how do you remember covid 19 lockdowns?

i feel bad for all those who are harshly hit by covid 19. i know a newly wed couple whose husband died to covid 19

but i was luckier, i didnt get infected at all and no one in my family got it, i got to spend so much time with my elderly and disabled father during the lock down i have some kind of nostalgic for it now.

its not possible now as i have to work on site..

Reply 1

The_Lonely_Goatherd

It was such a strange time but, that said, I don't remember huge amounts about it. (I have memory issues, due to my mental health problems!) Things I do remember:

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not being able to hug my younger sister for about 8 months (she's a doctor and was working on covid wards, and didn't want to pass anything onto my parents or I)

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wearing facemasks for a very long time, long after most of the people in my area stopped bothering with them

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successfully jumpstarting my PhD studies again, because there was pretty much nothing better to do than start reading and writing for my thesis again!

I didn't mind being cooped up indoors for months on end, because I'm used to that because of my mental health problems. So in a weird way, it felt like the rest of the world suddenly understood a bit better what it's like to be me! :redface:

Reply 2

username7144506

Original post by littleCorsican

i feel bad for all those who are harshly hit by covid 19. i know a newly wed couple whose husband died to covid 19
but i was luckier, i didnt get infected at all and no one in my family got it, i got to spend so much time with my elderly and disabled father during the lock down i have some kind of nostalgic for it now.
its not possible now as i have to work on site..

It's vintage for me to be honest. Had my GCSE's cancelled and six months at home was great. Developed OCD which was bad at the time, but it's better now. However, 2020/21 is a time to forget, personally.

Reply 3

username6828106

Peace. I'm someone who thrives alone and I spent a lot of my time in COVID doing my GCSE prep. I was the lucky year that got to actually do my exams but with easier grade boundaries. I was the happiest I had been in a long time and spent more time with my friends online, which was great because we were able to keep laughing at each other or whatever game we were playing.

I did eventually catch COVID when school was starting to re-open with masks, but for me it was a couple hours of jolting and shaking, faint coughs and the symptoms were over in the same night.

When we were allowed to use public parks for exercise, I had one friend I used to go out and play basketball with just for the sake of leaving the house and now that park holds a lot of memories for me.

So yeah, bit of nostalgia, but I've been on the up ever since.

Reply 4

JDINCINERATOR

It was a gloomy time for humanity, but as humanity has always done, we've risen above, persevered and gotten stronger from these harsh experiences.

Reply 5

Cansada

I remember feeling a constant sense of apathy, and as much as I tried to motivate myself to do any kind of work, I spent my days scrolling on youtube. I feel that because of lockdown I missed out on some important friendships, and I am in contact with no one from my primary school (it's ok though, I have the best friends in the world now). It feels so long ago now, and life seems to be somewhat split into "before covid" and "after covid." I'm so happy that life has returned to normal, sometimes I thought it never would. One good thing that came from it was that y6 SATs got cancelled :biggrin:

Reply 6

seaturtle12

Original post by littleCorsican

i feel bad for all those who are harshly hit by covid 19. i know a newly wed couple whose husband died to covid 19
but i was luckier, i didnt get infected at all and no one in my family got it, i got to spend so much time with my elderly and disabled father during the lock down i have some kind of nostalgic for it now.
its not possible now as i have to work on site..

I was a teenager who at the time had the best time of his life: was waking up to gaming with mates, would sleep late, didn’t have a single worry, summer was great I was going out to play football although a little less. I got covid fairly early and didn’t get contract it ever again. However I do remember the difficulties people went through at the time, an acquaintance of mine had lost their close relative due to covid.

Reply 7

littleCorsican

Original post by seaturtle12

you went out to play football during the covid lockdown? 😳

Reply 8

seaturtle12

Original post by littleCorsican

you went out to play football during the covid lockdown? 😳

yeah I was going to my local cruyff court

Reply 9

phoenixx06

lockdown feels so surreal, like it was forever ago but i’m stuck in time simultaneously. it was terrifying at first, i thought we were all gonna die and covid would wipe humanity off the planet bit hey, i was like 13. 13 year olds are stupid.

i didn’t mind being stuck at home all/most of the time because i had social anxiety anyway, i was also getting bullied at school for over a year pre lockdown so not having to go anymore was amazing. by the time schools reopened, the bullying had somehow just stopped, so that was awesome too.

i’ve had covid 4 times now but funnily enough 3 out of the 4 times were like 2022 onwards, so when the lockdowns and panic and everything were over 😭😭 my mum refuses to let me get vaccinated which is annoying because covid gets worse every time i catch it and i’m asthmatic, but i turn 18 soon anyway so i can get the vaccine then.

Reply 10

littleCorsican

Original post by phoenixx06

lockdown feels so surreal, like it was forever ago but i’m stuck in time simultaneously. it was terrifying at first, i thought we were all gonna die and covid would wipe humanity off the planet bit hey, i was like 13. 13 year olds are stupid.
i didn’t mind being stuck at home all/most of the time because i had social anxiety anyway, i was also getting bullied at school for over a year pre lockdown so not having to go anymore was amazing. by the time schools reopened, the bullying had somehow just stopped, so that was awesome too.
i’ve had covid 4 times now but funnily enough 3 out of the 4 times were like 2022 onwards, so when the lockdowns and panic and everything were over 😭😭 my mum refuses to let me get vaccinated which is annoying because covid gets worse every time i catch it and i’m asthmatic, but i turn 18 soon anyway so i can get the vaccine then.

"i thought we were all gonna die and covid would wipe humanity off the planet"
The media exaggerated a lot and gave us that kind of feeling of end of humanity thats why i hate the media but those who been around here longer have been through SARS cov-1 knows that the virus is only going to be around for a limited time until it dies out itself. The only question is whether the economy dies first or the virus dies first.

"my mum refuses to let me get vaccinated"
thats some irresponsible parenting there

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