Scared about lockdown restrictions being lifted

Hi, I'm Chris and I'm new here.

I feel scared about the lifting of lockdown restrictions. I'm on the spectrum, I'm 53. With lockdown restrictions, I didn't have to deal with the outside world too much. But as lockdown restrictions are being eased, the impatience of everyone else is very scary. Are there any fellow autistics who feel the same as me. 

I am married with no children. I live in Bermondsey.

Thanks

  • Wow. That is a long story! I wish you luck with your high functioning autism. 

  • Ha please

    Well thank you for such kindness but no offence I like and I sometimes did enjoy discussions about different subjects on the internet in this forum I can talk about autism stuff as well I sometimes care about politics and I am very aware person with good positions made I like tought situations and I can take a lot 

    You can also read my Incredible life story 

    community.autism.org.uk/.../my-story

  • Jacob, this forum is not a public trial. You are not obliged to answer any of these people's attempts to bait you into argument. Please ignore them.

  • Can you please stick to the topic. Stop trying to provoke this young man who obviously has a different experience to yours. 

  • No, I disagree with you entirely. You are bullying this young man and I will ask you to stop your comments immediately or I will signal them and you as abusive.

    You have no right to rant and rave at people on this forum because they have a different world view to yours. None whatsoever. 

    And in response to your nasty posts to this young man I will tell you as an educated adult that the only dangerous views I have witnessed are yours. You should be ashamed of yourself.

    Your ranting and bullying does nothing to change opinions. And what right have you to decide for educated adults like me what content we can see and which content is too dangerous for us to see?

    Stick to the topic or move along and go back to whatever you were doing and leave this young man alone. If you continue with your abusive trolling of this young man I will report you. 

  • Ha I thought you are actually talking to me so I responded earlier I didn't see you are saying a reply to her Slight smile

    Sometimes my brain works in a very strange way or maybe I'm just new here and I am not paying attention Slight smile

    Very great Slight smile

  • The sentences with question marks at the end.

  • Ok I understand your point more or less howewer we disagree for many reasons maybe we have different world view maybe It's our age difference I'm actually very young person I've seen your profile well you're 60 I don't want to argue with you older people are often afraid actually I was going to the old woman for physics lessons and this was the only situation I was wearing a mask not to cause her trouble I respect old people they've been through a lot maybe I'm just young and inexperienced I still can be wrong thank you very much for this discussion I actually like to discuss about ideas in the internet not so much in real world because it's too fast for me to process and talk and formulate the argument and I sometimes stutter well I'm autistic our conversation was real pleasure to me Slight smile

    Have a great day Slight smile

  • Some people can't think for themselves. That's obvious. I see you haven't addressed any solid points. It's all airy fairy 'human rights' c**p. So YOUR human rights are more important than the human rights of the majority? And Covid was given priority over other illnesses because it was more dangerous! Any doctor, when faced with more than one patient, has to prioritise. They look at which one will die first if not treated immediately, which one is safe to leave for a little while, while they concentrate on those that are at deaths door. That's what happened during the height of the pandemic. It wasn't a case of making Covid a "celebrity" illness, that's a very childish way of looking at things. It was a case of priorities. I'm due an operation but it's been postponed 3 times so far. Am I bothered? NO! Because I understand that other people had a greater need than I! Its called thinking of people other than yourself.

  • Hey there is nothing specific in your comment 

    What are you actually asking me about? Slight smile

  • I honestly don't understand people with these views. What is killing people in countries with overwhelmed health care systems all of a sudden if it isnt covid 19? You can't blame poverty and poor hygiene, water quality or access to health care because those things aren't new, so what exactly do you think is happening?!

    I shouldn't even encourage you to reply to be honest but I just do NOT get it at all.

  • I agree with you that we should fight with covid because it's a dangerous disease howewer I disagree with you about the way we should fight it I believe that the law should not be broken and our personal freedoms should not be taken away also we should not let the covid to be celebrity we must pay attention to every ilness we must not take the beds from cardiology to fight covid because people will die on heart diseases there must be reasonable approach I accept that you can disagree and i would never turn you off because you have every right to say what you want I don't say that speech can't be harmful but preventing harmful speech can cause very much harm because harm is not specific but arbitrary what is harmful to one person may be not harmful for the other how can you say that my speech is dangerous? what if i'm right then preventing me from speeking can cause much more harm because the truth will not be heard I believe that people are wiser than they are foolish they can also think for themselves if I'm not right then others are going to see my mistakes and less harm will be done 

  • 0dd0ne sure we can disagree but why are you so willing to turn me off why don't you accept my different opinion can't we discuss like civilized people I accept your opinions whatever they are I would have accepted you even if you were a nazi or communist I'm very tolerant person I believe that we must be tolerant even to intolerant people because if they will not know the tolerance they will never change themselves however anyone is free no one can be forced to tolerate Slight smile

  • I have no qualms about freedom of speech, UNLESS it's dangerous speech. I'd be the same if someone was posting formulas for lethal cocktails! This is not just YOUR government. See my reply to Tassimo. Anyone that thinks this is a government conspiracy is, by literal definition, a conspiracy theorist! To think that every government in the world has colluded over Covid is crazy talk. No one has "brainwashed" me, I'm perfectly capable of reading the evidence, speaking to those on the front line and listening to as many scientists as I can. I don't, and never have, listened to politicians! It's a universal fact that lockdowns are the only reliable way to curb this virus. When I hear someone say, "I'm tired of lockdown, it's time to get back to normal", all I hear is, "The response to Covid should be tailored to my tolerance for inconvenience, regardless of other people's safety". And "I won't live in fear", means, "I'm willing to endanger the people around me to prove how brave I am". Neither of which is particularly clever. And you must be *extremely* clever if you think the majority of the world scientists are more stupid than you. That's some ego to have. Because you do realise that the governments are going on scientific advice? They're not just making c**p up! It seems to me that this is just another case of someone reading a social media post or two, written by someone with a 4th grade education, and a few social media memes, and taking it all as gospel, rather than doing their own homework. You think I've been fooled by the government, I think you've been fooled by anti-government propaganda that has no basis in fact. They're simply using Covid to further their cause. To actually admit that you consciously put other people at risk just to *spite* the government (who won't give a damn, by the way), says it all. 

  • Maybe not I apologise actually if I done something wrong I am just very strong and fearless person maybe not anyone is like me I can operate very well even during total breakdown I have let's say moderate autism or some kind of strong asperger syndrome I was diagnosed early because my symptoms are quite clear fortunately i have no coexisting conditions like anxiety or panic attacks maybe unless sensory processing disorder that's common my mental well being is great and well I've gone through 3 years of school with no support and it was hell I've had even some PTSD flashbacks or nightmares and well I'm fine I've even learned calculus from high school I have elon musk kind mentality he is my idol anyway I will probably start a business and work 12 hours a day everyday because I can do it please be forgiving for my character I'm quite fearless person including about coronavirus

  • You obviously didn't read his comments thoroughly. HE kicked it off with spreading extremely dangerous views. Not dangerous to mental health, but physically dangerous! He blatantly broadcast that he hasn't, and won't, wear a mask (which has been proved to be effective at helping ease the spread) *just to spite his government*! The fact that it's not just HIS government, but it's worldwide, and anyone who thinks that every country in the world got together, put aside all their differences and ceased all wars, simply to unite against the worlds populous, obviously believes it's a conspiracy. And this is NOT the place for conspiracy theorists. If he was so worried about the easing of restrictions he wouldn't have been against them in the first place! They're there for a reason, not just to mess with a country's citizens! That sort of talk is wrong and should not be allowed in this forum!

  • The change that I personally feel will be the hardest for me to cope with is when social distancing get removed and places start to get crowded again.

  • The poor poster is talking about being scared about the easing of lockdown restrictions and then you comment with a lot of very graphic, disturbing content about death and dying from Coronavirus. Do you really think that was an appropriate response to help the poster cope with his fear and uncertainty and protect his mental health?