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Which one are you?

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Annecan Sun 03-May-20 08:19:24

Lockdown has worked because, against all expectation, there turned out to be many more Accepters and Sufferers than Resisters (the three pandemic personalities identified by King’s College), in the Uk

From an article in the Spectator
Which group would you put yourself in?

EMMYPEMMY Sun 03-May-20 22:00:52

Acceptor
Feel like we gone back to the 50's less cars on the road. Sky is clear and blue
Birdsong is lovely
Just do not like the shop que
Trying to find best quiet time to go .
Miss my friends, coffee mornings, cinema , swimming and my Rasberry Gin on a Friday afternoon in my local .. but hey all be there when back to normal.... Miss hugging my grandchildren too.....

Hetty58 Sun 03-May-20 21:52:02

Acceptor, don't understand sufferers and resistors - why make it miserable for yourselves?

Jennyluck Sun 03-May-20 21:19:07

Accepter.

PamelaJ1 Sun 03-May-20 21:13:58

Accepter, not having a problem at all.

Sawsage2 Sun 03-May-20 21:10:50

Accepter, quite enjoying it actually

Grannyguitar Sun 03-May-20 19:51:26

Accepter, but I voted Remain and am most definitely NOT a Conservative!

Saggi Sun 03-May-20 19:41:13

Accepter

lemongrove Sun 03-May-20 18:55:21

Accepter ?

Milly Sun 03-May-20 18:52:30

Accepter

NotSpaghetti Sun 03-May-20 17:51:03

Thank you Annecan - I could only find the info in the newspapers (as per your link) but have found it now.
It seems Kings have put the data out in two ways and I missed one. Apologies.
I do find it surprising all the same. My most politically left and pro remain friends and family are the most careful because they don't trust government info. They've been in lockdown ahead of the announcement.

mande Sun 03-May-20 17:46:28

I think there should be another category, for those of us who actually are enjoying this new quieter-paced world!
I’m not just accepting it, I’m loving it! I love the not so busy roads and the lack of traffic noise. I’m content to talk to my family and friends by phone and attend my Pilates class on Zoom. I usually have my grandchildren here every day, so I’m enjoying my tidy house now. I know they’ll be back eventually. I count myself a lucky woman, grateful for all I have. Though having Aspergers has probably a lot to do with my contentment!

harrigran Sun 03-May-20 17:42:29

Accepter.

Norah Sun 03-May-20 17:37:47

Accepter, easy and acceptable.

Flowerofthewest Sun 03-May-20 17:30:34

Definitely an accepter

garnet25 Sun 03-May-20 17:27:33

Acceptor, however, will be upset if fit over 70's are confined to barracks.
Remainer and not a tory voter

Phloembundle Sun 03-May-20 17:22:05

Some of us have to be accepting on behalf of elderly, vulnerable family members for whom we are carers.

HillyN Sun 03-May-20 17:17:58

I think I was a sufferer at first but actually it is not as bad as I expected and I quickly became an accepter. It's amazing how adaptable most people are, isn't it?

f77ms Sun 03-May-20 17:03:23

Accepter. Physically i am feeling better than i have in years. Mentally not so much! I really need to slow down and do less when normal life starts again. 2 days childminding and 2 days voluntary work was leaving me always exhausted. This last 6 weeks has been a revelation!

AGAA4 Sun 03-May-20 16:54:54

Accepter. After reading some of the stories of people who have had the virus and been dangerously ill and near death why would I want to be out there with the virus?

NanaPlenty Sun 03-May-20 16:42:17

Definitely an accepter - we are lucky - house/no mortgage/garden etc. There is no choice if we want to stay alive. I am getting fed up with it now tho - missing friends and family and still finding it hard to believe this is happening.

Christalbee Sun 03-May-20 16:35:40

Accepter

lincolnimp Sun 03-May-20 16:28:06

Acceptor in general but occasionally a sufferer as there are a couple of very major issues that are on indefinite hold, both of which have life changing implications---though not as life changing as death

Brit Sun 03-May-20 15:57:01

In this instance I’m am acceptor. I’ve been a nurse for 30 years but find myself at home shielding, feeling quite guilty about it as many of my friends and family are nurses, paramedics, policemen, etc who are in the front (firing) line.
But if we don’t accept our situation and we ignore the rules, those people in the front line are even more at risk.
My OH said that if it was the case that the danger consisted of little green aliens running around biting people’s legs to infect and kill them then everyone would be more than happy to stay at home! Haha!
I try to remind myself that our predicament of staying indoors is nowhere near as bad as the plight of Terry Waite or Anne Frank.
I can often be a resistor, when I feel that policies and rules are badly thought out or downright wrong! But in this case, in my opinion-it’s a no brainer.

LinDe Sun 03-May-20 15:44:18

Accepter, but finding it very difficult as I suffer from anxiety and this makes it worse.

annifrance Sun 03-May-20 15:37:18

Having accepted that I don't know when I will next seems family I am absolutely loving it and don't want it to end. Strange as I am a very sociable person.

Rampant anti Brexit, Conservative, utterly loathe Boris and Jeremy, thank heaven's for Keir, where are the Libdems? Macron doing much better job than Boris. Could say something unacceptable about him and ICU and oh no not another Johnson sprog but better not.