It seems pretty clear that this thing is here to stay, and the few remaining zero covid countries are gradually loosening restrictions. I’m getting very doomer sitting here realizing this thing is probably not going to ever going away. So how are you adapting to the new reality and living with covid while trying to stay healthy?
I have long covid from the first wave and I literally don't know what to do for the rest of my life. I've been isolating for two years. There is only one person that I ever see in real life, and that's a relative who brings me groceries. I have a couple friends that I zoom with, which is nice, but it's not enough. On top of the extreme fatigue I am just so fucking lonely, but I don't know how to fix it. When I got covid I had an intractable migraine 24/7 for 8 months and everything in my life fell apart. If that happens to me again on reinfection I will be totally nonfunctional and looking into ways to kill myself. On some level I am truly panicking, honestly, at the prospect of never being able to participate in society at all.
i am so so sorry :meow-hug: Don't really know what else to say, but I feel for you
Thank you, that does help :meow-hug: People in my life are so in denial of the situation that I can't get any support from them because just describing the extent of the problem makes them shut down.
I believe it, my friend refuses to believe in long covid even when his own uncle is dealing with it. I think people just don't want to recognize how bad this thing really is, and how badly we've responded to it, so they stick their heads in the sand