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I feel like I'm at my limit with being able to make the people around me understand why I'm still taking covid so seriously. They acknowledge that it's hard and lament I can't do stuff, but that only makes me feel worse and bitter and feel like they just don't care enough to examine why their behavior is partially responsible. Even my mom who I've been podding with for 2 years now and has overall been really supportive and conscious of why I am where I am in all this, will just say things almost in passing about feeling disconnected from people and how it's not that bad anymore except for the "unlucky". And I don't know if it's just that I've become more sensitive to that kind of stuff through this, but it just makes me feel bad that the rest of the world is so ready to move on and wanting to, so much so that being supportive still has an amount of "why haven't you accepted it" to it. Trying to point out why it feels ableist and makes me feel bad is only met why pushback that it isn't, to the point I no longer know if I am actually overreacting. I'm tired of watching even the people I care about who say they care about my safety and health be so cavalier about it, just ignoring the fact that they're making themselves more and more at risk each time. I'm tired of the way people react to news of my continued caution and isolation as though it's something I need to work through to become more comfortable with the new normal. I'm tired and anxious and sad and lonely and just need to feel a little less like I'm the only one still out here. I think I just need to feel a little more seen and understood.
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Anxiety (Including GAD)
Covid-19
Psychogenic non epileptic seizure
Depression
Acute lethargy
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I absolutely understand and relate. The one time I caught COVID I ended up passing out, having a seizure, being hospitalized, and diagnosed with a heart condition. The schools my children go to no longer require masks, but I still have asked each of their teachers to please make sure they keep them on. My preschooler still struggles with having it on constantly and ended up bringing RSV as well as the stomach flu home in recent weeks. (Laying in bed the last stomach flu victim in the house rn)
Taking Covid seriously is absolutely valid, and you are not alone. It is still a very real and existing problem, even with the new vaccines out. You are not at all wrong for being concerned about your health after this virus just caused a global pandemic and shutdown. Never feel bad about wanting to feel safe or healthy, especially when it comes to Big deals like this.
@dandelion_flower You're not alone in this either. Millions, if not billions of people out there feel the exact same way. So many people have major concerns about covid still, and aren't ready to move on.
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