![]() I’ll admit that I had a visceral reaction to reading what you’ve been going through. I have a therapist that I've been seeing for a while and she is very into the idea of distancing myself but. I don't know what to do or how to help myself emotionally. ![]() But I don't want to just call off all of these relationships that are years old. I have no interest in spending time with my friends right now because it only makes me more sad and angry. I've stopped going on social media because it pisses me off to see my best friend worried/being an activist about microplastics and bike lanes but not Covid. It was just by the government restrictions but now all of our friends have left the "Covid conscious" world as well. My partner and I are struggling so much emotionally with the isolation and desertion. My best friend in particular keeps making excuses and choices that she knows I'm not comfortable with. But they don't seem to care or think that they could be impacted. If I were them, I would do anything not to end up in the position I am in now. I also feel like they're not listening to me and allllll the science that are showing how terrible this disease is - or that they don't believe me about how it has impacted me. I started a fight around Halloween because I was so mad about them expecting me to still want to hang out IRL after they've done things that are very risky for me. without masking, even knowing and "supporting" me through LC. They've all had it at least once or twice and go to bars, etc. Which means, I have had to be VERY careful in order to not catch Covid again.Īt this point, all of my friends have fully given up on trying not to get it. After the first booster, I finally had an LC doctor tell me that I shouldn't get more boosters or vaccines that come along. Like many first-wave LC folks, the vaccines actually made my symptoms worse. If I carry groceries up the stairs I need to use my inhaler. I can't work in theatre anymore because the schedule and the labor are too much for my fatigued body. I actually functioned fine on 4 hours of sleep and a cup of coffee. I was on my feet for an entire day at a time. Long Covid has turned my life upside down. I know I could've just said "Hey, I have Long Covid," but I think it is important to understand that I've been on this journey since before my family in Ohio started to quarantine/shelter in place. Slowly, more and more Long Covid symptoms made themselves clear in my body but there was no talk of LC or people staying sick longer than their acute infection. Once I started feeling better, I did notice that my shortness of breath (lived in a third floor walk-up with a dog) had not returned to how it was before I was sick. I had headaches, shortness of breath, and a fever, on and off a bit for about ten days. I couldn't even get a test because I wasn't in need of a ventilator, etc. I got Covid in March 2020 in NYC - before anyone was wearing masks and before we really knew what it entailed. I'm totally fine with you addressing it via Ask Allison or on JBU as a (not) international question. I'm a long-time follower/listener of JBU and so glad to be part of the ESL community! Would love to be anonymous if you end up sharing/answering this question.
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