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butchcockiness2 · 2 months
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just a reminder in response to those positivity posts that are like "if you're depressed, go out to events every weekend! go to concerts! it'll help you out!" that while NORMALLY that could be good advice for many people (who are able to...), it is absolutely false right now, during the SECOND WORST PEAK of a pandemic of a level 3 pathogen that damages your organs and will give you chronic fatigue, can shrink your brain at least for several months, is a leading cause of death in healthy children and young people in the US, and you should NOT FUCKING DO THAT right now. every single area of the United States is at high risk or very high risk levels of transmission and MANY other countries are just as bad. look at ALL THESE STUDIES on what COVID does to the body. (there are at least 50 on the page linked)
stay at home or at an isolated, distanced outdoor place WHILE MASKED (walk around your neighborhood, visit to the park, on your porch if you have one, etc) whenever you can. do not go to a damn concert. and as an immuocompromised person i am literally begging on my knees for you to WEAR A MASK. n95 or better if you can; surgical and cloth masks are absolutely much better than nothing and you Should wear them if they're all you have, but n95s are much more effective protection against COVID.
my tone comes off as angry in this post because i am angry, but it's mostly not directed at people who haven't been masking due to ignorance. (for people who know and don't care, though... all bets are off) i'm angry because of our governments leaving us out in the cold to die. it's not your fault if you didn't have this information before, but now that you do, it IS your responsibility to do your part to not kill or severely disable those around you. concerts are not more important than that.
more info and resources for free masks
edit to address some things brought up in the notes: no, i am not advocating for shutting yourself in your house forever and not interacting with anyone and never stepping outside. the message of this post is to avoid superspreader events (anything super crowded); during the surge, this includes crowded outdoor events, because COVID can and does still spread often in crowded outdoor settings. the only exception to avoiding crowds is protests (e.g. for Palestine, Sudan, COVID response itself!, etc) and if you go to those MAKE SURE TO MASK, n95+, and isolate as much as you can for 10 days after and monitor symptoms. this sounds extreme, but read the links i provided. it's not. i'm going to add the list of suggestions for ways to boost mental health in safer ways that i added to an earlier reblog:
• have discord calls, movie nights, stream/play online games together, virtual book clubs, etc w your friends
• pick up a new hobby
• go for masked walks around your neighborhood and/or parks if weather allows and you can distance
• set up an online DND game
• get into a new TV show/book series/video game
• make art! draw, paint, crochet, sculpt, write, make fanart if you want!
• spend more time with your pets if you have them! (you're keeping them safe, too, by practicing COVID consciousness; dogs and cats can get, and sometimes die of, COVID)
• learn something, there are lots of free resources online! a new language, how to program, how to cook, anything that sounds fun!
• most on brand for this blog: explore your sexuality! alone or via sexting/phone sex/video sex/ethical porn, make erotic art, try writing smut, have sex with your partner(s) who you live with/who are also covid cautious (masking, avoiding large crowds, staying home if sick, etc), masturbate more! treat yourself to a new sex toy if you can afford it. the endorphins are great for you
• dance, in whatever way is accessible to you! movement that doesn't cause pain other than mild muscle strain and is enjoyable to you is really good for you
• to feel less despair and helplessness, get involved in COVID activism! get involved with your local mask bloc, or make one if there isn't one yet! keep spreading awareness like you are by reblogging this post! make a COVID cautious discord with your friends and have game nights and movie nights while you share safety tips! donate masks or money for paxlovid to people who need them! talk to your loved ones, neighbors, coworkers, etc about pandemic safety! provide masks to houseless people if you can! every extra person wearing a well fitted, well filtered mask again helps. send nice messages and check on your immunocompromised and disabled friends! we can sure use it.
absolutely get outside, distanced and masked if you're anywhere near others, if you can! absolutely connect with your friends virtually! get involved in whatever ways you can! defeatism helps no one but those in power. we can make things better for ourselves and others one small step at a time.
lastly, check out the people's CDC for lots of resources, including what to do if you get COVID, the biggest takeaway from the latter being that you should rest and avoid strenuous exercise for 6 weeks after your infection to decrease the chance of long COVID!
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corona-journal · 9 months
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Post pandemic, internet connected, alone and depressed....?
So, the long term wash up of some dimensions of covid are a bit contradictory.
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If you're on the internet with a hobby interest group. And on a recent podcast (Plastic Posse Podcast - episode 72, canon incidents) the hosts talked about how covid and lock downs made people reach out to over people in the hobby. It really expanded a lot of (digital) social connection.
But a lot of people have increased signs of depression and similar symptoms.
I feel some signs of depression myself, a general weariness and low motivation. Not enough to go for a full course of meds, but I'm conflicted that that may be the best time to interact...
Another factor is my family being very selfish and demanding. Which is tiring and draining even with limited exposure time...
On a good note, I've finally completed an assignment that I've been grinding away at for too long...
So that feels a happy uptick in my head space.
And if an image helps illustrates society towards covid, here is one...
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An empty, partially discarded holder for alcohol hand sanitiser.
Like a relic of a bygone era.
An era that's still here, with us.
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wild-neko · 6 months
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disabled people: we are still dying, can you please just wear a mask to the grocery store and doctor’s offices so we can live
conservatives: no, die or stay inside all day, no one cares
leftists: no 🏳️‍🌈✨💖
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golddryer4 · 2 years
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6 Best Nootropics Or "smart Drugs" And Which Ones To Avoid
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reportwire · 2 years
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How the Great Grief led to the Great Resignation
How the Great Grief led to the Great Resignation
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littlesadzap · 7 months
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In less than four months we will be in 2024, I will be 23 years old but I still feel mentally like a teenager. I think we don't talk enough about the effect that 2020 and the pandemic had on some people; it changed my perception of myself and reality forever, how can I continue to live and become a socially active adult when my mind is stuck in 2020? It's frustrating to see all my peers who have worked it all out, living and moving on, and I'm still here, stuck, at the mercy of the waves that corrode me until I disappear. When I think about the last four years, it feels like it was another person who lived them, like a fever dream.the derealization that quarantine has caused in me I think will never heal.
PS. Sorry for the rant, I will probably delete later
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fjeldmouse · 1 year
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woosansang · 4 months
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impotsiblelife · 2 years
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Don't feel bad if you haven't recovered from a condition your doctor says is "very treatable." Doctors and society in general often underestimate how debilitating pain, physical illnesses, and mental health problems can be. Don't listen to anyone who insinuates that you don't want to get better or aren't committed to your treatment because your symptoms haven't improved much. Take as long as you need to heal.
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eldritchbauble · 5 months
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Like/rb if you're 18+ and post about:
- Disability in general
- Autism
- Mental illness (especially trauma, dissociation, and personality disorders)
- Chronic illness in general
(Bonus if it's more specific to adrenal diseases, autoimmunity, or fibro)
- Chronic pain
- Long COVID
As always bonus if you're queer.
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arctic-hands · 7 months
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It's all "Kids Need To Be Back In School!!" until city schools are so underfunded that multiple schools have to close for multiple days because there's no air condition and it's still hot out, or in winter there's no heat (while the former governor and centrist darling uses state funds to install a heated driveway at the governor's mansion)
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rajamie · 1 year
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esperantoauthor · 6 months
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My mental health is hanging by a thread and that thread is episodes of Taskmaster.
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My anticipatory dread of good events has increased with the general lack of care and masking: an anxiety and certainty that someone will give me or my partner Covid and we won’t be able to go to Australia, or that something else will sweep this trip out from under us. We’re generally safe but there’s a limit to how much our masks protect us if others aren’t wearing them. Part of me won’t be excited for the trip until we’re on the plane.
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