No evidence of COVID mental health issues

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Ginge

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Reported in the news today that there is little evidence of any mental health issues in the UK following the COVID 19 pandemic.

I feel I'm in a unique position to comment on this subject.
My wife (NHS) worked through it.
I was furloughed (sort of) self employed contractor.
I had a 15 year old child at home.
I had a 20 year old young person at home.

My wife was fine....life carried on more or less as normal except her shere of the housework was done by me so life was easier in a way for her

I did more housework but was also able to get loads of jobs done that I never had time to do...better than going to work tbh.

My 15 year old suffered. Like most at that age, partying and socialising is a huge thing. Being cut off from her friends really affected her and still does now sadly. She's lost that bubblyness.
She is the one who has suffered.

The 20 year old only suffered because I cut his hair....

How has it all affected your families?

3 out of 4 of us are fine. The little one, time will tell...
 
Contradicts what WHO where saying last year as ever with this pandemic it's hard to believe any of it.
 

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I had a sister who was almost sectioned and a best friend who isn’t alive today ( suicide ) and I feel certain without covid neither would be the case. The reasons for this being complicated but definitely related.

I managed very well as my routine remained in place being a key worker and I was used to living alone , so isolation wasn’t new to me on some level.

To say there has been no impact on mental health baffles the hell out of me to be honest.
 
Lala said:
I had a sister who was almost sectioned and a best friend who isn’t alive today ( suicide ) and I feel certain without covid neither would be the case. The reasons for this being complicated but definitely related.

I managed very well as my routine remained in place being a key worker and I was used to living alone , so isolation wasn’t new to me on some level.

To say there has been no impact on mental health baffles the hell out of me to be honest.
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Agreed.

Of course there's an impact on mental health otherwise we wouldn't have the whole lockdown/ anti lockdown conversations daily still.

You still see people going round supermarkets with masks on. That's living in fear, which has to have a negative mental effect.
 
As one of the lucky ones who was able to go about my business as normal (working for a charity) it hardly registered to be honest. I miss ignoring red lights on deserted streets.

MrsTSS hates the new WFH culture; she spent 20 years in the NHS with loads of people around her, then stepped into HE to help grow the next generation of health professionals in her field; again in places with lots of people and vibrancy. Online lectures and meetings just don't suit her, she's a people's person and still finds it a bit grim being home as much as she is.

TSSJr1 (now 19); had a blast really - wasn't that bothered about catching it, saw his mates whenever he felt like it (reasonably socially distanced) and found 'teacher assessment' a blessing. Not stopped his path towards being in the police.

TSSJr2 (turns 18 in May) not so much, as she missed being with her very wide circle of friends; but has made up for it since. She too loved teacher assessment as she doesn't do well in exams even though she's a bright kid and has been accepted to become a paramedic assuming she does well in her tests this summer.

TSSJr3 (turns 14 in April) probably had it hardest as he was leaving primary school and heading into secondary school. No SATS, no real chance to say good bye, no leavers assembly as such, no chance to get the two weeks orientation in secondary school. It was quite difficult, but he's pretty resilient and is well over it now.

To be fair to them, the secondary school the youngest 2 attended was brilliant and only closed when it really had to and did a huge amount to keep the kids engaged with their learning. Absolutely top draw - and I did share it with the Head, as I think it's only right to share the good that they do.

So no lasting legacy, but none of us have any form of pre-existing mental illness and are pretty well rounded and understand risks etc.

There is no chance that the fear mongering (whether or not you accept it was done with good intentions) didn't have an impact - course it did; otherwise what was the point?
 
Ginge said:
Reported in the news today that there is little evidence of any mental health issues in the UK following the COVID 19 pandemic.

I feel I'm in a unique position to comment on this subject.
My wife (NHS) worked through it.
I was furloughed (sort of) self employed contractor.
I had a 15 year old child at home.
I had a 20 year old young person at home.

My wife was fine....life carried on more or less as normal except her shere of the housework was done by me so life was easier in a way for her

I did more housework but was also able to get loads of jobs done that I never had time to do...better than going to work tbh.

My 15 year old suffered. Like most at that age, partying and socialising is a huge thing. Being cut off from her friends really affected her and still does now sadly. She's lost that bubblyness.
She is the one who has suffered.

The 20 year old only suffered because I cut his hair....

How has it all affected your families?

3 out of 4 of us are fine. The little one, time will tell...
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My work life was, in the main, unaffected. My wife worked from home instead of the office. Personally I very much missed the shared enjoyment of live entertainment, which for me is football and festivals/gigs. My wife took it all in her stride.
Our daughter (18 at the time) really struggled. First she was furloughed, then made redundant as the company (Debenhams) folded. She had a period of about 2 months where she was really depressed. She got it together and became a carer which she enjoyed and is good at, gaining an NVQ3 in the process. She has successfully landed a job in Radiology at the Vic which she starts in a couple of weeks. Although she missed out on all the socialising and partying that an 18 year old does she is making up for it now it seems 😎. I doubt she would have taken the health care route (which she has a real flair for) had it not been for the Lockdowns.
Would not want to go through Lockdown again that’s for sure.
 
Neither my wife, or I, or any of my 4 kids, 12 grandkids, 6 brother in laws, 6 sister in laws, or their numerous kids, or my work colleagues or friends have had any problems whatsoever. Maybe we were lucky, others pro had some issues but I think it’s another of those media driven stories that’s overblown.
 
Poppajoe said:
The effects of long covid put a strain on my mental health



I had nearly 11 months of being very weak, not being able to do anything physical
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So sorry to hear that, I know a couple of peo[e still struggling.

Can I ask are you back to 100%, feel free to tell me to mind my own business?
 
IF the stats are right in this research it’s probably down to some who have ‘gained’ offsetting some of the damage.
I know a couple of people who had a rare chance to step their feet off the gas during lockdown and reassess their positions to get to a more sustainable work life situation.
 
Neither my wife nor I were furloughed and neither were classed as essential workers. We had a 5 year old who was confused as to why, 6 months after starting reception class at school, she now had to stay at home. We had to juggle work and looking after said child which involved working early in the morning and late into the night.

It was awful for 3 months until school opened again.

And then they did it all again and shut the schools the following January which, especially after these texts that have been released, was an awful decision.

One of the parents I spoke to said their 5 year old said one day that she wanted to kill herself in that 2nd lockdown. A FIVE YEAR OLD.

To say no one came out of it without their mental health affected is, excuse the language, absolute bollocks.
 
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