Mental health check-in
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Kick Henry Jackassowski
I have been on furlough for 3 weeks,and that is causing some anxiety.
I don't know if we will go back.
Keeping busy with a partcaster.
Practicing a lot.
I have been putting some miles on the Harley,which helps a great deal
There is a girl at work I am talking with.
Not sure what's happening with that.
I don't know if we will go back.
Keeping busy with a partcaster.
Practicing a lot.
I have been putting some miles on the Harley,which helps a great deal
There is a girl at work I am talking with.
Not sure what's happening with that.
yabba
Weird Pick Butt Person
I'm also in the sorta-enjoying-isolation-sorta-more-anxious category that it seems like many of youse guyse are describing.
I've had a moderate background fear of all other people since childhood (mostly managed for years now), and on the one hand, it makes social distancing when out for a walk or something more or less instinctive and easier than it seems like it is for many people. on the other hand, it's not really such a great impulse to nurture like this.
I've had a moderate background fear of all other people since childhood (mostly managed for years now), and on the one hand, it makes social distancing when out for a walk or something more or less instinctive and easier than it seems like it is for many people. on the other hand, it's not really such a great impulse to nurture like this.
jelloman
Couch'd Tater...
I'm still working, but we've had 2 reductions in hours in 2 weeks...right now the parts store in in survival mode, just doing enough business to keep the doors open but not enough to keep up...
Stress levels are high due to both the very real probability that I will be laid off, and also the very real probability that, if I haven't been already, I will be exposed to the virus and most likely contract it...I've had pneumonia twice so I'm not too confident in my chances when I do get it...
It also appears that allergy season is going to be especially bad this year...I'm already having stress headaches every day, and now I'm starting to get sore throats and sinus issues from allergies...
For me, being home and bunkering in is where I feel most comfortable...I would do more of it if I could, but I'm in no position to either quit my job or ask for extended time off from it...
I'm starting to slowly stockpile whatever I can for food since the grocery store supply chain seems to have caught back up (except for paper goods) in anticipation of what's to come...
Stress levels are high due to both the very real probability that I will be laid off, and also the very real probability that, if I haven't been already, I will be exposed to the virus and most likely contract it...I've had pneumonia twice so I'm not too confident in my chances when I do get it...
It also appears that allergy season is going to be especially bad this year...I'm already having stress headaches every day, and now I'm starting to get sore throats and sinus issues from allergies...
For me, being home and bunkering in is where I feel most comfortable...I would do more of it if I could, but I'm in no position to either quit my job or ask for extended time off from it...
I'm starting to slowly stockpile whatever I can for food since the grocery store supply chain seems to have caught back up (except for paper goods) in anticipation of what's to come...
CBHScott
How did I get here?
Mojo to those above who are having a rough go.
So far, all is well. I am still working, thankfully due to being with a medical instrument maker. I am now on a scheduled one-week vacation, so I get to stay away from the “front lines”. I also now have a chance to get some things done around the house that I would normally have to do during the weekends.
My wife has been quite nervous, which is usually the case, anyway, but due to having some issues with autoimmune deficiency (and others), she tends to get a little too obsessed with the whole of the situation (thank goodness for medical marijuana for her, though - it does wonders).
So far, all is well. I am still working, thankfully due to being with a medical instrument maker. I am now on a scheduled one-week vacation, so I get to stay away from the “front lines”. I also now have a chance to get some things done around the house that I would normally have to do during the weekends.
My wife has been quite nervous, which is usually the case, anyway, but due to having some issues with autoimmune deficiency (and others), she tends to get a little too obsessed with the whole of the situation (thank goodness for medical marijuana for her, though - it does wonders).
tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
I confess to feeling more anxiety and blues than normal. Nothing serious though I guess.
It would help if I could at least get a little golf in. Or at least some practice balls. Dammit.
At least there’s still music.
It would help if I could at least get a little golf in. Or at least some practice balls. Dammit.
At least there’s still music.
Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
Surprisingly I am coping fairly well. I am happy for the years of therapy and medication in the past that seem to have taken me to a place where I can roll with the punches. I wasn't sure how I would cope with not going in to work three days a week, but I think my movement into a retirement state of mind probably helped. I have some concerns about finances, but again was moving toward letting go of that money anyway.
I am starting to have weekly Zoom meetings with my class; I will probably continue to do that going forward. I just got the Trio+ pedal and hope to sit down with it soon and see what happens. I completed recording six new songs that Sonik is now working on. Carol and I are doing well with the extended time together given our small space.
My thoughts go out to those who are struggling; I wish you the best.
I am starting to have weekly Zoom meetings with my class; I will probably continue to do that going forward. I just got the Trio+ pedal and hope to sit down with it soon and see what happens. I completed recording six new songs that Sonik is now working on. Carol and I are doing well with the extended time together given our small space.
My thoughts go out to those who are struggling; I wish you the best.
DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
I'm doing fine. I'm an isolate anyway ...I like it and prefer it. There is that old saying 'there's a difference of being lonely and being alone" i fall into the later. I rarely if ever get lonely but i enjoy being alone so this whole quarantine lockdown thing is right in my element 
I'm not gonna lie either when i say i like seeing the streets and stuff 'less active". The mellowness is ok with me but i know it's not sustainable for society in large.
What I find hardest though is the weekly grocery store run. there is a little bit anxiety there now because it's just flat out weirdness out there. I am also oddly craving McDonalds even though i rarely eat from there but I have a McDonalds monkey on my back right now....Pizza too, I really really want a pizza.
We are slowing down a bit at work though with people coming in although historically we have always had slow times here and there but it gets you thinking.
I'm not gonna lie either when i say i like seeing the streets and stuff 'less active". The mellowness is ok with me but i know it's not sustainable for society in large.What I find hardest though is the weekly grocery store run. there is a little bit anxiety there now because it's just flat out weirdness out there. I am also oddly craving McDonalds even though i rarely eat from there but I have a McDonalds monkey on my back right now....Pizza too, I really really want a pizza.
We are slowing down a bit at work though with people coming in although historically we have always had slow times here and there but it gets you thinking.
Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
Bout ready to commit murder. Recording vocals at home and apparently my neighbors for the first time ever have morphed into dirt bike enthusiasts. And my lovely wife has rediscovered the joys of running the vacuum.
Beyond this, I’m getting antsy and my omnipresent low grade depression/anxiety/manic energy combo is teaming up with my critical skills to work on a number of scarily possible apocalyptic scenarios that are souring my usually sunny disposition. On the plus side, I’ve regained my pallor and gallows humor is back in style.
Beyond this, I’m getting antsy and my omnipresent low grade depression/anxiety/manic energy combo is teaming up with my critical skills to work on a number of scarily possible apocalyptic scenarios that are souring my usually sunny disposition. On the plus side, I’ve regained my pallor and gallows humor is back in style.
DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
yeah in some ways I'm envious of other jobs, those ones where people can work from home or hunker down but at the same time I am damn thankful to have a job to go to everyday and feel grateful. I also know not having to go to a daily job would not be good for me. i dropped out of high school and got a late start in the working (23) because i just bummed it for a while and I definitely am a creature of habit so i think if I had extended time off it would be hard for me to "get back in the game".
My boss/owner of shop has a brother who manages a British repair/parts place. they have one 'real' mechanic who is an older guy, early 60's or so and then a trainer guy. the older guy just called in last week and said "i'm sheltering at home" so the repair end had to basically close down
I think it's kinda frowned upon in our trade and looks like you are unmotivated and a slacker. i don't think most in our trade have that option
Denverdave
Resident Ragamuffin
I am a professional introvert, so I'm doing alright. I was supposed to start playing guitar at church this week, so I am missing that since it is not happening (well it is, but I;m not involved yet). I was already working from home a couple days a week so that is normal for me as well. Since I don't have to get up at 40 - 4:30AM my sleep has been way better (well for me way better...sleep is tenuous for me at the best of times). I do miss interacting with the few groups that I am active with, and I hate it that my kids cannot come over - but that will pass.
Overall we are doing better than most I think.
0 - 4:30AM my sleep has been way better (well for me way better...sleep is tenuous for me at the best of times). I do miss interacting with the few groups that I am active with, and I hate it that my kids cannot come over - but that will pass.Overall we are doing better than most I think.
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
Yeah, I have a waking up with some scary apocalyptic dreams myself. Partly because some local guy he was tied up in the whole Bundy Bird preserve standoff thing and pled guilty to federal offenses wants to offer his (EDIT correct misspelling) militia's services in ““assisting”. His Facebook page is a nightmare of assault rifle weirdness. The comments after his photos are horrid. He is not at all like most of us that live here, but he wants to invite his prepper assault rifle douche bag militia types in to show what great guys they are. So yeah, my mind kind of ran away with that possibility.
I have to remember to balance that out with the fact that Allen and Company, an organization that spends a ton of money here in this valley when they bring in their conference and for other events donated several million and by that I mean 6+ million to the local hospital to help out. Yes I wish hospitals were properly funded and everything else without regard to capitalism, but that is for a different thread. I am just glad we have some generous people that love to come here.
So turning that sort of stuff around in my mind tends to mess with me.
Going for a bike ride with my Unabomber look makes me feel better.
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Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
Did you know that comets in historical time were considered portents of plague? And just a couple weeks ago they ID’ed a new comet called Atlas which should be visible to the naked eye in a few weeks.
And I was kicking around making a home recorded album called The Plague Year back in November or so. And here’s my crazy notes from my serial killer journals where I’ve got “Diary of a Plague Year” outlines as a possible song title. So I’m down a pretty kooky creative K hole at the moment. Just a bunch of weird synchronicity stuff that’s keeping me riled up.
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
I'm doing alright....grateful to be working through it all and realizing that my gripes are about inconvenience to me, pale in comparison to what some folks are dealing with right now.
My wife is super stressed and can't watch the news or engage in any conversation on the topic at this point. Her work days are filled with meeting revolving around this situation and her hospital system/unit so it's understandable she's overwhelmed by it all.
I've had some old friends back east that I haven't spoken to in years reach out and see if my mom needed anything. That really touched me.
My wife is super stressed and can't watch the news or engage in any conversation on the topic at this point. Her work days are filled with meeting revolving around this situation and her hospital system/unit so it's understandable she's overwhelmed by it all.
I've had some old friends back east that I haven't spoken to in years reach out and see if my mom needed anything. That really touched me.
Lerxst
spaghetti and blankets
Yeah, I have a waking up with some scary apocalyptic dreams myself. Partly because some local guy he was tied up in the whole Bundy Bird preserve standoff thing and pled guilty to federal offenses wants to offer his malicious services in ““assisting”. His Facebook page is a nightmare of assault rifle weirdness. The comments after his photos are horrid. He is not at all like most of us that live here, but he wants to invite his prepper assault rifle douche bag militia types in to show what great guys they are. So yeah, my mind kind of ran away with that possibility.
I have to remember to balance that out with the fact that Allen and Company, an organization that spends a ton of money here in this valley when they bring in their conference and for other events donated several million and by that I mean 6+ million to the local hospital to help out. Yes I wish hospitals were properly funded and everything else without regard to capitalism, but that is for a different thread. I am just glad we have some generous people that love to come here.
So turning that sort of stuff around in my mind tends to mess with me.
Going for a bike ride with my Unabomber look makes me feel better.
I was lectured before leaving the house w/ similar gear; sunglasses on top of the mask, not the other way around.
Devil is Dill
Doubleplusgood
Been laid off two weeks now. I'm actually enjoying the time at home, just don't like not having the option to go anywhere besides the grocery store. I'm more stressed worrying about my parents, in-laws and aunts and uncles than I am myself and my family. Money has me a little freaked out but I tell myself most people are going through the same thing to some extent and I really don't have any control over it. If I had been fired or laid off just out of the blue I'd be losing my mind.
smorgdonkey
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Me too!
I still work Monday to Friday but I am completely isolated on the weekends. I am generally ok with solitude as well but man...I was up until 5:30 or 6 am this morning and slept until nearly noon. Yes, my sleep is really whacked.
Rick 381
Boob Enthusiast
No crazier than normal. Don't like people so that's ok. Wife being home means I haven't watched as much Motor Trend channel. Maybe I'll get around to changing the cable line to the upstairs. Few places I miss going to but I'll get over it. If we get it I'm wondering how we'll deal with it now that we have no insurance.
Slowly going batshit insane.
I'm working from home for an organization that's involved in COVID-19 testing, so I'm busy all day during the week and into the weekend... although not particularly efficiently. Never realized how much of my job involves pestering coworkers and managers in person until they comply. The workdays are incredibly long, endless, and frustrating. When I'm not working, I'm exhausted. I wake up in the middle of the night worrying that I've forgotten some piddly detail that's going to mess up the COVID research project, and can't go back to sleep.
I hear people talking about all the down time they have nowadays to binge watch Netflix etc., and I'm struggling to find any meaningfully useful blocks of free time. It took me four days to watch all of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" in little 15-20 minute chunks.
For various reasons, I'm also at a higher risk for complications from COVID-19 and that's got me at Howard Hughes levels of paranoia. Not really keen on the idea of working my ass off for weeks on end, then dying alone in a makeshift hospital tent. Fuck that.
Quite worried about some family members who are especially vulnerable (Alzheimers, lung issues). It's probable I'll never see some of them again.
Needless to say I'm driving my wife crazy with my doom and gloom. It's not a happy time in the Tralfaz home.
I'm working from home for an organization that's involved in COVID-19 testing, so I'm busy all day during the week and into the weekend... although not particularly efficiently. Never realized how much of my job involves pestering coworkers and managers in person until they comply. The workdays are incredibly long, endless, and frustrating. When I'm not working, I'm exhausted. I wake up in the middle of the night worrying that I've forgotten some piddly detail that's going to mess up the COVID research project, and can't go back to sleep.
I hear people talking about all the down time they have nowadays to binge watch Netflix etc., and I'm struggling to find any meaningfully useful blocks of free time. It took me four days to watch all of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" in little 15-20 minute chunks.
For various reasons, I'm also at a higher risk for complications from COVID-19 and that's got me at Howard Hughes levels of paranoia. Not really keen on the idea of working my ass off for weeks on end, then dying alone in a makeshift hospital tent. Fuck that.
Quite worried about some family members who are especially vulnerable (Alzheimers, lung issues). It's probable I'll never see some of them again.
Needless to say I'm driving my wife crazy with my doom and gloom. It's not a happy time in the Tralfaz home.