Lockdown highs and lows

[Makaraka]

I know I keep making threads
But I love to hear from everyone & it’s keeping me sane and sober

so lockdown highs and lows...

my high was surviving and teaching my then reception daughter her times tables 1-10

 

[Meh]

Hey! This is a good thread

Highs: finally saving enough money to get the kitchen replaced- it’s so much better now.

Lows: depression starting to creep back in after working from home since March. I feel the “work life balance” blurring recently and had a bit of a melt down on Sunday. Working hard to separate that again and get out for a walk more often.

 

[Curlywurly85]

Highs: saving money, reconciling with my brother after 3 years, learnt a hell of a lot more about who I am as a person, learnt to find joy in the everyday simple things

Lows: weight gain, anxiety and depression have been very bad at times, work life balance, losing friends - certainly discovered who I’m important to this year

 

[Youre a wizard Harry]

Highs: improving my fitness in lockdown 1 and losing weight. Spending more time with my husband.
lows: missing friends and family, husband has had some low days in this lockdown and the last week or so I’ve noticed I’m doubting my ability at work (even more than usual), which has previously been a sign that anxiety and depression are creeping back in. Trying to exercise more as it helps a huge amount and make some plans to look forward to post lockdown.

 

[hashbrown123]

My high is being able to pay off all of my debts and get some savings and I’ve lost two stone in weight.
The low is definitely the impact on my mental health. Not necessarily related to lockdown but exaggerated because of it... a lot of time to think about things. I think a lot of it that my anxiety has been able to take a hold because it’s been given it’s own way by me staying inside! Normally I try and push through but it’s hard at the moment. As I’m sure it is for most people! Just a lot of overthinking and self doubt and inability to motivate myself as well

 

[1001 others]

Highs: What a beautiful, clean house! I hope it stays this way.

Lows: Um ... I'm struggling here ... being somewhat of a loner I quite like it.

 

[Mulholland Drive]

Highs. Still plenty of work both from home and customer site. Keeping fit by daily running. Money to pay bills and save for rainy days. Fly out to South Africa next month for three months. Tattle.

Lows. SAD. Depression, boozing, separated. Dark mornings and nights. tit news day in day out.

 

[265]

Highs - Making shitloads of cash, job satisfaction and finally people appreciate my services more than ever now.

Lows - Not being able to get to a motorcycle clothing store, I really need a new Jacket, buying Jackets online is
not an option, Boots yes but not Jackets.

 

[Giggling Squid]

Highs? A safe, secure job that I love that I’ve been able to do easily from home. Being able to sort the house out having moved in end of last year (best decision ever buying when we did, I don’t think we would have survived lockdown in our shoebox!), my sisters covid-wedding, exploring the area we live in, no commuting, we got a kitten and she now owns us. Ohh and I’ve finally started to lose weight, back in love with exercise, I walk miles every day. I’m not down much but 6kg down so far this year... I’ve been gaining since my dad died 3 years ago, so this is massive for me.

Honestly, there haven’t been many lows, and I know that this has given me a bit of a rose tinted view of lockdown and the virus. Im also one of those irritating people who tried to see the positive in everything. I don’t have many friends, so have mostly been able to see them except during strict lockdown when we have just zoomed instead.... my family is small, so have been able to see all of them (2 households, mum bubbled with my sister) for most of the time too. The only real low, although quite big, is that we’ve been unable to see my partner’s family including his young nephews in 11 months now, and it’s hard. I miss them so much, a year isn’t that much in the grand scheme of things, but in the life of a 3 year old, it’s huge. We’ve missed so much

 

[Italy2]

High: Grateful for my job and family

Low: I just feel so down and lonely. Lockdown and restrictions seem never ending...

 

[GetOffMyLawn]

Lockdown highs: quality time with the family. Son succeeding in his application to get in the army (starts basic January). Appreciating simple things in life. Home learning my little one.

Lockdown lows: lost a close friend to Covid in April and now another one is in HDU but looking a bit more hopeful. Missing my daughter and her girlfriend terribly: zoom/FaceTime is not enough. Although I love my family dearly, I’ve had no ‘me time’ and feel very lonely (hardly any friends )

 

[Catfan2]

Highs: What a beautiful, clean house! I hope it stays this way.

Lows: Um ... I'm struggling here ... being somewhat of a loner I quite like it.

I definitely agree with your choice of lows! Being a really anxious person, lockdown has got me out of many social gatherings and for that I am grateful!

 

[JakeM]

Highs: I’m a loner so being an anxious person, I quite like being in lockdown most days. My Anxiety isn’t as bad as it used to be. Tattle.

lows: I’m loner, as said above, but I do miss family/friends.

 

[Causewaygal]

High - taking up running again and doing the virtual London marathon.
lows - having zero income for 6 months (ltd company directors) and now my husband is back working in Ireland I’m doing lockdown alone. The longest conversation I’ve had with anyone in person since last month has been asking to send a parcel first class to Ireland

 

[watermelon sugar]

Highs - we moved into our first home literally the day lockdown began, so all through lockdown we have been decorating and getting used to things in our new house
We had a new baby!
I got used to becoming a Mum, although I still have my days
I discovered Tattle!!

Lows - I lost my Dad & uncle
I had a bit of pnd but another high is I've overcome that

 

[Sweetpotato0965]

High - saving money, spending more time with family.

Low - working for NHS, finally meeting a really nice guy then being told I can’t see him and to WaLK iN a PaRk until April. Everyone else has someone why can’t I sorry I’m being very selfish I realise lol.

 

[coconochanel]

One high for me was starting the Downing Street Men thread and getting to know all the other lovely ladies with crushes on the MP's..

 

[roundzip]

Highs - being able to work from home which I love
- spending more time with my new kittens who are now cats
- meeting 2 new friends online who I think will be friends for life

Lows - increase in anxiety
- missing family and friends
- not being able to go to all the concerts and shows I had booked this year

 

[Mulholland Drive]

Highs. Still plenty of work both from home and customer site. Keeping fit by daily running. Money to pay bills and save for rainy days. Fly out to South Africa next month for three months. Tattle.

Lows. SAD. Depression, boozing, separated. Dark mornings and nights. tit news day in day out.

Just to add a couple more lows - the announcement from Bubblehead Boris that "Lockdown Lite" is going to drag on until end of March at the very earliest. The crippling debt the country is in and will have to be paid for via taxes, just to compound the anxiety.

 

[Sosig]

Highs - Being in a safe job that has allowed me to work from home ever since lockdown began.
Got a promotion while I’ve been at home so learning a new role remotely
Saved a lot of money and paid stuff off.
Booked my driving test for next spring.
Decorating the house.

Lows - Not getting to see my boyfriend since before lockdown until mid May because I had covid/support bubbles not being a thing.
Depression.
Not getting to go on our booked city break in March which is now (hopefully) Feb 2021.
Should have really tried to start running during lockdown 1. Im psychically fit and go to the gym but I have absolutely no stamina