Do you think we, as a global community, have the capacity to do better, if another unknown pandemic came for Us again?
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Do you feel like you have anxiety or PTSD that was brought on or exacerbated by the COVID 19 pandemic
@LadyZurk same. Fortunately, at the time, I was working in inpatient leukemia so it was very normalized that we wore masks around our patients even if we had the sniffles. So I happily wore one at work for a few weeks before the supply chain petered out and we were wearing donated home sewn, Amish sewn, and prison sewn masks. It was also kind of surreal for the first several months, in that COVID patients could not be admitted to cancer floors. So it felt “safer” until they started floating us.
The only really silly purchase I made was when it was impossible to find paper towels, of all things, and I ended up buying an industrial-size box of the pre-folded brown paper towels that get put in restroom dispensers.
Still unopened. Oof.
No panic buying.
Yes, same. Passing on this.
Same here but I’ve never panic bought even when a nasty winter storm was forecast. I can’t stand to be out in public when people are wigging out.
I'm in hurricane country. I keep a supply of emergency water and food, and I buy tp in bulk online anyway. Worked out perfectly that my 96 roll box arrived on its normal schedule before the panic buying started. Lasted us (only 2 of us here) well through the worst of the panic buying stage. I know it was more difficult for larger families. But, I wouldn't have panic bought TP, anyway. We have other options I was willing to utilize if needed.
That situation is definitely different. I've never lived in an environment of that sort. Just blizzards and tornados in IN and blizzards in CO but none of those required me to stock up.
@MotherDucker I was a new mom at the time.... Diapers and formula....
@MotherDucker We didn't panic-buy. I lived in a state that didn't have a hurricane for 30 years, and watched everyone panic buy every time they saw a picture of a storm on the television, while I could not _afford_ to panic-buy most of the time, and I came out fine.
My first SM post about it was December 31, 2019, so I'd been following it for at least a couple weeks before that post. I said we might be in for a rough year. I definitely underestimated how long it'd last. I was naive and thought more people would GAF about protecting others. My bad.
@MotherDucker We had the capacity to do better before. We have the capacity to do lots of things. The problem is that having the ability and resources to do something isn't the same as doing it.
So sure. We do have the capacity to do better. I'm sure we'll all sleep better in our coffins, knowing that!
Wow. I am a total ray of sunshine today. Maybe I should go touch some grass or something before I get it all over everyone.
@AskTheDevil I mean, it’s pretty much on brand for the 😈
Seriously though, I appreciate the voice you add to the conversation.
@MotherDucker Thank you!
I'm sure the capacity is there but not the cooperation. People have a narrow focus, taught to us by our corporate overlords.
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I was disseminating information to other people, and it was directly related to information I was only aware of due to other members on Coso sharing the most reliable stuff from around the internet.
@MotherDucker You didn't include a way for people to answer honestly if they don't fall into one of the categories.
I have anxiety and PTSD, but not from COVID, and if anything, dealing with less people removed some of my stressors.
Not that COVID did not stress me for other people, it just didn't further traumatize me. I've seen plagues before. Lots of them.
@AskTheDevil thanks for sharing this POV. I also had some anxiety prior to Covid. I had only seen my therapist a handful of times in the office before Covid made us go virtual. Working in healthcare, of course I’m in the exacerbated camp.
But now that you bring it up, I think my sister would feel some affinity with your comments. It normalized remote work, something that was very hard and stigmatized for her as an agoraphobic.
@MotherDucker I mean, I'd rather there NOT be COVID, and people continue to annoy me by standing too close, but it did certainly drive home for many people that maybe they _shouldn't_ be spending that much of their lives in an office or traveling to and from one.
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I actually laughed when I read this. I’m still afraid to go to movie theater, FFS. It sucks.
@TomeReader it does suck. But you’re not alone. 🫶🏻
I wouldn't say covid specifically brought on anxiety, but literally everything else during that time, between covid, the election, everything leading up to & the day of Jan 6th, losing rights, seeing LGBTQ+ be vilified, having traitors making laws & a traitor ex-president calling the House shots, the trials keep getting pushed back, state approved murders of blacks & immigrants, children slaughtered, etc etc..
...it's all left me broken & physically/mentally exhausted.
What was the priority of your pre-lockdown panic buying, if indeed you panic bought?