Good Afternoon... I just wanted to come on here and see how many others are out there that may be dealing with this.. I don't have health anxiety. But my DW does.. so you can imagine how trying of a time this has been for her .. I can't imagine feeling like everything is going to make you sick and that you can't even go out for a drive without feeling that you must sanitize everything. We unpack all our groceries when we go shopping, wash what we can and change and show after each trip.
I feel the same way about most of what she is wanting to do .. but may not do exactly what she does if it was just me .. However .. that isn't a thing that would be beneficial to argue about at this time .. On top of that .... my MIL is a cancer survivor and lives with us ( in the basement ) with my FIL.... who doesn't believe this is a serious thing going on so he doesn't wash his hands much and go out and socializes with his buddies/family and than comes home to my MIL. So you can imagine how that goes off with the rest of us ... we are all trying to keep our selves in check ( I don't deal with a lot of mental health , but this has been a trying time for me as well ) as I feel I am trying to keep it all together for everyone ..... I am the support the strength... and I am ok with that.. but I feel overwhelmed as well.. Been having a lot of crying fits lately ... due to feeling helpless and scared myself... I am lucky I am able to work from home so that is a mental distraction ... I keep my news coverage to a minimum and try to watch commercial free tv, as the message of what is going on right now is everywhere.... EVEN Netflix has a Coronavirus Show on there ... LIKE COME ON!!!!!
On top of that my MIL has to go in for surgery and we all have to pitch in to help her and FIL is still going out and doing his thing and not being as sanitary as he should/could...
I feel so scared and lonely also I feel so trapped by the uncertainty of what is going on ... and of the choices that my family is making ... it would be different if we didnt' live in such small quaters... but when he comes in we feel we must sanitize everything he touches.. and he can't come near our dog .... its just a huge shit show ..
I wish there were more discussion about the pandemic on here so I can at least read that I am not alone and maybe get pointers on how others are dealing with things...
I am so overwhelmed with everything.. mostly the health anxiety in the house and the worry of contamination and all the aches and pains that could be the worst case scenario .. has anyone had someone in their life that deals with this ... and how have you coped and dealt with what seems to be constant negativity/ fear.
I feel the same way about most of what she is wanting to do .. but may not do exactly what she does if it was just me .. However .. that isn't a thing that would be beneficial to argue about at this time .. On top of that .... my MIL is a cancer survivor and lives with us ( in the basement ) with my FIL.... who doesn't believe this is a serious thing going on so he doesn't wash his hands much and go out and socializes with his buddies/family and than comes home to my MIL. So you can imagine how that goes off with the rest of us ... we are all trying to keep our selves in check ( I don't deal with a lot of mental health , but this has been a trying time for me as well ) as I feel I am trying to keep it all together for everyone ..... I am the support the strength... and I am ok with that.. but I feel overwhelmed as well.. Been having a lot of crying fits lately ... due to feeling helpless and scared myself... I am lucky I am able to work from home so that is a mental distraction ... I keep my news coverage to a minimum and try to watch commercial free tv, as the message of what is going on right now is everywhere.... EVEN Netflix has a Coronavirus Show on there ... LIKE COME ON!!!!!
On top of that my MIL has to go in for surgery and we all have to pitch in to help her and FIL is still going out and doing his thing and not being as sanitary as he should/could...
I feel so scared and lonely also I feel so trapped by the uncertainty of what is going on ... and of the choices that my family is making ... it would be different if we didnt' live in such small quaters... but when he comes in we feel we must sanitize everything he touches.. and he can't come near our dog .... its just a huge shit show ..
I wish there were more discussion about the pandemic on here so I can at least read that I am not alone and maybe get pointers on how others are dealing with things...
I am so overwhelmed with everything.. mostly the health anxiety in the house and the worry of contamination and all the aches and pains that could be the worst case scenario .. has anyone had someone in their life that deals with this ... and how have you coped and dealt with what seems to be constant negativity/ fear.
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