re: One in five COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days - study

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One in five COVID-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days - study
HELL I don’t have covid and my mental state is shite. When I was yelling at my son and husband to just shoot me as I will NOT live “not normal” well that was my tell all.

Meds are a wonderful thing.

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I know its been stressful, in fact stressful might not be a strong enough word. And I think most of us thought this would have been over with by now and there are still things we have always taken for granted that I still forget isn't normal. Something as simple as wanting to go eat at a certain restaurant. There was a place I wanted to go last weekend and found out that they were only at 50% capacity and you had to have a reservation, which no tables were available that night.

We used to have a card game every Monday, that's been put on hold since March (there are older men who play).

There are people I would see on a regular basis that I haven't seen since February or March, but when you start getting stressed, down about things, etc you have to try to look at the things to be thankful for as well. There is always someone who has worse. Also, do you mediate or do breathing exercises? Even if its just for 10-15 mins a day, if you do it you will feel better. Just clear your mind.

This is a good time to learn that you can never take things for granted.