How has your lifestyle changed since ... - Positive Wellbein...
Positive Wellbeing During Self-Isolation
Getting lots of outside garden jobs done with hubby
Doing lots of jobs that we have put of doing
We live in America ... riots, covid, fear ... twilight zone living ...
The riots in America are understandably horrid,but,hopefully they stay as peaceful as possible,more violence is not the answer, something has to be done regarding racial discrimination.
Honestly, I think additional property damage and filming of brutal behavior on the part of the police is necessary to keep this issue front and center so that those of us white sideliners get the message that everyone needs to get involved in addressing the disease of racism in the United States.
I agree, why are they still like it ,we are all one people together no matter what colour you are
So right This is our American shame I worked in civil rights in the 60s while in college and I thought we had come so much further than we obviously had all of us have to get out there and work in this and 1 way or another It has to stop what are we handing our kids and grandchildren?
Picture the ocean but the water is not consuming because it is Love, the love of Jesus, Gods all consuming love and you are drowning in love I had to do this to get away from all the terrible news God is the opposite of the tragedy happening here in America I’m praying with Anne Graham Lotz and all the women in America for healing of our nation
Low motivation living alone
Sorry 😐 to hear you are on your own I'm very lucky 🍀 to have a husband ( third time lucky!)
Start loving yourself with beauty rituals! Start taking special care of your skin, hair, nails, body! It can take hours to do all that needs to be done on a daily basis. Start with one flaw ... one that really bothers you ... do research on line as to how to fix that one flaw ... then go to the next one ... perhaps certain products, gadgets, exercises ... work on certain products to make your hair beaut (L’ange)
Continued ... to make your hair beautiful (L’ange) is a very good line ... etc.
I’ve established a vegetable patch - very excited to be growing my own veg! Even named it - Good Thymes!!! I’ve had good times getting it ready . Kept me busy and inspired. Without my garden my answer may have been different! Lots of weeding cutting back in my garden and my husband to help and my dogs to supervise! I’m a cleaner in real life ! So not been working my jobs! Need to go back to work for a rest!!
I'm growing potatoes in containers...looking forward to harvesting time.
Missing meeting friends and family get togethers
miss making plans, meeting friends, visiting friends and family, going to cinema. Nothing positive has come out of this for me, apart from being grateful that i have not caught Covid.
I miss seeing my family,I live alone.my 1st great grandchild is due in a month,not being able to help , knowing I’ll not be able to see or hold it is distressing! Still I surpose Zoom will have to do
Dealing with effects of domestic abuse and divorce, and racism due to covid-19 issue; struggle of recovery from actual covid-19.
Was going to "Like" your post but it did not feel right so thought I would "reply" instead. From someone who went through similar (not CVD19 obviously) please know that I and others know you are very strong for doing what you did. It takes more strength and courage than people who do not have the experience realise. To have to cope with CVD19 on top is just not fair.
Wishing you better health and a much happier future 💪👍🌱🌹🌞
Brave lady all that and health issues too. I take my hat 🎩 off to you...... not that I wear hats! Lizx
Things are very bad for you. Very sorry. Hope you have support. Womens' refuge, Citizens Advice Bureau for starters. Xx 🍀
Women's Refuge and CAB have been helpful, but been referred to local DVS and got nowhere. Whoever answered my phone call accused me of making up the abuse. I had to sort things out myself.
Learnt to use Zoom and now hosting our church services. Also got to grips with GarageBand sound mixing software and making collaborative performances with friends by exchanging audio files (mp3) which I then mix together. These combined performances end up as the soundtrack to a video made using a Powerpoint slideshow (export as mp4). So lots if new technology to learn and try. Yes I’m a 70+ year old kid who never grew up (ask the wife!!) 😀
Wow that’s awesome Bob! I wish I was that smart. But we dio get church on u tube and prayer and worship on Tuesday and Thursday. Just found out 100 people in India are following us. We are in Southern California
We are finding it a great way to keep in touch. There are one or two who won’t use Zoom video until they’ve “put their face on”. The men have thought of seeing who will be the first with a pony tail (we live in Croydon, UK, where a pony tail is sometimes referred to as a “Croydon face lift”! I’m our church organist, hence the interest in all things musical. We haven’t tried putting ourselves on youtube yet, so we won’t be competing for your Indian followers! We are all trying something different to stay positive! Thanks for your news. Bob
Writing more poetry
Glad I'm not the only one. Only a few pounds but I am currently eating anything and everything. Got right to the back of the fridge/freezer and cupboards. Draw the line at Marmite! 😣Having shopping delivered now so if I don't order it I can't eat it 😉
Delivery not due until Friday so Marmite might start to look good - NO NEVER 😂
Love marmite. On crumpets with thin layer of cheese and lashings of butter!
Have to go to treatment alone. It feels like a solitary battle now, where everyone else is also fighting for their own health and wellbeing. Very stressful.
Sending prayers. My journey is about to begin when my visit happens on June 15th. I feel I will be bothering people to help me since we are all around the same age and everyone else has family and their own problems. Stay strong!
Missing my volunteering
Where I live there are no shops etc,so really nothing has changed!
I have made very few changes. I only go to hardware store 2-3 times a week and leave out other stores. My wide does pre-triage at hospital so her life has changed a lot and does a lot more to protect me from CV-19.
not socialising, not seeing family. not using our caravan (yet)
It's nice to have a real rest from the rat race and spend quality time with loved ones, enjoying the simple things in life like going for a walk and breathing in fresh air. Less stress/pressure..
I thought I was doing really well. Would get out once a week for groceries and other necessities wearing my mask and gloves. Began trying lots of new recipes for one and enjoying that. Then George Floyd was killed and it should not have happened. Then protests became riots. Being 72, I remember when JFK and Martin Luther King Jr were killed in the 60's. I cannot remember our country being turned upside down like it is now. For some reason I spent yesterday crying all day and felt frozen to do anything. Today is a little better as I try and process all this. I posted on FB today...How much can a person take in 2020...covid-19, isolation, people trying to destroy our country, hurricanes coming and Joe Biden...After reading another person's post I started listening to what music to play at my services when I pass. Still do not know what is happening with the right lung nodule as the virus delayed any medical visits, tests etc until June 15th. Sorry for going on and on...
I can relate I started to have panic attacks when the national guard came to our city to stop the looting and violence. No longer a peaceful protest. My husband said “turn off the TV news and watch a hallmark movie “I force myself” to only watch uplifting movies or U Tube music and gardening or cooking shows
Nothing has changed for me.
I ticked 'other' because I have lost my only social activity (weekly Headway group,) and my therapy for PTSD is on hold.
Spending much more time watching birds and observing their behaviors. A real treat watching their young come to our dozen feeders. Birds are a bridge between heaven and earth.
Lots of gardening (well my husband has) grown lots of vegs (I have). Lots of zooming with family and phone calls with friends. Chats and coffee with neighbours from each others gardens. Sewing for NHS.
Keeping in touch with people by phone email and WhatsApp also FaceTime
Lockdown restrictions have caused me to develop depression and anxiety, as I feel that I do not have any control over my life anymore. I am not motivated to do my household chores, and feel much more exhausted than would be the norm for me. It is not a positive way to live, and I worry that our government are not thinking things through clearly. After all, they are in a much better position to receive adequate medical, and dental care than they average person.
I would dearly love to go to a hairdresser as I cannot tolerate how I look, and I don't mean this from a vanity point of view. I don't have a decent home, just a pokey little flat with no garden. I don't live in an upmarket area with nice scenery, and all of this makes me feel like a prisoner.
I worry for the future, as both myself, and my husband, have serious health issues. Neither of us have any care plans in operation, as we do not live in a good area for health or social care. I envy the people who are content to stay in their houses, as they appear to be happy enough working in their gardens, baking, and painting. Instead, I worry about what is going to happen about restoring some kind of normality. I value my civil liberties, and hate having them taken away.
At times, there is friction between my husband and myself, as he suffers from Bi-Polar disorder. Without my outside interests I am finding it harder to cope with my situation. Life looks very, very bleak.
Oh honey, we've come so far, we're nearly Out. Well, out compared to now. DON'T give in. I really feel for you. You will benefit hugely when you can just get out for a walk. It straightens our heads a bit. And perhaps now's the time to consider anti-depressants - talk things over with your Dr./Health Professional? You don't mention your age, & your finances are private. Just consider whether you would qualify for social sheltered housing, even extra-care (you are allowed quite a lot of savings) and whether this might solve any significant problems for you both. Good luck and God bless. Xx
I hurt for you as I have been there, I have been widowed for years and have learned to make loneliness into solitude as I have an attentive son and his family , friends and within my health limits have had several activities..book club, board games etc. Covid 19, brought all of that to a halt and my emotions took a spin downward. My son visits 3 to 4 times a week .. because he is in the hospital daily, we visit through the screen door. I will not advise, we all feel these things separately but I have a volunteer organization here that I pay a small monthly sum to and they do errands, doctors visits.,etc. I have only used them once this but at a friends advice I called them for any suggestion. This week they sent me five names of 5 people who were alone and needed a phonecheck. What a save Two are people I plan to meet when this is over it is filling a need .for both of us.Perhaps you could find something like that in your area. My uncle was bi-polar and I feel for you. you need a break from it all even within your limited environment to save yourself. I believe there is life after Covid. Good luck!!
Thanks for your reply, but I have not managed to make loneliness into solitude yet. Perhaps it is because I have my husband with me. However, he has been put on an extra tablet which appears to be making a zombie out of him. I don't mean to use that term in a disparaging way. But to try and get some conversation out of him is becoming increasingly difficult. This medication causes him to sleep a lot, and is affecting his memory. It is possible to be lonely whilst being with someone.
My classes have been closed down because of this Covid outbreak, and I have lost a lot of motivation as a result. I do take part in a lot of online courses, but that is still a solitary exercise. Nevertheless, I am taking in lots of new knowledge as I have been taking part on these courses for the last 9 years. I love learning, and have earned many qualifications since I was in my fifties.
Twenty years down the line I am trying to settle into some kind of a routine with my husband being retired. I was just barely hanging on when Covid - 19 struck. I do have two adult children, but they have their own lives and I am not really a large part of them. I also have a stepson who works as an artist, but he is always busy. I have 9 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. But out of all of those children, I only get to see one, my youngest granddaughter who is eighteen months old.
I live in quite a small town, and not very much goes on here, well, it may do, but I have not heard about it, as yet. I will try and look out for any local groups where I may get to speak over the telephone. It is always good to meet other people, as I come from a family who are spread out all over the globe. South Africa, New Zealand, Greece, and the USA. There may be life after Covid, but the government here does not inspire me. As Mr Spock said to Captain Kirk : 'It is life Jim, but not as we know it.' Once again, thanks for your reply, and good luck with your new contacts.
My life has not changed a great deal during lockdown as, due to my health, I was in a sort of lockdown for a lot of 2019 so had stopped going to a lot of the activities I had previously enjoyed. I had started going out occasionally to meet friends for coffee, a meal out or to go to the cinema/theatre so I am missing that in a way but not greatly as I am in touch with friends and family via FaceTime, Zoom, etc. My family all live some distance away so I am used to only seeing them very occasionally. The wonderful weather has meant I have been out most days for a walk and I have managed to get a bit of gardening done. I keep myself occupied and it has really been no great hardship
Doing loads of baking but on a slimming world diet so my Colin has to eat double🤣,
Working from home and not meeting others
Doing less exercise due to Shielding
Less exercise due to Shielding
Catching up on jobs which have been 'postponed' for months and months.
spending more time at home
Not too much has changed as I have M.E so at home for most of the time anyway. There are more things available online which brings shows, gardens and exhibitions more within reach for me.
Karen
My life is pretty much the same.
Missed walking the dog to areas other than round the streets and small park
Sleeping better!
Have managed to do more in the garden and read more.
Not a lot!
I have turned the awful situation into a positive ( if that is at all possible)..
So myself and my husband are trying to be the healthiest us, we can be...
I doing different exercise( strength and flexibility). Couldn’t run or walk because of shielding but eventually got a treadmill and started walking around the garden but still a lot less than I was doing. But as I’m now allowed outside I’m starting running and walking again 😊🏃🏻♀️ Feeling a whole lot better now.
Want and need a change, move away from here, need a change of scenery, have retired, emigrate!
Stuck in a room.
As just not long after cancer op quite depressed as unable to be really physical and locked in due to high risk category nothing but TV and reading although concentration span very low. Getting agitated and only out for hospital appointments. Also loss of appetite
Oh Molly, you've been through a lot - and survived to tell the tale, bravo! It seems that you desperately need to Get Out. Ask your Dr if you're ready to be allowed a Walk.
I know what you mean about getting agitated. I feel myself quite jittery at times after so long at home. Confess to breaking out once or twice - not that I'm recommending you do so - and feel a lot better afterwards. Keep your chin up. Xx
Shielding so haven’t been outside since beginning of April, apart for one trip to the office to take the laptop back and clear my desk as made redundant by the lovely company that took the firm over that I worked for. Now unemployed and can’t look for a new job because still shielding. Only good thing is that I’ve had lots of time for crafting and reading.
I voted Other because I do a lot of volunteering and it all disappeared over night.
On line supermarket shopping, and wonderful neighbour when order not filled as requested.
Our garden has never looked so good 👏👏👏x
I am dealing with my life! Not ready to die for a while. Dad was 89 and Mom 92. Got some good genes. Sorry if I sounded like I thought I was dying. I answered a post about what I played at Mom and Dad's and decided to listen to it and then one thing led to another so I listened to several more by Celtic Woman. You know how those others pop up on the right side of Youtube...I am fine, please don't fuss with me. I have too much to live for. Thank you.
Just been for a lovely walk with my dog to the local river. Thanks to all for leaving so much later about. We are back to 'normal'.
Get very angry
Litter 😎
Watching box sets on tv more
Stress, due to no contact with friends talking face to face.
Whilst overall I'm eating healthier (due to veg and fruit box regular deliveries), I'm also drinking more. So cumulatively, I think I've put weight on.
Just enjoying not having to go anywhere! I am lucky to live in remote countryside which can be a problem in winter but not at the present. A lot of dog walking.
I was doing great until I fell and fractured my pelvic bone 🦴.
Definitely doing more exercise. My swollen foot has meant I've eased off the past 2 weeks but as soon as it's 100% I'll be back to it. I have been cycling a fair bit though.🚴♀️
I've also helped hubby carry out projects in the garden and indoors.
Had already started decluttering, so now organising house more. Also, growing vegetables instead of usual flowers. Growing tomatoes, dill, parsley, kale and beetroot. All from free seed. Been able to give some away( seeds and plants). Kept me really busy and outside. Only growing in pots. Looking forward to eating them and it is keeping my mind off the fact that my health is only being monitored with bloods! Also trying new recipes. Not bored at all. To sleep better, listening to new podcasts.😏 Also enjoying comedy YouTube and TV, as well as Grayson's Art Club.
Spending more time with my kids
Garden help with my hubby too. Our garden hasn’t looked this good for a long time.
enjoyed the peace and quiet in my inner city home.
I've got epilepsy with frequent seizures, people panic when they see one and have even injured me, now there's no one around I'm enjoying myself so much without having to worry, and I'm an outdoor person, love wildlife, I'm been having a great time hiking around, watching the birds who aren't frightened now
No change, been working throughout and I didn't go out much anyway, just walking my dog.
Nothing has changed
Less to do
My employer has had to reduce staff by 60% so I lost my job. Very disturbing. Also, all this virus thing...wearing masks, etc is just so weird...like a dream I cannot wake up from. At first, it was not bothering me. Now I am feeling more depressed, more tired.
I've been running for 20 months. I started with c25k. My longest distance had been about 12k . With everything that's going on I wanted to push myself even more and ran a half marathon distance in May.
Trying to be positive and miss visiting my family 😊😊
I have found dealing with chronic medical problems about 80% easier. It is easier to make appointments; one doesn't have to waste time making an appointment and travelling miles to see a GP at the surgery - instead they phone you, and in 10 minutes sitting at home you are on the way to getting an appointment.
Ambulance crews have more time as they no longer have to deal with drunks. There is far less pollution and traffic noise is almost non-existent.
The only negatives are cessation of hydrotherapy exercise (a problem for me as I had polio) and difficulty of sorting out a possible hip replacement.
Doing more walking and jobs around the house that need doing. Also the garden.
Enjoying the sunshine. Think Positive.
Love the heat but it keep’s going from hot to cold.
Getting more involved in wildlife and birds in particular. I found a dunnock’s nest in out hawthorn hedge whilst gardening and hubby and I made a screen to hide it even more from predators and placed thorny twigs under the hedge to deter cats. 3 out of the 4 fledged successfully. Now we are watching over a wren’s nest in our decorative coconut bird house outside our shed and making sure it is secure during windy days and not getting over-heated on hot sunny days by hosing the concrete below it to keep it cool. They should be fledging within the next 10 - 15 days. I’ve Googled both birds and learned so much about them, as well as those visiting our bird table and feeders. Wonderful to have this at such a worrying and sad time.
Increase in wine consumption
Doing less exercise (shielding), hence putting on weight!
I occasionally felt a bit isolated before lockdown due to mobility, so was familiar with it, but a bit more isolated. Enjoyed the garden and keeping in touch with friends, done more cooking/housework as my cleaner can't come in yet. Used social media more. Made a couple of birthday cards, and written letters to 4 people I know who are locked down by themselves.
I am used to being unable to leave my home often because of mobility and health problems, but miss the mental freedom.
I feel that l have to constantly check the news for COVID-19, l know that I do not have to but feel l should, then l get conflicting reports. A very difficult situation really.
I am eating more icelollies but managing to stay same weight .. feeling sluggish
sneaking out for a bike ride down the road & back. doing some colouring & sewingI find sometimes im bored
It’s the chocolate! Just can’t resist,actually don’t want to!
Not really changed our lives a lot at all. We're retired and don't go out too much anyway. Not too many friends left - they either left for pastures new, or died - so we're not big on visiting folks. Of course we haven't had a vacation yet this year - no biggie, and we order all our food online rather than visit the shops now - shopping was always a pain anyway - though her indoors might have a different view lol. So we're just enjoying the weather, sitting in the garden a lot, and watching the birds and wildlife. Loads 'a' fun!
(This wasn't really what you'd call a "proper" lock down to defend against a virus and save lives - that's been totally messed up imho. Google the village of Eyam in Derbyshire if you want to know what a real lockdown and real grief is.)
Cleaning out Closets discarding clutter. Growing weaker from lack of exercise
Doing jobs indoors and outdoors that have been put off for ages
Cannot get to gym, so doing less strengthening (but now that weather is good, more running).
I’m doing more hobbies and gardening which I don’t normally do as i have horses to fill my time.
Learning new skills
My garden is so beautiful,and I am so chuffed,gorgeous weather,no where to go,so making the most of Mother Nature.
I am just bored with staying at home and I would really like to get my hair cut, to make me feel better about myself.
Concentrating on what is important in life friendship family ,living in the moment and s slower pace of life
Being on my own makes for long days which I fill with reading, crocheting, word searches and gardening. I walk daily for exercise but otherwise am self isolating since lockdown.
Being on my own has meant it is lonely and some days if there have been no phone calls, by 8pm I suddenly realise I haven't said a word all day. A strange thing to happen!!!
Thank you. I have stopped watching so much. Guess yesterday really got to me with a protest, peaceful, was about 20 minutes away in the town next to me and it came up live when I was on FB.
Noticing nature and appreciating everything so much more( except our neighbours who have had 2 street parties with no social distancing ) 🙄
I am on my computer a lot more watching funny or inspiring video's, church sermons, and blogs. I need to exercise more even though I am not overweight.
Miss my family big time ,my health is up and down ,emotional and angry about being put in this situation 😷
Put on a little bit of weight from not walking except in house and garden, fallen twice in the last week. But life is actually fuller than before as my daughter and her boyfriend moved in for the duration. They do most of shopping, prescription pick up etc, but it's nice to have people about used to spending most of my time alone. So like most things it's good and bad !
I find this quite offensive.
Worse than offensive !Down right hateful and racist .Can we not prevent such statements from being posted? This site is full of interesting,caring and informative people. This sort of propaganda belong elsewhere. There are many people in pain in my country now and connecting unruly behaviour to one's skin is incredibly without thought!
It seems like instability is the course, going forward, in regards to the 🦠 virus, and the economy, and race relations, and leadership, in the USA, causing many people to feel sad, depressed, and, in general, negative! It’s sad to see a nation divided, in so many ways!
Feel less stressed as life is less complicated and there are fewer choices to make
Feel less stressed as life is less complicated
I am a caregiver and it is VERY difficult during the pandemic.
There has been unruliness on both sides. Whites have been seen writing "BLM" on the sides of buildings and asked to stop by blacks who see this as a negative reflection on them. Check out this video: wonkette.com/something-is-d...
Picking lint out of my navel.....
picking lint out of my navel
Health adversely affected by delays in NHS services!
Spending much more time alone
Am anxious about the way life will be changed after this pandemic
At high risk and afraid to go out. I have been for walks in the park with my partner 3 x a weeek
In contact with many friends from years ago, which is a Joy, as we all have more leisure time now. Aldi having finished my 12th chem
I have to order my shopping online a month in advance, at midnight. Only used my car twice for very short local journeys to a convenience store. Not getting much exercise. Feel very lonely (live alone with no close friends or relatives, over 70). Can't walk far as I need to see podiatrist who isn't available and have a very painful corn that had initial treatment just before lockdown. Was tested just outside diabetic range (47) over a year ago but can't get any tests or even medicine review now.
My life as become one of totally isolation, the sheilded change does not help myself as I can't walk while wating for a replacement knee. So I am inactive , with only a little exercise, fresh air in the garden, no social life only on line answering similar questions every day about my mental health during lockdown and totally ignoring my physical problem which grows worse each week. When & if I get my operation which was booked for 23rd March and cancelled on the 20th March after waiting nearly 12 months to get a diagnosis and assessment of treatment needs, it will take another minimum of six weeks to recover and in general often takes longer especially if you have underlying conditions that might impact on recovery. My house went up for sale in March 2019 and is still on the market so cannot improve my searching due to mobility issues , nor can life be made more comfortable till I can find something more suitable for my needs without entrance steps & stairs . These type of properties in my price range are very limited. So lockdown has just caused me personally more difficulties with no services to help. How ever I accept others have had possibly a worse time. We have experienced a coronavirus death in the family too adding to sad feelings and the frustration of not being able to share feelings and support family members at difficult times.
PS I forgot to say I live alone.
Developing new skills, working on projects that I did not have time for before.
So much more relaxed and feeling happy. Pressure off from life ! And not feeling lonely. Enjoying more phone calls and the occasional visitor, sitting in the garden, 2 meters apart, having tea and cake, etc. etc.
Feeling as though those over 70 are being written off and those over 80 (my age group) are doomed!! 😭
Drinking more alcohol than usual.
I’ve put on weight which is going to be very hard to loose again. I’ve made myself a little card making area so I have everything to hand for making pricking cards with stencils. Very handy when shops are closed. And I’ve saved enough unused petrol money To buy a small “pop up“ Gazebo tent for the garden on fine days when family will be allowed to visit.
My life hasn’t changed very much, I am isolated usually, I shop very I frequently. I haven’t seen my brother for 10 weeks.
Looks like we have all put on weight.
I have been cooking more varied meals.
I am depressed
No appetite but enjoying feeding all the little birds and watching plants come back to life and bloom with all the sunshine in May.
Thank you for doing these