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Pessimism from coronavirus

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Coronavirus is affecting the population at such a huge impact. Countries including the UK are struggling to fight the pandemic and I am upset as a result of the lockdown and restrictive measures meaning that the way of life that we took for granted prior to the outbreak will disappear for all eternity. I have feared that lockdown measures and social distancing could last forever and the world economy could crash meaning poverty will be widespread across the globe and we will be living with the coronavirus as an endemic as I am worried there will be no cure for this new disease. We could be saying goodbye to pubs and travelling as a result of the pandemic. I am autistic and have suffered depression as a result from bad news as I have had such high expectations in life.

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  • The social side (on a wider scale- going out shopping, for meals) doesn't bother me. I was mostly housebound anyway other than managing to take my dog out myself. Luckily I live in a more rural area so have lots of fields/parks nearby within scootering (mobility scooter) distance. I go out really early over summer to get the mental health benefits of being out in nature without the stress of people.

    I don't have kids that need educating or a partner constantly in my personal space due to lockdown thankfully!.. I do miss seeing immediate family members though just for the routine stuff of seeing someone for their birthday or mine. I've never had to spend a birthday alone but this years look like it will be in lockdown. I'm trying to plan an alternate birthday routine so it's not so distressing.

    Don't have older parents to worry about but sibling is a keyworker still having to go out to work so I worry they will catch it as they kinda deal with all the stuff I wouldn't know how to deal with.

    If I have a fear its that they may catch it and die or I might get symptoms so severe I'll have to make the decision to either call an ambulance and be separated from my dog (we've never been separated) or stay at home and hope I don't die from it leaving him with a dead body.

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  • The social side (on a wider scale- going out shopping, for meals) doesn't bother me. I was mostly housebound anyway other than managing to take my dog out myself. Luckily I live in a more rural area so have lots of fields/parks nearby within scootering (mobility scooter) distance. I go out really early over summer to get the mental health benefits of being out in nature without the stress of people.

    I don't have kids that need educating or a partner constantly in my personal space due to lockdown thankfully!.. I do miss seeing immediate family members though just for the routine stuff of seeing someone for their birthday or mine. I've never had to spend a birthday alone but this years look like it will be in lockdown. I'm trying to plan an alternate birthday routine so it's not so distressing.

    Don't have older parents to worry about but sibling is a keyworker still having to go out to work so I worry they will catch it as they kinda deal with all the stuff I wouldn't know how to deal with.

    If I have a fear its that they may catch it and die or I might get symptoms so severe I'll have to make the decision to either call an ambulance and be separated from my dog (we've never been separated) or stay at home and hope I don't die from it leaving him with a dead body.

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