Anyone else scared

Franbern
You are lucky having a park to go to.
Around my area, they have all closed.
Grandson nowhere to go much, like thousands of others.
I feel so sorry for parents with children cooped up.

Anyone else wash their coats after going shopping?
A bit OTT I think.

I have health anxiety, and have moments of complete panic. I also have diabetes. I am trying to take my mind off it with jigsaws and gardening. Not always successful.

I'm so sorry for all the elderly people who feel scared and frightened. I am fortunately not one of them. After 46 years as a nurse, I've seen most things. I started nursing as an infectious diseases nurse, nursing scarlet fever, meningitis, typhoid, measles, whooping cough and Tuberculosis and never ever was infected. So sensible precautions are what I'm practising, with good regular hand washing. Please try and keep positive. Even the worst things pass eventually.

I got enough in & cooked dinners for freezing to do me for a while. Can drink black tea, etc, so no need to go out to the shops. Yesterday an elderly lady I know asked me if I could get her milk cos she forgot it in her home delivery. I wouldn't see anyone stuck at all so off I went. My nerves were wrecked by time I got to the shop. Then to top it all, as I stood back waiting to get to the milk a lady(called her worse in my head) swung around on the aisle, ended up facing me & coughed, didn't even cover her mouth. I can't believe how stupid some people are. I couldn't get out of the shop quick enough!! I dropped milk off to my friend, rushed home, washed myself & my clothes. Maybe to some a total overreaction, but it has now put me off going out altogether. Why are people not understanding this is serious.

You're not alone travelsafar. I had to walk into town to go the chemist yesterday and felt exactly the same. It was thankfully quite quiet which is itself unnerving.

I don't worry about taking the dogs out but you know there'll be people around when you need to go the shops.

Follow the guidelines, keep your distance and wash your hands thoroughly the moment you get home.

x

My concern is not for us, we live on the outskirts of a village where there is a whole network of support - I know we are very blessed, but we have been supporting a Syrian refugee family in Greece do a number of years and I worry for them terribly - life was impossibly difficult for them anyway - and today I’ve just hear from our ‘Ethiopian son’ ( not really our son or any relation, just a lad we try to help from afar) all public places there are closed down and retailers are profiteering. Hit running water is something most don’t know about and medical services are in such sort supply at the best of times.
Phew - I’ve got that off my chest now. I think we are incredibly fortunate that we have the NHS and a government who are doing the best they can with the incredibly limited knowledge of a brand new virus. Obviously they’re not getting everything right, but .......

No - not overreacting at all. It is a normal response to an adverse situation.

Hope you get all you need at the shops. xx

Yes I'm scared. I went to shop yesterday, and was aware people walking behind me, they had masks on ,but was just going to walk past me but not at a distance, so I quickly walked into the middle of the road to let them pass at a distance. I did say something like , I'll,move don't you worry about distancing. So don't really want to go far again.

Each day I get more worried & scared to the point of being terrified. I am 75 & disabled so scared I will get no more shopping from Sainsburys. Supposed to be on their Priority list but had an email in the week that no more emails telling when slots were open. So will ring later to find out if this is everyone or just me & I am off the list. What do we do when we cannot go out because of age & disability. Friends & Family locally are all a similar age. They drive so can get to a supermarket but are not sure about shopping for others.
The thing that terrifies me most is that my DDiL is a Key Worker & could take the virus home to my DS & DGC. The thought of them getting the virus & losing even one of them is what really terrifies me!
Sorry to rant on here but living alone is not easy with no one to share this with so you are all elected sorry again. Feel better now!

I was saved this morning as my son once again is doing my shopping. I said i was going and he told me not to. He said he is happy to do it each week for as long as it neccessary, thank goodness for loving children, but then you worry about them being exposed!!!!!

Oh dear I feel so sympathetic to many posters on here saying how scared they feel. I am concerned about this virus and am hoping I will not catch it, and if I do then hopefully it will only be the mild version and not the full blown take me off to hospital version.
I am positive on a daily basis and am doing all the things that we have been told and most days I do not think about end of life stuff as more stress makes people feel worse.
Two days ago I played lots of music I love to listen to (it was quite loud as well) when I turned it off I had completely forgotten we were even in lockdown I had such a good day.
Stay safe and remember feel the fear but do it anyway.

I am frightened as well, I really need to go and do some shopping but putting it off and off. Not shopped for groceries for over 10 days now and just hanging on and looking and routing about in cupboards and drawers and the freezer to see what I have left. Can't sleep very well and think this is some horrible nightmare when I wake up in the early hours. So pleased it just isn't me and being neurotic. Please take care everyone.

Does anyone know how I can change my user name, please? The I am using is easily recognisable.

I refuse to worry about things that are beyond my control, which includes all the political and financial ramifications of this situation.

I take care to observe keeping away from others etc when shopping once a week or ten days,

Nothing else I can usefully do.

Gwenisgreat I think there is a positive side to this if you factor out the human death toll tragedy. The world has shut down so the planet is now having a chance to recover from all the pollution that is causing damage to the ozone layer and oceans. I'm hoping that when we get through this, more people will be wiser and more willing to live in a much less damaging style, and will carry on being nicer to each other like they're proving they can be right now. I hope I'm not being over optimistic.

We were on holiday when this kicked off and advised to isolate for 14 days. This will end on Tuesday and I am feeling anxious as not been shopping since 2 nd march. I will have to go and to be honest I'm dreading it I know it is the thought which is more scary than the deed. I will pull up my big girl knickers and get on and am sure I will cope. I just feel really safe at the moment and don't want that to change.

I’m scared for my family, especially my daughter who is shopping for us and whose job has gone. She has no money coming in at all. If we didn’t help out she wouldn’t be able to pay rent and food. It’s taking forever to get any help.

Yes. I now live alone and am so depressed, lonely and scared - not just of the virus, but of everything. I desperately wanted to pluck up the courage to go to Iceland this morning, but my nerve failed me. It's like agorophobia all over again. I try to avoid the news, but when I inadvertently come across the death rate in this country I try and remind myself that it's a drop in the ocean compared to the 66 million people living here now. I'd like to phone a helpliine, but what can anyone do? and there must be millions of others who feel like me.

We should hopefully come out of this a bit more caring of our world which if the reports are right is starting to heal itself already and a bit bit respectful and yes it may take more than a couple of weeks to teach us that
You wouldn’t be human not to worry and feel concern but that does nothing but deplete your energy and your immune system
Try to keep yourself away from the news the figures are all skewed and will panic you even more
I m more worried about the mental health of our teenagers and young people than I am about catching the virus

Yes I'm scared stiff of getting the virus. I thunk most people are. Luckily I got 3 slots at the very beginning so have only been in a shop once.But even getting deliveries scares me.
Learning to live with the fear is what we have to do as someone said earlier.
We have got all our papers in order.....
We just do fun things each day, watch comedy, keep in touch with important friends /family and try to be brave. Well I do. My husband is very philosophical. He tells me anything important from the news. I don't listen to the bews.

We’d all be very foolish if we weren’t scared at present. I am able to push my fears to the back of my mind most of the time and am managing to stay positive at present.

Well I live in France, far away from my lovely children and grandchildren, so am worrying constantly! Over here, the rule is, you can’t go out without a signed document, stating where you are going, what time you left home, and the reason you are out. We can only walk within a 1km distance from home, and have to keep it to within 1 hour.

I'm more scared for my children than myself. One is a nurse and is at present nursing covid 19 patients, then going home to her 2 small children. My son is an alarm engineer and at present is spending a lot of his time in hospitals as wards are being converted. He then goes home to 4 children. When going to a shop, I wash my hands before going, spray them with santiz
er before I pick up a basket and then make a conscious effort not to touch my face until I get home again and can re wash my hands.

Hi Guys, I don't normally post, but wanted to offer some advice. I am a Reablement Assistant for my local council/ Adult social services. My job is to visit people at home after they have been in hospital after surgery, falls, stroke ect. We visit for a couple of weeks up to 4 times a day, to assess/give personal care, and suggest different ways to help them manage independently again, or assess whether they need ongoing long term care. I am 60 and my husband is 64, my DD and GC live with us also. I am classed as a frontline worker, and as such, I am being extremely careful, when I go to each persons house, I use antibac gel, before entering, I wash my hands and put disposable gloves and apron on. I don't go to close to to the person unless I am helping them carry out personal care. At the end of my visit, I dispose of my gloves and apron into a bag, then their bin. I wash my hands again. before getting in my car I use antibac gel on my hands.

When I arrive home, I clean my steering wheel, handles and gear stick with antibac wipes. I leave my fleece and bag in another bag in my boot. I take my shoes off at the front door and place in a bag, and i strip off in my hallway, roll my uniform up and put in the washing machine immediately. I shower and dress. I don't think you need to go to those extremes, but frequent hand washing and cleaning door handles, switches, taps is most important. Try not to touch your face or mouth when out.. When you go shopping, if you have your car, and can't get antibac gel, take a flask of hot water some handwash soap and a towel. wash your hands when you return to your care.
Wearing masks won't stop you getting the virus, but it will help to stop you spreading it by keeping your cough contained. I am looking forward to the summer, hopefully we will be past the worst. Take care everyone, and try to keep watching the news to a minimum.

I'm more scared now that we heard about that poor 13 year old, and a 19 year old both dying, with no apparent underlying conditions. I've not been particularly concerned for myself, but now I'm scared for my grandchildren. I thought they weren't in too much danger, but now I'm not so sure. I have stayed isolated for more than 2 weeks because of health issues, but went for a short walk the other day because I needed to get some fresh air and exercise, but I felt very exposed and guilty, even though I only met one other person, and we kept a safe distance. We're being very careful around hygiene and doing all that's recommended by the government. I think that most others are doing the same so that we can get through this with the minimum amount of deaths as possible - shame about some selfish idiots though.