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I've found this period has had an overall positive effect on my mental health. At first I was rather depressed, religiously following the news and subreddits ab
by fyfy18 6y ago
I've found this period has had an overall positive effect on my mental health. At first I was rather depressed, religiously following the news and subreddits about what was happening, but after a couple of weeks of that I realised I couldn't continue living like that forever. I started introspecting and tried to figure out what was causing the stress and low level anxiety I've been experiencing for a few years.
During this period I feel like I have figured a lot of things out, and overall feel more relaxed now than I did before quarantine. I realised that I was putting a lot of pressure on myself to achieve things, and I don't need to - at first I used the pandemic situation as an excuse to myself to not have to do these things, but now I just feel naturally relaxed.
Also as a newish (1 year old) father I found talks by Gabor Maté resonated a lot with me.
(And I've somehow lost 6kg - even though I've been cooking whatever tasty deserts I've found on YouTube - probably from not eating out)
- esotericn 6y agoThis is totally ad hominem but I'm just going to go for it, because I think you've missed the point of what 'social isolation' is - "Also as a newish (1 year old) father I found talks by Gabor Maté resonated a lot with me." I assume your child (and partner) haven't been 200 miles away for 3 months, inaccessible because taking a train is pseudo-illegal or frowned upon by society at the moment. I assume you've been cuddling them without thinking that every journey, every interaction point, is some 'vector' bullshit. If I'm making the wrong assumptions here, and you're actually watching your child's formative years through a video link, I feel for you, but I can't believe that's the case because there's no way that a normal human would claim that were a superior state of affairs. Come on, man. Please think before posting.