This is why my life will never be the same..

[@Psych2go]

Do you want to see us do more story time to tell different stories around mental wellness?

[@davidfreeman9904]

Yes please :)

[@LWKSS29]

yes please they seem interesting ^^

[@iheart_mochis]

Yes

[@Ell1e_th3_mushr00m]

Yes please!!! I love this!!!

[@PoisonAnt]

Yes it would be great to hear about your life and what has significance in your life

[@trinaq]

It's been a whirlwind over the past two years, but major kudos to everyone who has come through it, stronger than ever, in spite of the pain and loss we might have gone through. We all need hope for the future. 🔮💪

[@Waggers789]

We lived through historical milestone and I never what to go through it again. But I can’t thank the amazing doctors, nurses (including my friend who is a nurse) who got us through it. They deserve everything.

[@Psych2go]

Yes, kudos to everyone who's made it!

[@beautyandthesimp]

Hope to survive world war 3

[@lawrup]

@@Psych2go I'm 19 and still a vergin

[@lawrup]

@@Psych2go i should of took the leap because my life is boring no friends and no girlfriend who wanted to be lawyer

[@The_fuselage]

Before The pandemic started I didn’t care about anything, in fact I was just a lonely introvert but after it started I began to realize that my life was better before, too bad I can’t go back to the past and warn myself about this, I just wish that this chaos would stop I just missed meeting my friends, actually am fine with meeting a stranger and making friends with them rather than being the lone child of my parents without someone to around my age to talk to .

[@LevelheadedMind]

Yes, we are still struggling with post and intra pandemic madness, isolation and anxiety. But YOU ARE NOT ALONE!! If your mental health is suffering please ask for help. Help is just a phone call away.

[@nawanjanafernando1842]

How can we ask for a help

[@ADMICKEY]

Nah, mine has gotten better

[@yoamirajahara]

The pandemic 😷 triggered my depression and anxiety. I was getting my mental health back on track and then everything shut down. Being stuck in one place, ur mind wanders.

[@nelliethursday1812]

Oh my dear I can so relate to what you said I already had /have severe social anxiety and was making progress then came the pandemic and further and further into my shell I went I have no idea what to do now

[@sneakysquid536]

I know how it feels to have social anxiety and depression AND autism at the same time. But don't worry, you can get through this, just like I did.

[@keiron.4612]

It didn't bother me I got to stay off school lol

[@francescabudau4676]

Honestly, me too

[@melaniemartin4319]

🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@varnesvaririlde]

In December of 2019, I came out to my parents and then I was stuck with them for 2 years. I was a very shy and introverted kid who thought that friendships and human connection are not much important than relationships, now it is entirely the opposite. We can definitely never forget these past few years, and I think most people went through some sort of mental health troubles in the pandemic.

[@Psych2go]

Sounds like you've been through a lot and that you came out stronger. Happy to see that!

[@trinaq]

I'm so sorry to hear about your struggles, but it sounds like you're a very strong person.

[@varnesvaririlde]

@@trinaq Believe me sometimes I wish I wouldn't have need to be that strong.

[@varnesvaririlde]

@Rante Aligheri I do love them but sometimes you have to choose your health and happiness over someone else's desires. PS: I know you are hating on me but frankly I have gone through enough therapy to tell this to you kindly and it kind of doesn't get me as angry as I used to get. Hopefully, you will also benefit from some form of therapy. I truly hope you do.❤️

[@lynnbrocius7976]

@Rante Aligheri You sound sad, angry, hopeless and are apparently going to take everyone you can down with you. I'm guessing you have a HUGH life story that you could tell us. We'd love to hear from the REAL you...not the part that has put up a wall and lobing rocks over the top to see who's head they land on. If they finally land on some who's ready to argue with you, so you can release all that built up emotion inside you.

[@Leeuwu69]

I’m so jealous of everyone who was happy before the pandemic ngl What a wonderful video (again)

[@Psych2go]

Glad you like it!

[@sleepy_18]

I wish I was happy before pandemic started

[@ADMICKEY]

@@sleepy_18 I'm don't wish that, cause that would've made me a different person than the one I am now, plus my best friend passed away that year, 2020 is one of my favorite years

[@Literally_A_Crow_]

My life before was awful. During the lockdown I had some time to self reflect which I didn't have before. I ended up finding who I was and being more proud of my body. And when things are finally going back to "normal" for me l realized it's helped me get out of my shell.

[@Psych2go]

That's good! Sounds like the pandemic helped changed you for the better :)

[@kevinlexus2924]

I thought i was the only one experiencing this. The pandemic made me a better person.

[@ADMICKEY]

@@kevinlexus2924 it just made my life better as everyone else was experiencing the life I had for 14 years

[@luhtransfiguracion1560]

I feel you. That's how I felt this past 2 years. Living through the day, making it till bedtime. I'm rooting for you.

[@Psych2go]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@end_phoenix4007]

@@journaling.aw.vlog.37 yeah my mental health had taken a big dip during COVID. Sometimes I feel like I'm in control and happy, and then others it's just me saying bad things about myself such as "you won't make it" your not good enough" and "why even bother trying if you know you're going to fail anyways". I'm starting to get better at managing it, but it's still there.

[@witchypoo7353]

This pandemic made me happy that I’m a shut in anyway because nothing in my life changed, but it did make me really sad & worried for people who aren’t used to living like this. Im really happy that this person is recovering

[@joemarx7495]

Same

[@lonewolfnergiganos4000]

I really needed this, the pandemic really took a toll on us, but what matters is that we keep moving forward 💪😁

[@warrenhyuga7776]

SHINZO WO SASAGEYO!

[@sanije5955]

@@warrenhyuga7776SASAGEYO! SASAGEYO! SHINZO WO SASAGEYO!!! 🕊 👊

[@warrenhyuga7776]

@@sanije5955 EVERYONE!!! DEDICATE YOUR HEARTS!!! ❤️ ⚔️

[@expirednutella]

my experience with the pandemic was really different i was in a rough spot before covid, i lost my mom a few years prior and because of being a full time student in highschool i never had time to actually get through it and register it in my head, unintentionally causing me to repress for 3 years i wasnt allowed the time to cope and grieve until covid, which, although awful for its own reasons, finally gave me the time that i had needed i'm not at all perfect, the pandemic still hurt and was difficult, but if it did do something for me, it was give me the time i had been yearning for for so long

[@pip.pip.pooray]

Im so glad it has been beneficial for you! :)

[@JazzdeasteroideB-612]

Great video, the storytime is real and not romantized. For me 2020 was a adjustment year as it was for the entire world and 2021 was my down hill year, my mental health got worst, and by some reason the pandemic affected me in a way in which all my childhood traumas appeared and I was force to figth thigs that I had buried. It was so hard, because I am an adult and I had to go back to the past and rescue my younger self. 2022 seems to be a little better, however I am still fighting and adjusting to the changes. The pandemic and its consequences on physical, mental, emotional health is something we won't forget, but I hope someday i can look back and say we made it and to be humble enough to send all my love to heaven for those that could not.

[@wholesome2399]

I feel you, while 2020 was fine, it really went downhill in 2021. Take care! I hope you will get better soon

[@fiveelevenevan]

I've always been a great student. At a certain point in the pandemic though, I starting skipping classes, tests, responsibilities at home, everything. Then I bounced back once my parents noticed and I improved my environment, but I still feel the effects. For example, if I take a break, I feel like I'm wasting time and I need to be working, otherwise I'm lazy, and I'll fall off again. I feel guilty for any bad grade or missed opportunity to the point where I relapse on sh. Then comes more guilt. My mindset on academics will never be the same, and even when I'm doing well, I'm carrying a heavy cross mentally. Anyway, you're not alone, and we're all in this together

[@wanderingthoughts16]

This made me feel better. Like everyone else, the pandemic took a tough hit on me and my mental health too

[@NathalieLazo]

This message is for someone who needs to hear this and will fully understand it... You are not define by your circumstance or your past. It’s not what happened to you that determines your success in life; it is how you deal with those circumstances that determines your success in life. You are strong, you are capable and practice forgiveness (Forgiveness is for you; forgive your parents or anyone whom we have chosen to hurt us, to begin the process of healing and freedom. Remember: Forgiveness is for you to be freed, healed and happy. It’s a RESET BUTTON) and practice gratitude everyday. This will change the course of your life forever. Love you always and I believe in you wholeheartedly no matter what ✨❤️ - Nat

[@FlameGamingYT06]

Thank you!

[@Evealaquisina]

thank you x

[@Evealaquisina]

@Rante Aligheri you deserve to be forgiven. you deserve to forgive yourself. your offenders don't deserve anything. F them

[@warrenhyuga7776]

I was a sheltered child. I couldn’t go anywhere BEFORE and DURING the Pandemic. So lockdown didn’t impact me too much.

[@serashin.shameemah]

To be honest, I was not happy before the pandemic. I had no friends, school was just another place where all the people were happy to pull me down. And once as soon as the announced about lockdown, I really didn't care at first. Later it became something I've never expected. Being monitored by my parents 24/7. Them scolding me for everything I did. It went almost half of that year. One day I was just scrolling through KZbin. And found the video "6 types that your parents are toxic" caught my attention. Then popped up "That you have a lost father". Later I decided to subscribe to this amazing channel. And learnt that my life should move on. And I made new friends as I shifted before lockdown and it was a new school for me. All my friends, my teachers and stuff. I was amazing. Even though it was virtual, it felt like heaven. Now I moved again to another place. And I swear I'm not happy, I lost connection with my friends. And here I have no friends. There are barely 3-4 students in this class and they don't want to accept me. As things are getting back to normal. Slowly all I'm going back to my old self. Who is quite, lonely, sad and depressed. To make things even worse I have my academics, they suck. I wish I went to a world without my parents and lived happily in the way I want.

[@wholesome2399]

I'm shure your situation will improve soon. You already shoved yourself that this can be done and this is important ^^ Take care

[@serashin.shameemah]

@@wholesome2399Thank you :)

[@ramor4743]

It's alright not to be accepted. It's alright I never had any close friends all my life and i don't think it's a problem. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@melodia92]

im gonna be completely honest... this is so relatable for me. my life before the pandemic was, at least i thought, pretty good. i was doing very well in school, was fit and active in sports, had friends, and, overall, was happy. when the pandemic struck, i still tried to connect with my friends, but i had a wide mix of friends who were really all connected by me, and weren't too close with each other, so it wasnt much of a friend group. because of this, we didn't share many interests as a group, and because we couldnt see each other irl, we started to drift apart. i started to have less and less motivation for doing things i enjoyed, such as reading, soccer, and even school. my grades started to slip, my mental and physical health deteriorated, and even though i got added to a groupchat of people from my new middle school, socializing with people i didnt even really know that well didn't help. for the first time in my life, i was alone. and it wasn't until 2021 did i really start to see it. my firsr semester at my new school was awful. i struggled to pay attention in class & kept getting distracted when i was supposed to be listening to the teacher or doing homework. my grades dropped and dropped, and even though i was doing pretty decently in school, i felt like i wasn't enough. i fell into a state of depression, and couldn't reach out or talk to anyone about it. my mom took notice of my strange moods and behaviors, and scheduled an therapy appointment therapy appointment for me. my therapist and i spoke to each other for about two months, but they really werent very helpful, so i ended up just cancelling the next appointments. during this time, school was going back to in person for the final two months of the year, but when i walked into the school i had never even seen before, a massive wave of anxiety came crashing down on me. I knew practically no one, none of my old friends who were there talked to me, and i felt too anxious and shy to talk to anyone. i became even more depressed and it carried on into the summer and the next school year. I had still been talking to my "online friends" at the school, but none of them decided to return that year, and i eventually just left all servers and groupchats i was in, and isolated myself. for 4 months. it wasnt until october that i picked up the courage to try to talk to them again. luckily for me, they let me back in, which i was very grateful for. i had started going to a different therapist, who was really good and helped me a lot. i still struggle with anxiety and bouts of depression here and there, but ive been trying to suppress those emotions and try to acknowledge the fact that they aren't true, and that my mind just wants me to believe those things. if you are struggling with similar issues, know this: you are not alone. your mind is a deceiving creature, and although you want to believe it because it's you, it implants thoughts into yourself that you can't get rid of by just thinking positively, and manipulates your emotions to the point where all you want is to just die and end it all. but those thoughts can't hurt you- theyre just thoughts, after all. they are menacing and scary, and you are constantly in a tug of war battle with them every time you think and feel them, and you can't win it with just pure strength. the only way to do it is to give up trying to fight it - just drop the rope. acknowledge them, and let them move on. if you don't pay any attention to them, they can't hurt you. youre safe. youre valued. and most importantly, youre loved. you may not even know it, but trust me, youre loved. your are strong, important, and worth everything in the world. you were put on this earth to live, and that is your purpose. i love you, and i wish you the best of luck in your life. you can do this!

[@haroldinho9930]

2020 was my favourite year in the past 5. And I’m talking about once lockdown begun. I took up new hobbies and the weather also played a huge part. It was amazing.

[@MoonGlow22]

İn fact my quarantine days went great, it was a secIusioj for me. I worked on my personal growth, started pixel art, started to learn game development, read lots of book. I adapted to change and used it as much as I can for my goodness. Do not forget: Extinct creatures are those that cannot adapt to changes. And you will be succesfull as much as you adapt changes

[@munkeefinkelbeen5395]

This has been a troubling couple of years. I wasn't in school, but I did have to work through it all. Early morning temperature checks on customers, being yelled at for reminding people to wear a mask, or keep their mask on in the store, having to get tested due to a coworker showing up sick (brain tickling nasal swab tests), having people I knew end up severely ill or dead. Still going through it, but luckily things have lightened up as time went on. It gets hard being the lighthearted one sometimes, but if I weren't, I wouldn't be me. Thanks for sharing this story :)

[@jemmawhitehouse1043]

My life was good, I had a job that I loved and I had my beautiful mum. I lost both in January because of covid. Its the cruelest illness, its stolen from me two very precious things and left me with the hugest holes.

[@thezombiecreeper]

I had won a geography contest and was selected by the state to travel to the capital and compete in the state championship. All that was announced over the period of 4-0 days before my county declared a state of emergency and locked down. Timing sure likes to play games, doesn’t it?

[@liteo57]

I'm an introvert, I mostly worked from home before the pandemic & was mostly by myself as I went about doing daily errands such as grocery shopping, etc. The pandemic caused very little disruption to my life & daily routine, so I'm one of the lucky few.

[@snowymate1593]

Kinda agreed there, pre covid was actually way better, I hope things will get even better now even if it doesn't feel like it rn

[@dream_y1000]

2:40 is so relatable. For me, it’s jamming a whole school year’s course material into 4 months.

[@seriousmike5649]

Ii also changed me for the worst .. i spiraled down in hatred.. i feel the mass allowed the governments to abuse their powers and the situation to put in excessive control and now i hate most people.. i dont want to see anyone and i have perpetual anger and hatred .. i feel horrible 24/7.. I used to love going out and now i avoid public places because i feel i could blow up at anytime and headbutt someone

[@chanellegabrielle]

you aren’t alone. i still have these lingering feelings here and there. however, just as how we ended up finding out the truth so will they. take care of yourself.❤️

[@seriousmike5649]

❤️❤️

[@NickKnightx]

Lost my dad to the pandemic. Made me realize how much I missed out on in the past. Now I’m going to live my life the best I can !

[@Psych2go]

Sorry to hear :( Glad to see that you want to live an even bigger life from now on.

[@thefreechains]

Man I was a complete mess before the pandemic. Seeing me lose everything I looked forward to made me feel just as powerless as the person in this video. But one day, something just lit a fire in me. I started working on myself, getting my mind right, just becoming a better person. As of now, I’m not where I want to be but I’m nowhere near where I used to be.

[@paracyclo1960]

How the hell are we supposed to know how we made out in the pandemic? We're still *in* it!!

[@happiness533]

For ths 2 years of pandemic,my introvertion grow alot inside of me and this social anxiety of mine made a invisible high bonderies between me and people outside of my comfort zone

[@BasicBerry_]

This is really good! I can't wait to see more stories like this.

[@livilovey9760]

At my school, we’re not even allowed to mix classes. All my friends are in other classes, and I can’t seem to make new friends. Stupid Covid

[@Quiet_Void]

Honestly, my life didn’t get severely affected by the pandemic, mainly because I was basically a turtle, only going out whenever I really needed to, or if I was hanging out with friends, which doesn’t happen as much as you’d think. None of my friends share the same age as me, and most of them are older because I’m pretty open minded and chill. However, even before the pandemic hit, I felt like they were fading away, as they headed off to university, basically got into their adult life. But they reassured me that we’re still buds, even if we have different life styles. Although the lockdown didn’t damage me personally, the drama that surrounded it certainly did. If someone’s upset, I kinda become a mirror and reflect that emotion. So even though I wasn’t stuffing my closet to the brim with toilet paper and freaking out over a conspiracy written on Facebook by someone’s grandpa, I still felt all the panic and dread surrounding the situation. Besides that, I didn’t really feel much of a change. I actually liked the online classes, as the atmosphere of a busy school can be overwhelming for me. I also got to focus more on my passions with this lockdown, that being drawing, creative writing, and of course, playing video games. (Especially Nintendo) Nowadays, as things are in the early stages of clearing up, I’m going out a lot more because I actually graduated during the pandemic, and also because I want to at least decrease my social anxiety, I still got a long way to go, but I can now talk to store clerks without getting nervous. I know the pandemic was a real unfortunate thing to happen, and that it damage many small businesses and lives, but I feel that this has at least helped me understand what I need to do in order to improve on my mental health, and social anxiety. I don’t make comments this long, like hardly ever, but I wanted to put my own experience because others were doing it. Hope you have a wonderful day/night!

[@PardusRain]

It was not pain for everyone, I have a preference to my online life but I can still sense how it affected people around me but to those who struggle stranger or not I hope you find a path for what you need. I found reflection and time in the extra time it gave me and in turn a breather from life.

[@juice_lime5114]

Similar time frame here, but with differences from the starting point. Built up a persona for more than 5 years without knowing that it's fake, just to adapt to society. Who knew, I wasn't as introverted as expected (ambivert). Just loved talking with people, and have my commitments from the background appreciated. Pandemic came, spent 6 months of full lockdown while dealing with university studies. Struggled to connect with new people to begin with, now even more seperated. Interactions through online platforms just felt... Unreal. I don't mind the system of society, just wanting to have meaningful talks with people. Huge difference in just two study terms, seperated by the pandemic. Plunged from flying colours to barely staying afloat in passing. It felt like running on a 5% charged battery everyday for almost 1.5 years. Went into depression without even knowing. I pushed harder in gaming to get satisfaction, but the people-pleasing only deepened the emptiness within. Suffered a reality break when I found myself indulging in unhealthy sensations, escaping from reality. That night was so intense, when I finally found out that everything I had constructed was fake. Everything came crashing in a mental breakdown when I finally revealed my feelings suppressed for years. Made the biggest life decision to live truthfully and try to be my true self. The first step was finding my true self. This pandemic actually gave suffering that allowed me to grasp the truth of life. It shattered my fake persona to reveal the truth. Learned more of myself in 5 months, more than all life. It's just how people use this tough period as a lesson. Try to make the best out of it, without falling in traps like my silly self did.

[@wholesome2399]

I wish you the strenght to continue your journey, you can do it!

[@Ell1e_th3_mushr00m]

I love this! I can full on relate(like the missing friends part-) But I can relate to you of missing your friends. I can't even talk to them on the weekend, breaks, or even summer. I mean, my friends can to each other since they have phones but I don't and it's annoying since they're younger then me!!! I used to love being home and now it's just boring and when I go to school I feel free and I get to see my friends and we make each other laugh.

[@pikaboi0373]

The pandemic hardly affected me when it hit because I’m sheltered. And only recently it’s started affecting me, because now there’s even less ways for me to get any real social interaction. I’m suffering through some kind of depression, and I am very confused about life atm. I’m not sure where it’s going to go. I can’t really relate to anyone else on a lot of levels. I don’t know why I typed this here, but I guess I just wanted to scream another helpless cry into the void

[@PeterArnold1969]

Thank you, Anonymous, for sharing your story. It felt a lot like my pandemic experience, without the university part.

[@kittypawschannel1728]

2022 is bad for me. Because 2022 is like 2020 for me because all I do is sleep,eat,sleep, online school

[@clareang]

Lockdown happened right after I finished my internship, I went from very very busy to so free that I slept all day. First week was great, then the world became dull, the house became unbearable, especially with EVERYONE home... No school, no work, no friends to hang out with, people constantly getting on each others nerves at home. Everyone was more frustrated than ever.

[@tasiacross5173]

Yes please do this again. Wish there was a way for me to submit my story. Good job to the person who shared their experience with the pandemic. Everyone who has had a dramatic change because of the pandemic. Praying for you and your stronger than you think

[@tobyw.1688]

I am a 20 years old male from Germany and notice that many people of about my age withdraw back in their families a lot. Things one usually does with friends now only happen in the family like going to the pub with brothers and sisters, going to the cinema or swimbath with just the parents, going on long vacation with thr family, spending weekends and holidays at different grand parents. After class or university, people spent lot of time with each other, nowadays everybody directly heads back home. Social gatgerings like Christmas or New Year's Eve turned to events with just close family and without friends. Hopefully this will change again by spring or autumn, otherwise I will have to spend a live alone as an extrovert. I do have family of course, but I pull my energy from gatherings with friends.

[@Cloudaddy220]

Thank you for sharing, these two years have been intense For the comment section, you don’t have to walk outside with a mask, especially at different hours to stay away from people. That way of thinking going to cause much more harm than good, we absolutely can go back to the way things were right now and we need to stop spreading this dangerous rhetoric of a “new normal,” it’s very unhealthy

[@Psych2go]

Thanks for sharing your perspective!

[@NotZDH]

Me who’s watching this while quarantined with covid. Besides that, it’s been a rough few years. I’ve been looking at the 1918 pandemic to see how this pandemic could end. Stay strong everyone, we are almost out

[@Psych2go]

What insights did you see from the 1918 pandemic?

[@eri_noemi1462]

"Almost", nice joke.

[@PTriddy]

There was no reason to be 'in'. If you took the vax, there is no 'out', and that is not the end game of the elites.

[@infested4494]

My life hasn’t changed in the slightest except that I now wear my mask often since I couldn’t access them before, and I found it very relaxing as a sort of holiday, with no stress or mental health damage that other people reported/faced. What could that mean?

[@philswift5340]

I spent the first year of the pandemic living with my ex and I was really happy. It was a lot of fun goofing around and spending all my time with the girl I loved. When 2021 started she cheated on me and left me for her ex, citing that our relationship became a routine and she wanted something different. I loved that routine…

[@nancyskids5696]

I’m really sorry 💙

[@datboigroovin8200]

I’m so sorry. I experienced the same kind of betrayal from the woman who got me through 20 and 21. It’s devastating to have it happen when the circumstances make the loneliness even worse than it already was.

[@philswift5340]

@@datboigroovin8200 I don’t understand how people can be so cold

[@datboigroovin8200]

@@philswift5340 that’s just because you’re so much better than that. You would never do that to another person. You’ll find someone who’s like you. It just takes a lot of sifting through the people who aren’t.

[@mingmerci6103]

Brilliant absolutely brilliant. It would be nice to see more of these. Bravo psi.

[@DexiCZE]

I had this exactly the other way around - at school, I didn't speak to anyone nor was I going outside with anyone or going out at all, the best times I rarely had were watching KZbin videos and role-playing on Discord with a bunch of friendly people. So when quarantine came, it was *heaven* for me. At the time, I was preparing for important exams so I will be able to go to high school, so I had so much more time to prepare. I had so much more time for myself and time management. We didn't get a lot of homework for classes so I always spent about half an hour on some tasks and then played on Minecraft servers for *hours* and it was just amazing. This year, I started going to high school, and it's just as bad as before quarantine, except I have one friend whom I talk with every day at school, but I still feel like I'm completely outside of the class collective and alone with my one friend and 3 online friends. So for me, quarantine was the absolute best time of my life. But I understand how you may feel about that and know that quarantine was very hard on some people.

[@OniLODSamuraiFan]

Before the pandemic I was introverted and lived a very lonely but somewhat outgoing life and did not take being sick very seriously. now I take being sick seriously and wish never to get others sick, I have however also see the ugly side to humanity with hoarding supplies people need in times of emergency, being stubborn to the point of endangering others health without care simply because they don't trust doctors or find masks uncomfortable. I also realize how outgoing I had to try to push myself to be after its safe to do so rather than live an antisocial and lonely life. Overall this pandemic has made me lose trust in humanity as a whole, I know there is good out there but as a whole its hard to see the good after everything people have done in the pandemic.

[@mave_mave]

Being on lockdown as an only child with barely only friends is like the worse. But with this pandemic i've been drawing so much ever since. My older self will be proud eheh

[@vincem3748]

I'm also an only child... only children unite!

[@Gregtami]

I’m so glad I’m an introvert and the pandemic did affect me but not in a major way. I’m still as depressed as I was before.

[@ozefox]

For me it was the actual opposite. I was being socially bullied (like ignored, left out, gossiped over…) over years during school. During the pandemic I could stay home which was always my safe space. Just not being in that toxic environment anymore helped me so much with my mental health and my grades started getting up. Did anyone experience something like this too?

[@goodsamaritangaming1997]

Between 2011 and 2018, I was stuck in a house mostly alone with my deteriorating grandparents. I felt a lot of what you described here. I was neglected while watching my grandfather fall to Alzheimer's and my grandmother slowly deteriorate from dementia, as her heart valves failed one by one. It was a nightmare and I don't think I would wish it on my worst enemy.

[@Gintoki881]

To me lockdown was a blessing, relief. If not that I would totally collapse. It brought finally some peace to my life and I don’t imagine coming back

[@Texan_christian1132]

I didn’t care too much. I was used to staying in all the time. And I had very little friends

[@Vyxsenthesnowfox2002]

Interestingly enough this pandemic has taught me alot about people and the world, its shown me just how good and bad we can all be, ive lost some friends and a relationship to it.. although it was for the best and i think weve all grown from it, i know i have, before it i didn't care much about myself and didnt value to much in my life, ive learned to really love myself for who i am recently and i think all this boredom and loneliness kinda forced me to look inside for what i wanted insted of outside and in a way im glad it did, im moving soon and hopefully getting a good job and i do plan on finally dating again and hopefully finding someone to be with, the way i see it is my life can probably only get better so at the end of all this craziness i think i came out a better person, and just a better man in general

[@megaladon5897]

The pandemic made me a different person and not in a good way. It made an already pretty introverted kid’s introversion even worse. I become selfish, angry, anxious, and depressed. I messed up hard and ostracized myself from some friends and I’ve never fully forgiven myself. This brings us to today. I’m on the verge of failing chemistry and algebra 2 because I can’t focus for more than five seconds. Funny enough besides those two classes I have all A’s. I have a massive chemistry test on Monday, and if I fail then the my school is going to kick me out of sports, the one place where I can bring out the old me. The better me. I’m terrified. Any advice anyone?

[@megaladon5897]

@LostBraincells well my teacher pushed the test back to tomorrow which is good so im studying rlly hard. I vent to my parents sometimes but they don’t rlly seem to care lol. I rlly appreciate you asking btw it means a lot :)

[@MLGconcrete]

huh, so its not just me, I was beginning to think I was going crazy and was all alone with this feeling, but I'm not, thank you

[@okeydokey1233]

I was forced to face my shadows and the emotional trauma I carry. Today, I try not to reclaim who I was pre-Covid, but live as a thriving work-in-progress. I needed to learn to put myself first. I am no longer everyone’s savior, but my own. On this side of Covid, I am less co-dependent. I bring forward my authentic self everyday unapologetically.

[@carolnoelle2468]

I relate 💯 but I was able to get out as well through continuing good Academics and running outside. I was able to see my friends and family relatively frequently throughout the pandemic at least.

[@DawnOfWonder868]

I couldn’t agree more with this story. While my pandemic left wasn’t as bad during the complete lockdown phase since I basically lived in a video game that whole first summer, to the point where I don’t really remember anything, and going back halfway was worse in a few ways, it’s still strongly resonates with me.

[@hypno_bunny]

My experience was just the opposite. Before Pandemic, I struggled with the Rat Race. I have Fibromyalgia, ADHD, Migraines, Social Anxiety and Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome with a Non-24 hour circadian rhythm. All of which make holding myself to "normal" working and sleeping schedules almost impossible for me to keep up with. It's what society deems "normal" that is a depressing, anxiety filled prison for me. The Pandemic lockdown was the FIRST time in my life I truly felt free. And now that things are going back to "normal" I don't know if I can handle dealing with that life again.

[@sininenuni192]

Been having a hard time in Sweden. Been wearing facemask mostly out of respect for other while people been staring at me making me uncomfortable when i been walking to store and work since Sweden didn't recommend facemasks. It gonna take some time to get back to normal times.

[@genwunner6783]

The lockdowns were an amazing time. The only time in recent modern history where the rat race slowed down and staying at home was not frowned upon as non-contributing member of society. It also allowed people to reflect that they were unhappy with their jobs and low wages and decided to make new career changes.

[@unknownperson3342]

to me it was the complete oppisite my life changed positively after the pandamic in the past I had no friends or what you call fake friends I had no energy I was anti social I was depressed I didn't like anyone I was controlled by my mother never took risks never did anything i wanted to do but after the pandamic I became more social made a real bestfriend started taking risks and having my own opinion do whatever I love to do and I'm currently happy with my life

[@kidsonly9805]

Good for you :)

[@non-existent4717]

My Life before the pandemic was okay(in terms of friend n stuff and I was happy. Sometimes but I was still feeling bad but I've pushed it back) but I've lived being constantly half half depressed and having social anxiety. During the pandemic I and one massive fall down and nearly took my life but I found if I'm gonna do so it doesn't matter anyways. I thought about it and being around the others, with masks on, having to take distance. But I felt now that was good. I reached out for help anonymously at first then came open to just that one person and we talked two times. It lifted the weight of my shoulder but I wasn't feeling that it actually helped the situation but I was still glad. I cancelled to talk ever again and started /continued on myself. I started journaling, eating a healthy breakfast(i didn't even use to eat breakfast before or it would just be a unhealthy snack like yoghurt or so) and doing a 10 minute sport exercise before breakfast eventually i started meditating for 5 minutes but that only lasted like 4 days. Then I started finding apps and cut down. I stopped exercising. I still eat the breakfast since it's become a habit but I stopped journaling I only reflect my day in an all where you pick the activities you've done and leave a like note ok the very bottom. Then I've had another step down.(btw I apologise heavily for this being so long. To anyone reading) eventually the ups and down lead to me now. Recently I've become fine/more and more comfortable with my real identity basically. My real name, where I come from. What friends I have, what I've down in the past, my family, the pets I used to have and what i felt with them. The feelings I have for someone. I started accepting everything, not just hiding behind a rando on the internet, trying to be someone I'm not or want to be so I could feel fulfilled.. I've had various times I said that I improved and start anew which is all true. But I feel like now is the actual decisive one. If I mess up now and step back again I don't think I'll care enough to better my life as much as I do now. I wanna own who I am, who I want to be and who I have pretending and not pretending to be. All of those people to come together as the me now. And the me in the future. You couldn't even say that the me and the pandemic me before it happened are the same person. Although, well. They are. I feel more at ease and am starting to become more comfortable with my insecurities. One example is that I never spoke/wanted to because I didn't like and then felt ashamed and embarrassed of my voice when I did talk to the point I started babbling how it'd be better to be mute or better of dead. Speaking is a gift I shouldn't have set aside for the trash like that. But as I said, I've and still am slowly for surely accepting *all of me* nothing to deny or wanting to push away from me anymore that stings. I'll let it be and accept it. Put everything together and find a way for the best outcome I'm able to have. And wanting to have. During the pandemic I was already great and said aswell as knew this is going in my favour in the end. I can reflect on myself, start good habits and take care of myself physically aswell as mentally and emotionally aswell ofcourse. By the start I found a bunch of lessons on youtube and videos that i've put into a playlist it eventually cut down to 2000 and I kept adding. I started learning there's so many things to learn and also the same from many different views and many things that could be helpful some day but that aren't necessarily needed by me. I still have around 1200 videos but 400 i've cut down to maybe if I find someday. I might watch the other 800 that are left. I've started minimalism aswell funny things is also just how me starting to watch anime again had changed a bunch of views of my life.. especially re:zero both season plus the fillers/oav(if that's spelled right) Re: ZERO, Re: ZERO 2, (currently) World trigger plus the filler arc, I've lived 300years and maxed out my level, the strongest sage with the weakest crest(I'm only mentioned relevant ones where'ive learned something important to an aspect of live. bot just the anime but in their music re zero especially is one i haven't skipped on anything after the first few episodes (I say a few but it was at till half of the first season that i realized.) Reflect from gawr gura which is a song . Especially impacted me as well ♡ The Quintessential Quintuplets both seasons this one is not necessary it's just one which have made madrealzie a few things but that's only if you think more into it. I'm an over thinker so I've picked up various lessons by seeing the hidden sentences. So and Idol master gave me an motivational aspect and made me happier. But biggest impact is re:zero i've said that a lot i know but it is true all of this has cost me about a month till now, so don't expect anything to happen while lazily watching those animes. The last two are just add ons so if you wanna watch them watch them last. Not like anyone's actually gonna read enough of this anyways. I apologise again for that.. But ofcourse on youtube also music and other videos have caused help in rippling the water to my right future. I'll end it here and wish you great luck through thee journeys . Don't give up when put down. *Your journey doesn't end until it ends.*

[@Jacket-b9t]

for some reason your voice randomly reminded me of a 'game' called Gone Home. walking simulator, i loved it though.

[@bobkowalski7655]

During the pandemic, I actually made a great friend which I now get to see every day. His name is Corner of my room.

[@tobeboom2663]

So actually: The pandemic helped me. Before it I had a very bad time, my mental health went downhill, I was forced to go to places I didn't like and from this time I still carry scars with me. My social anxiety started to get really bad and I was stressed all the time. As soon as the pandemic started I learned less which wasn't good. But I made a new friend that now supports me every day and is the person I always dreamed to know. When my mental health got better again I could also study more for school and had a lot of time to think about everything, which made the whole mess in my mind much cleaner. The more I could go to school the worse it got again but now I have a good support system and am finally out of this deep dark hole and can concentrate myself on the important things. My (social) anxiety got worse again in the past five months but I look forward to the future and am convinced that everything will be fine some day. I think for many people the pandemic was very bad but for me it actually helped to find myself and find the place I want to spend my life

[@kevinlexus2924]

Me too! Before the pandemic, im always stressed out because of going to school everyday, i was quite skinny. But even though i hate to go to public places, i never had social anxiety, i could always stayed calm. After the pandemic striked, i became more focused on myself, i gained more weight. But the social anxiety started to appear when i had to come to the school for yearbook photoshoot.

[@ayo_k32]

Why did you follow the rules of the government? Why would you go for a walk and try to avoid other people outside?? Stop allowing the government to abuse you. As far as school, that is a sad situation and parents need to fight back against these abusive "covid rules". It needs to be OVER and NOW.

[@vincem3748]

Preach!!

[@thecatsbackyard4833]

Oof. This is how my entire school experience felt. Minus the infection part. I %&*!ing hated school and am probably one of the few people who's glad, at age 33, to not be in high school anymore. School was where we went to be gaslit and bored only to go home and get beat on and upbraided over bad grades. It's such a narrow soul crushing environment. I honestly envy the people who felt they could express their interests in that.

[@nancyskids5696]

I physically made it through the pandemic so far, but mentally, I will never ever be the same, and not for the good..

[@michellekay223]

I dodged a bullet with a toxic relationship.. I have actually had time to heal from what was happening and improved some things bc there's not distractions to take my mind off thinking things through enough.

[@floydblandston108]

HaHaHaHaHa.....now you know how introverts feel ALL. THE. Time The last 30 months have been the best, happiest time of my life. : )

[@DestinyNerd470]

The genuine fact is, we survived these difficult as hell Years! I call that an accomplishment

[@katrin712]

I must say that confinement did not change much of anything in my life beside the problem of groceries as it was harder to get those (we ve all been through this too). I m part of the people with an illness that leads you to regularly not being able to work, not being able to get out because you re too unwell. Some of my friends realised with the confinement what life was for me as this new stuff was almost part of « ordinary life » for me. I understand everyone ´s frustrations about all these changes, but for some of us, it was somehow « same old same old » and us making do with it. Good thing is people got very creative to provide entertainment of various kind (mostly cultural) as people could not go to shows, concerts etc. Would be great if this could go on - even to a lesser scale - if only for the sake of the elders or ill people who live in an almost permanent or very regular state of confinement and who often struggle with it through years. Now that everyone has had a taste of what being prevented from doing loads of things, wouldn t it be great if we could try to improve things for those for whom it is not a moment in life but their life? I was studying during the beginning of the pandemic, and it prevented me to do some internship but I got my exams anyways (I m 43 so school life is not important in my case and I m an lifelong leaner so remote studying was very fine with me). I’m working for almost a year now, but my life is mainly working and resting, occasional groceries shopping when someone home has forgotten something. My health is too down to get out, I need to rest almost the whole w/e to be able to do my week at work, and I rest as soon as I hit home in the week. It s stressful in a way to have a life limited so much. My few activities are limited to within my house, like reading. So I m very grateful for all the cultural stuff you can find online now because my feet won t take me to lots of places, but my mind can… sometimes even just taking your mind on a trip or to a museum changes a lot of things. To those struggling: you are not alone, thousands of us stand with you and support you, so go at your own pace, find your own ways and the ground that feels good under your feet, you ll get where you wish to at some point. How long it ll take you is not important, but that you are fine with how your journey proceeds IS important. All life is precious, yours included. Lots of love.

[@inmyemophasrn]

replying to the question in the beginning of the video, my life before 2020 was terrible

[@KAESISCOOL]

This video is relatable. Long story short: So in pre-covid, (2019 to be specific) it felt like the best year to me in some ways, because I got to go to the local Carnival in June, went on a bandtrip in April, got to go to a friend's house for the first time in forever at the end of July, even went to my first NHL hockey game near the end of December even. It was a great experience since I've never done a lot of these things before or haven't in a long time. But then 2020 came, second semester started, it was normal, until almost 2 years ago when we got our first couple of cases and the lockdown came. At first what I thought, was that online school was gonna be great. Because then I could work at my own pace and whenever I wanted, I didn't have to leave the house since I'm an introvert and hate outdoors in general, I thought my life was gonna be perfect during this time. Instead, it was the opposite. And since I have ADHD and tent to procasinate on getting stuff done, I ended up barely doing any of the work and just played Roblox, my sleep schedule was messed up, like I'd be going to sleep at 2 AM and waking up at 11 or 12. Which then lead to my mental health declining even more, a lot of drama, and even my brother getting rid of time limits which led to some violent actions about it. And while all this was happening, I still couldn't focus because like never before, the pandemic really showed that I could get distracted by literally nothing. But thankfully I passed all my semester 2 classes and got all my 8 grade 9 credits. Then grade 10 came, and what I thought at the time was that it was gonna be so good 5o have in-person learning again, only to find out it was online on day 1's and that all optional courses were online. Which is not what I wanted. We were also assigned cohorts, which we stayed in a classroom with only 20 kids and the teachers alternated between classes. We also had to sanitize when we came in, we had to follow arrows in future 8's just to get to our destinations, and all the work was online for the most part. First semester was like this, and it was absolutely hell. Then second semester came, and it was like this until after spring break, which is when it went fully online again. But luckily, since I had ADHD, students who had a harder time with online school (or special needs in general) I could still go in on the alternating days. And thankfully I passed all my classes. Then, in August it was announced that we would be going in person full time again, including the optional courses. But, we still had to wear mask, sanitize when we enter school, and follow arrows in a figure 8 to get to our classes. But it was at least closer to normal school. But some of the things I didn't like was; only having to be let in at 8:18 warning bell, only could be in designated areas for lunch & spares, and yeah. And this brings me to the now, which it is currently 2nd semester and it's still like the first semester (except my classes changed) but I heard that the arrows might be removed soon, and the mask mandate is also gonna be over soon. But knowing my school devision/district, the mask mandate will still apply here. But overall, things are getting back to normal, but I still don't think NOW is the time because we are JUST leaving the 5th save is it? (Omnicrom variant) anyways, here are the effects the pandemic had on me; Positive: don't have to leave home as much so I get more time to do what I want, got into yt, My Life as a Teenage Robot, and Invader Zim Negative: I realized that I hate online/home school, that I hate everything, stress, idk what else, but there's probably more Overall: I ended up getting dry hands from washing and sanitizing them too often, I also ended up calling 2 classes, and dropping out of one, (has to do course recovery to get my 2 grade 10 mandatory credits) so I'm still missing one and I never bothered to go to resource to fill in a spare for my senior/grade 12 year, so I'm gonna be short one credit (I need 30 to graduate), the pandemic also made my mental health decline a whole lot more, and just overall made me realise that I need to leave the house every once and a while, even though I'm introverted. So yeah, that's my experience about covid, I also think covid made me more of a neat freak, idk, and if you need it this far, pls reply something, anything would be great!

[@wholesome2399]

I hope you'll be able to fully return to school soon! I totally get you, it is awful for me to focus while online so online classes were(/are..?) terrible Take care!

[@Lukepuke311]

before 2020 i was so happy, i loved school and then i got fucked over. i had to deal with very strong anxiety, anhedonia and other fun things for 3 years with it getting worse as i felt helpless in a downward spiral but recently i've started getting it together.

[@d_izzyy]

2016 till 2019 were the good years we all miss life was simple back then..I lost one of my fav uncles to Covid and still remember him.

[@icarla6063]

the pandemic changed mine too. Well, because of pandemic my confidence to talk to people goes down. My character changed.

[@debbieochoa8525]

I was good, and everything changed. I lost my job and had troubles left and right. I believe now things will get better. 🙏

[@DozeoffDozeoff]

My mental health was bad all throughout 2018-2019 but in early 2020 I was getting better then everything fell again once the pandemic happened. And it’s still not good after. I kinda dodged a bullet with the pandemic though, if Covid hadn’t happened I would’ve been forced to run outdoor track again even though I really did not want to, it was what my parents wanted. But I’ve settled with it, life is not gonna go back to those days, the world needed a change.

[@snakeeater7002]

Youre enjoying everyday because you dont recognize the problems around you

[@snehalsaju3085]

I too would like to share my story before and after the pandemic and lockdown. It's pretty similar to this video. Only I was not allowed to talk to the friends I always had and ended up loosing almost every friend I had ever made till then. And all this things combined pushed me to do really scary things that I still don't trust myself to keep myself safe.

[@alphasworld7792]

This pandemic ruined everything for me, lost my job through cuts, mental health ruined, went off the rails a bunch and became more on edge and aggressive towards my friends and the world as I felt this lockdown was a load of utter nonsense and cause more damage than good, not just for me but lot's of other people

[@ADMICKEY]

My life became better

[@Lu-el4ol]

Just before the pandemic I was becoming less anxious about social situations and public speech. But I lost 10 years of effort in only one year. So, the anxiety came back harder.... it starts to get better only now with the mental help I get.. (english is not my language sorry)

[@jwanie366]

While I managed to do just fine during the pandemic, my eyes really opened up to the inequity and division around the world. COVID made me realize why I never followed politics before: everyone was always fighting instead of working together to solve long-term problems. Seeing how we couldn't even unite against a virus like COVID (thanks to differing opinions on how serious it was) really took a toll on my mental health, to the point where I almost lost all hope of ever being able to recover from all of this. While it's great that we FINALLY seem to be reaching the end of the pandemic, I'll never forget how these last two years have gone for us

[@lts_mary]

I was extroverted and an outgoing person before the pandemic, and now I don't even open my mouth

[@deputyrook6232]

as an introvert, the beginning of the lockdown wasn't that big of a deal. the only real difference was that i worked at home and there was no travel time between work and home, so i could sleep and play more after work was done. at first, everyone stays at home just meant more sleep, more play, less people. but even as an introvert, being stuck at home all day started to take its toll, after a year of it. not to mention i just recovered from a surgery that had me stuck in my bed for 2 months. my academic performances were also starting to plummet, as asking for help was already hard, but now getting help was even harder as showing the problem became awkward. then a few more things happened, i got some therapy, managed to get my driving license, and now i'm not so much depressed as i'm just really sad and rock bottom self-esteem.

[@rocco3605]

I can definitely feel the scar too... though I know my health anxiety is irrational. But I know I can overcome my worries about going outside, it's not like I haven't done so at all in the past three years, just that when I do, I'm very (too) conscious of my surroundings. Other than that, I feel like spending so much time by myself has helped me to figure out what I want to do in the future, I feel fairly confident about who I want to be. Am I saying I'm grateful for the pandemic because it helped me personally by giving me time to "reflect" or whatever? No, I think that would be disrespectful to the people who endured suffering incomparable to mine, particularly those who lost loved ones. I just think I've learnt to accept things the way they are and not let thoughts of how things could have been different consume me. Not just the pandemic, just suffering and negative experiences in general. Would it be better to just not live? Well, I personally am starting to take a certain saying to heart... "what you see is what you get". Life can be good. Life can be bad. There are things we can change. There are things we can't. Maybe my perspective is due to privilege. But I just believe that it's always worth it to carry on.

[@ruthbat-leah4078]

I'm a teacher and this was heartbreaking.

[@nOnAme-oj4ud]

As a weeb lockdown never hurt me , infact i was good experience for me May be it's just me ,but lockdown actually made me enjoy my life , before lockdown it was hell for me , study , going to coaching 10hrs a day , not getting relaxing time it was painful May be it's just me but lockdown improved my life😅.

[@ADMICKEY]

Worse than now 2020 was my best year in a while, no one in my family passed, in 2019 it was my Best friend, 2018 was my disabled twin, so I felt more free and happy, then 2021 came and while everyone else wished for a better year I was hoping for a just as good year, but my mom passed, I became emotionless, my cousin's asked if I wanted anything, I said I wanted nothing,that event shook me up a lot and almost caused me to off myself cause my fears had happened so I didn't know why I had a will but then I made an online friend, MC (the real name was to long to remember) as they called themselves back then and taught them how to play fortnite, later on I made more online friends and they asked if they wanted to see my creative world (it was race 777, they said it was the best race they played on and it made me happy that I made my friends happy, I went to Disneyland for the first time for my birthday, I finally got to do the thing I've always wanted to do since I was 8 but couldn't, and I got a lightsaber (that turned red for a second the first time I turned it on then back to blue lol), the next day we went to the beach and while I was happy I felt a little empty though caused Ryan and my mom weren't there on the beach sitting by me and watching the waves, when school started I felt weird, cause normally I'd sit with my mom during lunch (she was a teacher for the disabled at that school) but over those months without my mom I've somehow made some amazing comebacks that surprised the whole class, and onetime when we had free time I started singing we shall sail together, when I started everyone was having their own conversations, but when I opened my eyes everyone was starring at me, one dude even recorded me, they all told me I sang very well and some asked when was my next "concert" which made me have confidence in myself for the first time. All in all despite the ups and downs of these 2 years, things have been getting better for me

[@matthewboyd8689]

2020: panic attacks from not having job and having just moved out of parents house 2021: calm 2022: best friend gets boyfriend and I'm now alone (I'm an extrovert) nihilistic panic Somehow knowing that the pandemics isolation even had a negative affect on an introvert helps me not feel alone with my new insanity

[@mizukiminowa7835]

Time heals no wounds it just teaches us how to live with the pain. That's what I believe and you gotta stand strong no matter what I'm a fighter so I can't give up even if I wanted to mostly for the sake of my pride. Not matter what comes my way I will over come it and become stronger. No matter what problems lie ahead by becoming stronger I will overpower my limits and push beyond it. Now that's the kind of thing that gets me fired 🔥 up.

[@Rui_Kamishiro_15]

I agree with what you are saying that was very smart to say.

[@juice_lime5114]

Actually, you can use the pain as a lesson, a weapon to fight through difficulties on your path of life. It all comes down to whether are you accepting it or not.

[@mizukiminowa7835]

@@juice_lime5114 I also agree with that

[@Rui_Kamishiro_15]

I to agree with it I agree with both of you guys.

[@Matrix803]

I'm probably one of very few people that actually benefited from COVID-19. I'm pretty introverted, so I like being by myself most of the time. Before the pandemic actually happened, I was working full time as a software support technician for a local software company. I was going into the office every day and answering phone calls and emails, which I hated doing. The workplace culture at our company was very negative. Management didn't really do anything to make the environment friendly, motivating or fun. During downtime we were never allowed to use the internet or even listen to music, so we had to just sit there and wait for the next call to come in. It felt like sitting in high school detention for 8 hours. The office environment was actually so bad that I would literally get headaches every day, and I would go through a whole 200-caplet bottle of Excedrin within 4 months. The last time I was in the office, I endured a headache so severe that it felt like a fever, and I needed to go home early. I estimated that at the rate I was going and my overall situation, I would likely be suicidal before age 40-- it was actually *that bad...* When the pandemic hit, the owners of the company announced we would all be working remotely. That made the job about 1/3 more tolerable. This meant I could be in my own space, I could do whatever I wanted during my downtime, like search for new jobs and even go for walks on the treadmill! Eventually I found a new job as a front-end developer in August 2021, and the last time I stepped foot in my old office was simply to clean out my old cubical of all my belongings. If the pandemic hadn't happened, I honestly don't want to think of what kind of dark place I would be in today. I also haven't gotten COVID yet, and everyone I know who did catch it has safely recovered. So if anything, the pandemic was exactly the break I was looking for.. Management didn't really do anything to make the environment friendly

[@orionanna]

I kinda feel bad because that's not how I feel... I don't mind wearing a mask, the sanitizing. I don't mind working from home and I don't wanna go back to the office 3 days a week and spend time with people who doesn't actually matter to me. I'm not afraid to go out, to the movies or a shopping mall - with people I like! But I don't want my old life back😔: the constant haste and feeling I'm late. The constant feeling I need to be somewhere, be on time, catching a bus, etc. I like my new and calm life.