the virus. I very much fear my family's reaction toward me if that were to happen I have been staying in my room the past 24 hours, trying to sleep. I have been quarantining for weeks now, over a month, but I did make a trip to one store three days ago and now I can't help but feel that was a huge mistake. I am just so terrified...

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zooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

2020/04/18

Feeling so stressed from being a key worker that it’s making me physically ill. Okay so I’m a checkout worker. Last night I had this weird feeling just seem to hit me, like really sudden just body aches and malaise. This persisted into today. No fever, no anything else, just feeling aches all over my body and feeling fucking awful. I rang up my work saying I felt super ill so I’m self-isolating for a week (said high temperature). But honestly? I don’t think what I’m feeling is a virus as much as just general stress manifesting physically now. I felt exhausted and like aches similar to when I was really, really depressed. Like I already had clinical anxiety which I take meds for, before this all kicked off. Now I just think my body is telling me like ‘Zoe, you can’t do this for the sake of your mental health’. I’m going to take this week off because although I feel shitty for not doing my part and skiving, I’m just feeling way, way too stressed and awful about going into work. To the point where I’m almost wishing that I would get obviously sick with this virus so I don’t have to stress about getting at work anymore. I’m going to take this week off but I really have no idea what to do afterwards. Given the exceptional circumstances I’m considering quitting or taking a lifestyle break due to this pandemic since money problems can be overcome, whereas my mental health is more important. And although I’ll feel terrible for not contributing during this crisis... I feel like it’s doing such a number on my mental health. This is just so, so awful.

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allovex

2020/04/19

How to stop my landlord from letting others get into my (rented) apartment and giving them a tour despite the stay-at-home-order? This is obviously unsafe to everyone but beneficial to the landlord. The location is Philadelphia, PA.

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LifezABitch

2020/04/19

Gyms and Barbershops? I only leave home once a week, if that, but; I'm very insecure about my physical looks, and am also a look good feel good kind of person. So not being able to go to the gym and get a haircut is starting to do a toll on my mental health and image of myself :(. I'm also very scared of putting fat back on which I worked so hard to lose. My hair and especially my body is exactly what I've been so insecure about my entire life. I keep telling myself that the economy can't be shut down forever, and that gyms and barber shops will have to open up within several months. But gyms and barbershops are also prime places to spread contagious disease. So I do not know what to believe. Could we see a timeline in which these things could be open by the tail end of summer?

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SkyMagpie

2020/04/19

[TW] I don't know how much more of this I can take... Hello, I am a 23 year old woman and I have been suffering with hypochondria, GAD and depression for the past 8 years. Every other year I come close to being hospitalized for my breakdowns but I usually managed to recover. I can't recover from this one, it's only getting worse. This is a vent post. I think I might have COVID-19 but I don't show any typical symptom. No fever (temp went up to 98.4 few times in the past month), no cough, no shortness of breath. But I feel everything else, fatigue, tiredness, my muscles ache, I have no appetite, I barely drink, had few times my chest hurt and felt tight at night, I am having really bad panic attacks and I can't tell if it's anxiety or COVID. I lost 11 pounds in 2-3 weeks. I just feel so tired mentally and physically. I keep weeping at everything that reminds me of the time things were better. When I didn't have to fear for my life and didn't have to be locked up in my own house (we have a police enforced curfew we cannot leave or we will be arrested). My mom is quarantined with me but she is mad at me right now and I don't know if she is feeling bad because of the situation or if she is sick. I am tired of being careful where I step of thinking I didn't wash my hands enough, didn't wipe the products, touched my face without realizing, my mom not washing her hands properly and handling our food and surfaces, not wiping things enough. I can't anymore. I am breaking down. My body feels like it will crash. I have this strange heaviness in my chest, pain without hurting, I don't know if it's the COVID or if it's the stress. I haven't slept properly in weeks, wake up sweating and with a pounding heart every 2-3 hours, bizarre and scary dreams, sometimes my mind is awake but my body feels like it's too heavy to move. I can't enjoy daily activities, I can't read or write or draw or play video games. I completely dropped uni. I can't talk to people. All I do is sit at my balcony and watch the empty streets of the once most lively neighborhood in my town. I live day for day but I am not living, I am just not physically dead yet. All if me, my personality, my flair and spirit are crushed. I can't even recognize myself in the mirror. I am scared. I am scared of this uncertainty. I am scared I have COVID or that I will catch it. I am scared of death. I am sad for everyone who is sick, who lost a loved one or who died. I don't know what to do. I am sorry you had to read through this if you did and I thank you because I feel a little heard and a little understood. I want to have myself back.

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olszewskisa

2020/04/19

My depression is back Hi. I apologize in advance for the long post, I just feel the need to express what’s been on my mind. I (25F) have had clinical depression off and on since 2010. I’ve been on a combination of medicines that works with me for about two years and I’ve been seeing a therapist at least once a month. But I recently came to the realization that my depression is back. I’m not sick with COVID-19 but my job deems me an essential worker (I’m a lab technician that tests consumable products) so I’ve been heading to the office everyday since stay-at-home orders have been in effect. We’ve been short-handed since mid-March so I’ve been doing the work of 2-3 people also. We hired a temp who started on Monday but because my supervisor works from home most of the time it is my responsibility to train the new hire. I didn’t realize my depression came back until my supervisor spoke with me (more than once) about being more focused at work. I attributed my lack of concentration, fatigue, irritability, and overall sadness to work stress/burnout. But on Friday I bawled my eyes out until 2am over being criticized at work, my lack of social outlets to utilize, and the fact that I basically feel trapped having nothing to do outside of work because of social distancing (I have hobbies but I’ve lost interest in them, another sign of depression). I woke up at 4:30pm today and basically told myself I can only move forward from here. I’m hoping I can bounce back from this, I’m hoping my depression is purely circumstantial, but at the same time I’m terrified that I’m going to be in a months-long depression once this is over. Can anyone else relate? I haven’t felt this bad since college and it’s scaring me.

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jsflaherty1

2020/04/19

Terrified of getting the virus Hi, just made this account since I deleted my older one a few years ago. As most of you probably relate with, I'm having some severe anxiety about the virus. I have taken time off from my job (Dunkin') indefinitely until all of this blows over; I have 2 infant siblings, one whom has underdeveloped lungs, so if I were to take this virus home I would be screwed, and so would they. I want to protect them and my family desperately. I've had very very little contact with the outside for the past couple weeks, only time I've left my house was today to go put air into my tire so it wouldn't deflate while I'm sitting here in quarantine, also went out to get a coffee for my mother and I to make her day a little better (obviously wore gloves and all of that). I practice perfect hygiene all the time in an attempt to minimize any chance of getting the virus. However, about 30 minutes ago I had bad stomach pains, used the bathroom, washed my hands and decided to take my temperature since I've been super paranoid about that. Only made my anxiety worse because my temperature right now is hovering around 99.5-99.9 degrees and I don't know how to feel about this. I don't feel sick at all besides that stomach pain I had, now gone, I think it was because of some of the food I ate earlier. I've had some run-ins in the past couple weeks with false alarm low-grade fevers, only mostly because I was most likely dehydrated, or something else like that but I just can't help be absolutely terrified when I read a number like that, I'm just sitting here so scared.

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Forsaken_Painter

2020/04/19

Is it safe to have a plumber in apartment for repair? Hi everyone. My partner and I have been taking this extremely seriously. I leave the house once a week for groceries but that's it besides a few socially distant walks. I sewed us masks for whenever we're outside. Part of the motivation is that my partner has asthma and I am very worried about how it would affect her if she were to get sick. Unfortunately her father who is a nursing home recently contracted the virus which has us generally more scared and taking it even more seriously than before. Here's my dilemma: today we realized that our bathroom sink has a bad leak from from the pipe below. I don't think it would be that difficult to fix but we've tried ourselves and we're not able to. Obviously a sink is pretty important to have (the only other one is in our kitchen), but I don't feel super comfortable bringing someone into our home to fix it right now, especially because we rent our apartment and if we go through our landlord we won't have much control over who comes to fix it/won't know if they've been social distancing, etc. It's causing me a lot of stress. So what do you think, is it safe to have someone come in and fix it? If so, what precautions should we take? Thanks in advance. Stay safe, everyone.

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CKEden

2020/04/20

Help: Grandmothet judt diagnosed in facility, cut off Hi everyone, I'm not sure what to do here. My grandmother, who, up until now, was safe in a nursing facility, has contracted the virus from someone who works there along with others. The problem is, we have a very evil and vindictive family member who has cut us off from any information, and the facility won't tell us what's going on. All we know is they are taking her out of her private room and into an isolation unit with other sick people. She has alzheimers, she must be scared, she loves her stuffed animals, and she must be in so much pain. We have a lot of questions and we also know that they arent planning on treating her or the other elderly there because of a shortage of meds... What should we do? We just want to be able to ask questions about how shes doing, what, if anything, they're doing for her, etc. Should we call the area's police dept.? Thank you in advance... **Edit: sorry for the misspellings in the title... I just wanted to get the post up asap in case anyone has any advice

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averageghosthuman

2020/04/20

Live with elderly parents and need to go to hospital for non-covid issue I unfortunately need to leave the house to get an X-Ray this week at the orthopedic center at my local hospital. I live with my parents who are 65+ and I’m worried about the heightened exposure of the virus at the hospital. Would it be best to quarantine in my room and avoid contact with them for 14 days after my appointment? Or is it satisfactory if I just shower as soon as I get home? Thanks in advance.

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alexsmith2332

2020/04/20

Creating a collection of stories of how people are dealing with COVID19 and quarantine to help them relate I have been looking online to to see if there any site or anywhere people can post stories of how they are dealing with the Covid19 situation and otherwise in general with how everything is getting affected. I could not find anything similar so I decided to create a site which would allow people to post a story or their thoughts anonymously and also hopefully find other stories which others can resonate with. I would really appreciate it if people could visit and give feedback and if you want contribute your own story as well. The site is [http://www.covid19story.net/](http://covid19story.net/) Hopefully the site will help you get hope and also get something off your chest if you need to. Happy to take more feedback if you have some.

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Murrivel

2020/04/20

Has anyone else decided to abandon/temporarily abandon social media as a result of the overwhelming and depressing COVID-19 discourse? I finally broke down this morning and deleted Instagram off my phone and logged off FB for the time being after seeing way too many posts about what we've lost, the "new normal", and people attacking each other if they don't share the \*exact\* same opinions on how the virus/economy/etc. should be handled. I was starting to feel like no one was posting about ANYTHING else anymore--just covid, covid, covid. Even the kind and helpful stuff was getting to be too much. It was doing bad things for my mental health, and I don't want to watch some of my classmates and friends ripping into each other online. I feel really disconnected from a lot of people because I've had to come home and be away from everyone, but a lot of the platforms I used to use to socialize with people aren't healthy for me anymore. Have any of you guys decided to make this decision as well? How are you approaching it, and what kind of limits are you setting for yourselves?

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S_Lang

2020/04/20

Youth Strategies to Stay Home Hi, I work in youth-programming for my company and we are trying to brainstorm ideas for encouraging youth to stay at home during this pandemic. So far, we've come up with things like online video game tournaments, streaming concerts once a week, and chain mail videos of "why" we stay home. The goal is to spread awareness to youth that it's not just about keeping them safe, but also them keeping *others* safe. I am hoping we can all share ideas on this post and hopefully parents who are looking for ideas for their kids can refer to these ideas as well. Thanks for any ideas and help! Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy out there!

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ChristmasChan

2020/04/20

question about stimulus package and unemployment benefits I work in essential retail at lowes and im constantly around people coming in and out of the store. the way lowes works is you are entitled to engage customers that are in your department. regardless of social distancing guidelines you MUST assist customers that need it. The issue is that i am diabetic, asthmatic, and suffer from high blood pressure so i am at extreme risk of dying if i contract the virus. working 5 days a week i fear i will contract it at some point. Ive talked with my doctor and he advised that i stay home which i did. I took the emergency paid leave offered but the problem is that ends soon and once it does im SoL unless i apply for FMLA. So once the time is up i either go back to work, quit, or get unpaid leave through FMLA. I am thinking about quitting since FMLA is also temporary. The job is not worth the risk. im part time and i get paid in peanuts and my doctor agrees that its not worth the risk and still recommends i stay home. So my question is if i quit specifically because i am at high risk from the virus and provide documentation from my doctor stating why i am at high risk from the virus would i qualify for the unemployment benefits from my state and government package? I would not be quitting for just any reason, I absolutely can not contract this virus as im not the only one at risk, my mom also has bad health and my step dad is very hold. I run the risk of taking out my entire family along with myself just from getting to0 close to a customer that wants 1500 bricks loaded onto his truck... Would i qualify for the unemployment benefits at all? I am in Louisiana.

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Dr__2Savage

2020/04/20

I think I had Covid-19. My mum went to Sainsbury's just to get some foodstuff. She came home and after a few days she was really sick. She had all the symptoms the fever, dry cough and sore throat. Also a really bad nose blocked. It was inevitable we were gonna get it. My dad said we should not go to hospital because we never know what we had caught could just be the common cold. &#x200B; So we all had it for like a week and then we were fine. I mean we might take an anti-body test just to make sure but we are fine. My dad is kinda old (57) but he was the first to recover then me (14), my mum (47), my brother (18) and then finally my sister (16). This really felt like Covid-19 and it was unlike anything we ever ha. My family have a history of high blood-pressure and diabetes so we were kinda worried. &#x200B; But we are fine now. I just wanna know if there are any medical people out there who would know if what we had is covid or just something else. Here are is the EXACT information of what happened and our symptoms. &#x200B; Symptoms: Heavy dry cough (Every couple of minutes) Fever (My temperature was above the recommended and felt like hell for ten days) Sore throat (The soreness came and went and was more like a strong tickle I think) Blocked nose (This was like its not even possible to breath, I tried holding my breath buy squeezing my nose and it went away in 4 days) Headaches (Had a headache as well but it was only for 3 days but every time I moved my eyes it would hurt like hell) &#x200B; Information: I had it for 10 days Dad had it for 8 days Mum had it longest 13 days Brother had it 12 days Sister had it for shortest 6 days My sister caught it last as she is studying for A-Level so stays in her room most of the time. &#x200B; Hope someone out there can help us thanks! &#x200B; TL;DR The title.

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brattyfawn

2019/01/01

Just switched gyms and burned 802 calories in 52 minutes. Also I’m moving to a new place in a few days that’s walking distance from this gym and it’s 24/7. Shoutout to the Stair Mill Gods™️ for this calorie loss and the two shots of whisky I’m about to have, although I can’t really feel the tips of my fingers rn lol~

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rqrqsj

2019/01/01

How do you guys deal with vacations/holidays? Heading to Japan for a vacation with my SO and I’m so scared of being the fattest cow in the pasture. I’m American and as a country we are just fat fucks, it’s a thing. My BMI is 23.5 right now so naturally I feel like a fat piece of shit. I’m hoping to get it back to 20 before we go. I know that in Asia the average body weight is much lower and I’m so scared! I’m pretty sure my SO is going to propose while we are there too as he has asked for my ring size and keeps playing up the romantic spots he wants to see, and I just want to feel good about myself and not stick out being so huge. What are your travel stories? How do you deal with when you know you will be in a hot place with skimpy clothes and bikinis? How do you deal with eating, binging, purging on holiday? Do you prep for this kind of thing?

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xStingx

2019/01/01

New year, old me. At the end of this month, it will be one whole year since I've had an eating disorder. At the beginning of 2018, I weighed around 205 pounds, give or take a few. Today I'm 133 pounds and exhausted because I thought I'd be 115 (my goal weight) by now. I'm scared because everytime I lose a few pounds I expect to look pretty and become happier but I'm not. Death is becoming more plausible because I just do not see myself being happy. I see lots if posts about people getting more attention, feeling better about how they look and just all around reaching their goals. I just feel like I'm on the outside looking in? When you're 200+ pounds, feeling bad about yourself every single day, getting no attention, unhappy, and repulsive, you think losing weight will solve all of those things. So when you actually do lose weight and everything is still the same, what are you supposed to do? I'm at a dead end with no turn around. I feel empty and hopeless, fat and uncaring that my ED could kill me. I'm not afraid to purge harder or restrict until I see stars because I've reached the finish line long ago but only to realize that there is no cheering crowd or gold medal. What more do I have to do in order to fucking love myself!? I've destroyed my body just to mold my body into something that I still dont like. I'm tired of myself.

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darlingadoring

2019/01/01

does anyone here have a ED tumblr? i don’t follow many active people. i’m darlingadoring on there too :) i also have a semi popular poetry blog

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heatheringly

2019/01/01

Just purged with my fingers for the first time. I used to absolutely need a toothbrush. But I didn't have one and I needed it gone so fucking bad and it finally worked. So many things about ed give me this bizarre mix of pride and disgust. I don't remember the last time I felt proud of myself that I wasn't also ashamed about something IDK thanks for coming to my Ted talk

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orthofuckyrself

2019/01/01

Was Doing So Well, Then Got Thrown A Curveball Was managing to have a super healthy attitude about bulking, and a kinda healthy one about cheating at Christmas. Then, this evening, I realized that the nutritional information for these candied fruits I've been merrily eating for the past 2 days cannot possibly be right. I figure, I'm out 1000 calories total, worst case scenario. My advice to someone else dealing with this would be, "if you fuck up that bad, just pretend it didn't happen. If you have to cut like 2 days sooner, that's life." I'm trying to apply that to myself, but like... fuck. Straw that broke the camel's back. Used my remaining calories for booze to dull the pain. :p

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dortuh

2019/01/01

I need some exercise recommendations or I'm gonna go crazy... For several months I've been going on walks. Walking my daughter in the stroller or walking alone. But now the cold is bone chilling, and there's snow on the sidewalk. I can't subject the baby to that and I can't really stand it either. I don't wanna just do a bunch of mindless crunches in my apartment... The gyms will all be completely clogged for a few months and memberships are too expensive. AND I have really bad joints and can't try new exercises without supervision because I'll hurt myself (so links to workout videos won't help.) I have Beachbody DVDs, and I've only done one of the workouts and it makes me feel like I'm gonna pass out. And I can't do it when I have my daughter cause she loses her shit when she doesn't like what on TV and she will get under my feet and not allow me to exercise. I need some cardio though. Things I can do with a two year old around. Indoors. Something free. I can't think of any good options. Walking around the mall get old pretty fast and she starts losing her shit. And my power walking usually freaks other people out. What do

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stupidthrowawaynya

2019/01/01

i saw something i wish i hadn’t i’ve been struggling with an eating disorder for a few years now, and my boyfriend developed one too. i wanted to see a picture and he was using my phone for directions, so i borrowed his. he had a thing open showing his weight. he’s taller than me (5’6.5) and 121 lbs. i’m shorter and 134 (5’5.5) i feel horrible. i’m so disgusting and i want to die. why can’t i be skinner again? why can’t i be back to 110? he’s getting me ice cream now and he made me promise i’ll eat it but i fucking can’t. at all.

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citrus_juuiice

2019/01/01

I’m between abc, 2468, and Russian gymnast Recovery took me from 118 to 132. I’ve gotten down to 127/128, but I’m still to big for comfort (I’m 5’5” btw). I’m going back to school soon and I think I’ll try each of them for a week and then decide which to stick with. Until i go back I’ll just try to stay below 1000 Caliries and fast when I can.

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gkelleyr

2019/01/01

What’s your resolution/affirmation for the year? I’m telling myself “each day I get skinnier” as my affirmation. I believe in law of attraction and setting an intention with an affirmation you can believe. It’s hard for me to believe that I’m skinny now (5’5 sw 117 cw 126 lw 108) but telling myself I’m getting closer is encouraging.

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RedditRabbitt

2019/01/01

Anyone obsessed with numbers.. but like, other people’s numbers? I’ve been liking kpop as thinspo lately and I wanted to see where I would need to be weight wise to look like some of the girls my height. I literally found a list of kpop stars with their heights and weights.. then went through hundreds to find EVERY SINGLE GIRL that was my height. Wrote down all their weights. Then averaged them. Then got the median.. then the mode! Then I averaged the averages. What in the actual fuck. If that’s not disordered.. idk what is!! I also constantly am figuring other girls BMIs. And if you post your BMI lol best believe I will find out your weight if I can find your height! Creep status right there!

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Isaidbiiiitttttttchh

2019/01/01

Finding a middle ground I’ll label this as a tentative victory over my disordered brain. I spent a week with my parents and my best friend who convinced me to eat what I pleased for a week. Cookies, rice, quinoa, butter, regular bread. Pretty much everything I haven’t had in 9+ months. I came back home yesterday and I’m back to eating healthy foods. I’m not spiraling into over restriction and over exercising and I’m not still over indulging. I feel in a relatively balanced place and I’m so grateful. I want 2019 to be the year that my disordered thoughts stay gone they’re still in the back of my head but they’re not winning right now. TL;DR **in a place of moderation for the first time in a while**

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littlejanedoe-

2019/01/01

Does anyone else look up stats of their thinspo? I’m sick of looking at my thinspo and directly comparing myself these images. I thought about looking up the height and measurements for some of these models to get a better idea. Obviously there no use in striving for a body type you can never achieve right ?! So I’m only 5’1 and I saw Corin Jamie Lee is only 5’3 and hella goals! Her stats are US 34-24-34 but I couldn’t find her weight. Anyone else try to only follow thinspo of their height?

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sugafreedreams

2019/01/01

If your family/friends don't know about your ED, do you think anyone has ever suspected anything? I'm 99% sure that nobody who I know in real life has any idea that I purge. I'm so fast, efficient and silent that I have no problem purging in our house's only toilet 3 meters away from my dad sitting on his computer. I don't use my fingers or any object to throw up, all I do is bend over, open the stomach port and push all the food out manually. No gagging noises, no redness, a whole meal comes out within seconds. I've even came up with ways to get rid of the sound of vomit hitting the toilet water. You wouldn't be able to tell even if you had your ear to the toilet door and were trying to figure out whether someone is throwing up in there or not. A couple of weeks ago I went out to McDonald's to eat with my family. I had a 1500 calorie binge, went to the bathroom, hands-free blasted everything out in 30 seconds, came back to where we were sitting a minute later like nothing happened. No puffiness, redness or wet eyes. Almost immediately after I had sat down my mom pointed out that I had a tiny stain of Big Mac sauce on my right index finger and handed me a tissue to wipe it off. I had no idea that the minuscule skin-colored stain was even there myself, but then someone else immediately notices it after I had returned from the bathroom after a big meal? The only explanation I can think of is that she was looking at my fingers on purpose to see if they were irritated and red, because that's what usually happens when you use the gag reflex to purge. That explanation is even more probable because she herself on-off struggled with bulimia in her 20's. Then her child lost a lot of weight, is underweight, but is eating a ton of food without gaining weight. Any person capable of basic logic would connect the dots from personal experience alone. The speed and lack of redness unfortunately outsmarted her again. It feels so criminal and wrong, but yet so thrilling to be fooling everyone daily. The average person has absolutely no clue that it's even possible to throw up without sticking things down your throat, but here I am using that as a tool to maintain the illusion of normalcy. Unless I somehow get caught red-handed (no pun intended), there's no way that anyone will be able to tell that I truly have a problem. If your cat is still in the bag like mine is, do you think anyone has had any suspicions about your weight or eating habits?

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mxrikruz

2019/01/01

Barely ate today. :/ I feel so weak and tired. I’m craving for more food but I’m giving in.

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claryberries

2019/01/01

do laxatives... hurt? i've never used lax and only ever purged.. i'm not asking if i 'should' use them i'm just curious.. do they hurt? i mean they're obviously going to make you shit but is it like overwhelming diarrhea or something i've heard mixed things

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CorrithLavellan

2019/01/01

My mom just asked me if I'm an alcoholic I told her no, but the truth is maybe. I feel bad that most of my calories in a day come from alcohol. But alcohol makes everything easier. It's easier to cope, easier to purge, easier to be pleasant. I don't know why I'm making this post I just feel horrible because she seemed genuinely concerned amd she probably has a right to.

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DudeWhereIsMyPie

2019/01/01

I just had the worst binge omfg I fucking hate myself Jesus Christ i just had a 2000 cal binge and I can’t purge because my entire family’s just like wondering about the house 🤮 Why am I like this lol Gonna fast tomorrow though so whatever 🙃

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EDAnonymous

Lunar_Heart

2019/01/01

I went to a New Year's Eve Party I ate, drank, and was certainly very merry. I drowned my social anxiety in a couple drinks, calories be damned (pineapple juice and rum was simply too sweet to spoil with calorie counts and my assorted internal bullshit). I talked to people. I danced. I smoked under the stars with strangers and felt very much alive and entirely unashamed of that fact. Today, I woke up before the sun, and stumbled into the kitchen. I drank approximately a metric fuckload of orange juice straight from the jug and decimated a leftover taco bell burrito. I then went back to the couch and passed out to the lullaby of the original Bat Man tv show. My stomach was full. I heard the slosh of the orange juice as I walked back to my makeshift bed. But I gave not one single fuck. I kicked off 2019 with a real (albeit not the healthiest) breakfast and a hangover nap. Happy fucking New Year.

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