I’m a second year uni student and living off campus this year. I’ve been struggling to cope with COVID, especially as I usually struggle with stress.
I have so much work to do every week for my course that it’s honestly a joke. Only one of my flatmates (out of 4) has moved in, and he wants to spend all his free time with his girlfriend- in fact, she’s basically moved in with us for a short while. And to top it all off, I have to self isolate after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID. I just feel very cut off from everyone and I’m pretty emotionally drained. The problem is I have no human contact with anyone really, and I just find myself being miserable when other people are having fun and I don’t get to have any of that. I don’t even want to text people or call my friends any more because I just feel like a shell of myself, and I don’t think I’m up to socialising.
Has anyone felt like this? What have other people done to stay sane if you’re pretty much on your own?