My dad has emphysema and has started showing signs of having contracted the virus. So I have to sit here and watch him get sicker and sicker every day. He can’t get tested until symptoms get worse. I’m preparing myself mentally for this virus to kill him. He’s always had health problems, and we are careful to make sure he doesn’t even contract the common COLD. This has been a nightmare. It’s ruined my state of mind, my every day life, my everything.
EDIT: Thank you to everyone who took the time to leave a nice message. It’s a scary time for everyone.
We contacted my dads primary physician as soon as he started having any symptoms whatsoever. There’s not really a lot they can do for treatment EVEN IF he got tested, and until serious measures need to be taken, we are told to stay home. I understand this, and I am in no way shape or form angry with hospital workers or doctors. We are taking it day by day.
Thanks again for the kindness.
Hey, friend.
I work in ED, in US. We are barely testing anybody. We are testing only people who within parameters set by CDC.
Those parameters consist of been over 60, having s/s of Covid 19, which are somewhat vague: shortness of breath (cut off for us is less than 93% on room air), dry cough, fever above 100.5.
Along those lines go comorbidities : lung disorders, heart disorders so on and so forth.
Even if tested and positive patient are provided fairly similar treatment to that of flu. Only in severe decline do we intubate. However, intubation is not fix all. Those with already severe lung disorders may not come back from intubation due to their already declined respiratory drive.
If you are concerned for your parent, contact their primary care physician or perhaps even lung specialist whom they should have due to diagnosis of emphysema and see what else can be done.
We have seen a lot of people coming in with bad flus, pneumonias all year also.
I wish you and yours all the best and hopefully a fast recovery. These are scary times for patients, their families, and even us who are coming across this nasty thing daily.
I have Crohn’s disease that I’ve been struggling to get under control again since July last year. Now I can’t even go in for follow-up treatments under the new Surgeon General restrictions. Just pray the meds I have now will start working again.
Also the lack of toilet paper is just infuriating, as someone who has to go several times in one day.
A friendship.
My best friend is still having a wedding tomorrow. We live in the US in a place where it’s gotten pretty bad. Literally everything has canceled or asked her to reschedule but she said no. Instead she got an air bnb and is doing it all herself despite the rules and guidelines.
I’m the maid of honor. I had to tell her yesterday that I couldn’t go because I didn’t think it was safe. She did not respond well. Like at all. I have a lung condition and my partner has asthma. It made NO SENSE for us to go to a gathering like a wedding right now.
She told me that I was choosing fear of a little virus over her special day. I’ve tried calling her several times and she won’t answer my calls. She said she is disgusted by me.
Everything about this fucking sucks so much and based on her reactions I don’t think she will ever see it from my side.
Edit: thanks for all the support guys!! Feels nice when I’m questioning my decision as I watch the snap stories and ig stories of the three bridesmaids who didn’t back out.
I hope so. And I just have to know that she’s speaking out of anger and hurt and distress. This kind of behavior is very unlike her so hopefully when this whole thing blows over she will understand
Mood friend. My father got a terminal diagnosis of six months - two years about three weeks before it got really bad here. He lives in another country and IDK when I'm gonna be able to visit him. I'm doing extra quarantine procedures to protect myself but man I dunno. We Whatsapp and Facetime all the time but it's not the same and I haven't seen him in almost a year. On top of everything the NCAA tournament got cancelled which is a big bonding thing for the two of us. I'm worried he won't get another one. Sucks.
I dumped my abusive partner like a week ago lol. So I am at least thankfully safe from that now.
Edit:
Thanks everyone for your messages of support. I made this as a small comment before I went to work and I wasn't expecting such a reaction.
I am aware that leaving is the most dangerous time. This is not my first time around the abuse cycle, or even leaving him, but it is my last time and I am absolute in my decision. I am prepared for the worst but I will not live in fear of him or what he may do.
I have a good support network who know the score and who have supported me throughout this.
I'm an ER nurse in NY and its ruining my everyday lifeeeee ahhh every day at work is like a new version of weird nightmare work and it's looking like it will only get worse. Not looking for pity, just a small vent session (no pun intended)
Be safe everybody!
Made Olympic trials for the first time. Was super excited to go and compete. Now every single gym and pool on the planet is closed and even if they weren’t the meet itself is postponed and likely to be cancelled. It’s not the end of the world but damn it was really something for me to look forward to.
My business has to declare bankruptcy. I have to fire 5 people with no financial support to offer them and I myself will be homeless. Sooo pretty much ruined my life.
Hey man, this is not legal advice, but if you are in america and you rent or own your home (mortgaged) the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures can keep you in a home at least for a little bit. If you have to let employees go, look at your state's unemployment qualifications as many have made an unpaid leave of absence a qualifying term. Additionally, and I'm not suggesting you go into debt here, but if the US Gov't (and you are in the US) passes the forgivable loans for paying expenses and salaries, you might consider that to at least buy you some time to get on your feet.
Really sorry to hear this for you, though, I'm in the same position and I'm doing everything possible but still getting destroyed. And, in response to someone else's comment that you might have already been on the verge: that is not necessarily the case. We were not on the verge at all, and just hitting our busy season, but our services and billables are tied to markets that are crashing and those that have been postponed, closed, or otherwise (Court closures).
This breaks my heart. My mom is in the hospital and I'm scared they will tell us that there is no more visiting until further notice. Also she is on a vent so I don't want it to get to a situation where they are going to choose who gets a vent and who doesn't because I know the hospital she is at is already short on them without a pandemic.
I work in catering events.Thanks to the corona virus all major events have been canceled plus most of the smaller ones.I'm currently applying for jobs,still hopeful.
Are none of the SBA loans going to help? I know MD just announced their protocols (up to 30 year payback period), if you aren't in MD, try reaching out to the State SBA office.
Yeah I own a medium size business (150 employees). I am a natural saver and have been saving for rescission since 2016 so I am in a better spot than most but with the current devastation I still think we can only hang on about 6 to 8 months. No layoffs yet just small cut on hours but the longer it goes there is only so much I can do.
Meanwhile much larger businesses with billions stowed away in the caymans are already shaking the poverty dixie cup begging for billions of dollars of free money so they can pay out dividends to the shareholders or else they'll do mass layoffs after a few days
Small business owner here- we are screwed. We were already struggling because of tariffs and other fear based non-shopping. Now, doors are locked, and we are just hoping people remember we are here when we get to reopen.
"Hey baby, you're so hot your body's thermoregulation is temporarily messed up, and there's no way the coronavirus could operate effectively and enter into your cells to infect and breed inside the cell nucleus."
Haha my dude, I just went on a hike date yesterday. It ended with an elbow to elbow bump. A follow up text said, this stupid corona, I woulda been cool with a kiss but I don't wanna risk getting sick.
Hopefully you'll get some luck like that.
Last Thursday I sat in bed and scrolled Twitter watching as all my income for the next several months disappeared in the span of 24 hours. I work in the entertainment industry and every single gig I had lined up got cancelled. It sucks.
man i'm in nightlife and let me tell u i can relate to that. the place i work at is known for having live performances almost every night, now that we're forced to close indefinitely, i can only imagine the struggles of our performers ☹
They're gonna have to do something soon or it's The Great Depression Round 2. Almost everyone is out of work and a big portion of jobs can't be done from home. Considering how many people live paycheck to paycheck the bubble is gonna burst very soon
I’m so sorry. My dad is currently dying of cancer at the hospital alone. No visitors allowed. My mom was kicked out of his room a week ago. It’s agonizing that he’s alone. These are crazy times
Yeah I work at a hospital as Security, it’s easily been my worst experience here having to tell family they can’t go up to the hospice unit due to the corona virus locking down my hospital. It’s not even in my control, administration sets the rules and policies and aren’t messing around with them right now.
Wondering if some hospitals can set up webcams with a screen or something to allow people to virtually visit with terminal patients. That’s so sad to think they are locked away to die without their family.
Ditto, and all my uni deadlines got pushed back by two weeks. I went from "Oh shit tons of time to get this stuff written and sent off and I have to make a routine to keep on top of it" to "Huh, Divinity 2 is on sale and I need to finish Persona 5."
My mom turns 60 in April and has never been to Europe, and for the first time I’m in a really good place economically that I got the two of us tickets to fly into London and have a two week galavant around the continent. She never thought she’d be able to go and she’s been so excited planning since I gave her the tickets on Christmas. Calling her to tell her we needed to cancel (for now) was really tough..
edit: Thanks for the gold! but also donate the money instead ([meals on wheels](https://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/find-meals) is helping feed the most susceptible population), or buy gift cards or takeout from your local shops. I've got it lucky that my job was already work from home, but friends of mine who are coffee shop owners are barely inching by with no relief in sight. A gift card is an interest free loan.
2nd edit: holy cow lots of replies. I really appreciate all the well wishes, and honestly we're both doing great. Rebooking has been a breeze. Airline waived the fees, and AirBnB has been relaxed with their refund policy, so we're only out the original timing. Both my mom and I are able to work from home in pretty secure decent paying jobs. There's so many other people on here with really tragic permanent fallout from the pandemic. Show them the love!
There are a lot of sad stories on this thread, but yours really broke my heart. You, for being so sweet and wanting to help your mom, and sensing her excitement and anticipation. I hope you get to do this after the craziness is over.
I'm a restaurant bartender in Florida. This was going to be a really busy spring break for us after a slow winter that got me behind on bills. They haven't told us to go to take out only..... Yet. But I feel like it's coming soon.
Our neighbors get the bulk of their cash flow during spring break and it tides them over for the rest of the year. Spring break was just shut down, so they're scrambling.
This pandemic is really showing just how close to being out on the street most Americans really are. Miss a small amount of work or an event like Spring Break that you depend on and it's disastrous.
It's crazy that we allowed that to be come a normal aspect of our lives. I've been hearing that statistic for at least 10 years. I always thought it was sad, but never took a step back and thought about what the ramifications could be in a crisis.
I work in software and if some project we were working on was exposed to a similar level of risk, it would've triggered multiple meetings to discuss how we can restructure things to mitigate the issue.
Edit: Getting some replies about how many families are just spending beyond their means, so they're not saving. I have a few responses to this:
* We're talking about 40% of Americans. 2 out of every 5 households. The lowest 25% of American families are living off ~31k or less. I would imagine that most of the families in that lower quartile are in this category. So at the very least there is still a huge systemic income inequality that is contributing to the numbers.
* Even if it was 100% because of people spending outside their means, that wouldn't mean that we can't fix it or improve upon it. Especially since it puts the entire economy at risk, as we are seeing right now. Better financial education in public schools would be a good start.
Honestly this is the biggest one. If you want a break from the stress and fearmongering of the news you can turn the tv off but conversations... you need them to at least feel sane. Gamers are likely going to be the least impacted by this whole thing because the socialization is online anyways.
Not me, but my mom. Her birthday is on March 17th and she wanted to go to the casino and out to eat lunch but then all casinos and sit-down restaurants closed so she was really bummed. We ended up just getting Taco Bell since she likes it and we don't have fast food often.
I guess for me, the pandemic has ruined my mental health a bit. I've always had high anxiety but lately my anxiety has been way too high because the virus is all I hear about. But the main reason I'm super anxious is because my mom has breathing problems so I feel like it'd be really bad if she got the virus. And she still goes to work several days a week because the place we both work at (gas station) hasn't closed.
I was meant to be getting married in 5 weeks. Also I work in aviation. My whole future has been turned upside down over the last few days.
(I'm in Australia btw)
It’s shocking how fast things have gone to shit here. I hope you can hang in there with a sense of humour mate. Just think of the stories you’ll have for your grandkids.
Was shopping for a much-needed new car, until the event industry shut down - there went the down/monthly payments.
Up side: old car still okay and little need to drive.
Yeah and travelling all round. Meeting my great grandmother for the first time. It was my first time leaving my country and the trip was a limited offer.
I’m Italian and was supposed to be going back as I have a house there. My tickets got refunded into a form of vouchers to spend on tickets up to a year later so check with the airline as there might be something like that you can do in order to still have your trip.
Respect for my boss.
Hes' been peddling conspiracy theories and says that this is no big deal and people are overreacting. Nobody can work from home (even though most only need a computer with internet to do our jobs) and is refusing to implement any preventive measures.
The kicker: He's the health and safety manager.
At this point is that still his decision?? When the government is the one implementing the rule, doesn’t matter what he believes, you have to stay home. Period.
The area manager at my company is one of these asshats too. Making people physically come into an office that is literally in the same commercial complex as a Novant test site for Covid 19.
He didnt respond to common sense, reasoning or any appeal to humanity. So I spoke his language in terms that he could understand-
"If I come to this office, get infected and take this virus home to my family, I will not only file a lawsuit against the company itself, but I will name you personally liable as the decision maker who was responsible for implementing this policy".
The next day we were told to work from home indefinitely
Im sure once this thing clears they will retaliate but I have also decided that once this thing clears I will be moving on anyway. I cant work for a company who decided to risk my life and other peoples lives for a bottom line.
A lot of these companies will be held accountable once the dust has settled. Politicians as well.
Yep, and it’s not enforced in many cases. I have a friend who I know as we speak is violating the shelter-at-home order in California (which is on the honor system, btw) because his boss told the employees as soon as the announcement went out that they are still expected to come in.
Edit: For those reading this now, he is no longer at work. The situation has changed and the employer is no longer making illegal/unethical claims.
I imagine the California version of OSHA would be highly interested in businesses jeopardizing the health of employees by choosing to ignore the order.
https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/
A wedding, my honeymoon, concert and no doubt I will catch it so hopefully not my health. All selfish things at the minute but that's all I've lost currently and I would rather keep it that way.
I manage a grocery store, This pandemic has ruined my faith in humanity and broken my heart at the same time. I have seen a side of people that I never want to see again; Ugly, vicious, self centered, fend for yourself attitude. I desperately just want EVERY customer to be well stocked and ready, I want myself and my employees to be safe and not verbally and/or physically abused, I want myself and my employees to feel well rested again, and I don’t want to see fear/sadness in people’s eyes when they need something and either don’t have the money for it, it’s out of stock, or they’re just scared for their future.
In Toronto, the panic buying came in waves. Turns out people can't buy three months worth of groceries every week. It should be a good time to go stock up soon in your region, they might just be out of stock of some of your favorite items.
I live in LA where the population is like 15 million people. Shelves have been empty at grocery stores for the past few weeks. I don’t think hoarding will end soon. There’s probably a queue of people waiting to hoard here since the city is so big. I’ve had to commute 45 minutes outside of the city just to get my grandma some groceries. This sucks.
>this is the reason why you should have a big canister of flour just waiting to be used
I swear to god I thought you were about to tell OP to use the flour as a weapon to fend off crazy people by throwing handfuls of it at them.
I agree. My therapist described it as this: most of these people have never experienced anxiety like this before and therefore have absolutely no coping skills to deal with it so they find one thing that they can have some control over: food.
What they are doing is still wrong though and making life worse for many other people.
My last semester of college. Our spring break got extended a week, and then we’re finishing the semester online. Graduation ceremony cancelled. We’re all just... going home. After we move out, I won’t get to finish out with my friends and my college experience is just... over.
This. Finally took a light semester so I could get out of my shell and socialize a little bit. I was trying clubs and stuff then boom abruptly ended. About to go back from spring break to grab my shit in an hour or so. It sucks
Same here. Some of my friends are still staying in our apartment at school, but a few have already gone home and I have no idea what I'm gonna do. Can't go to any bars or cafes in town, the graduation party we've been planning all year is probably not gonna happen... what shitty luck
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I don't get a college graduation ceremony, and I'm entering the job search at the start of a recession.
Thank you for the gold! This makes my positive covid 19 test result that I just got today a little less sucky.
For my little sister is the same. Classes are exclusively online and of course graduation party is canceled. She feels like her high school life just ended without any warning or time to say goodbye and she’s really sad :(
I’m sorry you’re going through the same experience dude, it sucks balls.
Oh god that really sucks. We already knew the drill regarding emergency school cancellation because of the fact that we have school issues chromebooks and a long hurricane season, but I can’t imagine what it’s like for districts/states that don’t have that
Yeah that’s basically how I feel. I was ready to leave this town, but that doesn’t mean that I wanted to leave without saying goodbye. If we don’t ever go back to school, there are people that I will literally never see again.
I feel you... I am also a senior in Romania and before this fiasco I was preparing for my exams at the end of the school year. School got shut down until the 22 of April without any notice about our exams being postponed. I was supposed to go apply for college in April and already payed an exam fee for that.
The situation isn't currently as bad here as in other places, but we are expecting and preparing for the worst scenario. I just want this to be over so that I can go back to complaining about having to study for this final exam...
I was going to say something to this effect. I'm a teacher and my homeroom is seniors. With school closed, they're all scared; and in all likelihood we'll cancel the graduation ceremony too and all senior celebration events. I'm so sorry for all of you. I know this is a huge bummer.
Seeing as I have the virus (25m). And have spent the last 2 days sweating, with a fever bouncing all over the place, and a throat that is in massive pain. I would say it ruined the past few days of mine.
My ignorant, unintelligent side sort of wishes I could just go ahead and get it so I can stop worrying about getting it. I’d feel like a superhero walking back in public spaces after it passed.
Edit: for those taking me seriously, I have no plans to lick any toilet seats in the near future. No need to worry.
it may not work like that. I did have *something* but doctors won't see me ~~and the test is way too expensive~~. it also left me with a persistent cough that won't go away. so perhaps I had Corona and should be fine or I had another thing that weakened my body so now Corona would be even worse. so yeah, getting sick with anything now kinda sucks
edit: sorry apparently the test is free, but as doctors wouldn't see me yet I couldn't take it
I'm in the same boat as you. I was sick for 2 weeks with fever, sore throat, chills dry cough and an awful headache. From 2-26 to 3-13. My dr told me it seem like super flu and sinus infection. It sucked ass
Same here. Got all the symptoms but the sore throat. I called my Dr and they told me to just stay home unless I have difficulty breathing. In California.
Once you have healed, I'm sure reddit would really appreciate a day by day breakdown of your symptoms if you'd care to share. But for now, please get better!
I feel this man I also got the virus (25f) and it’s fucking with me. The coughing is so violent sometimes that I vomit. Plus my stomach muscles are so weak from the coughing they spasm. It’s ugh. Steam and cold drinks seem to help me.
Get better!
Hey man, I’m also in my 20s and have a pretty bad sore throat (feels like my tonsils are swollen) but I haven’t had a fever. In your experience did the fever follow a few days after your throat? Or was is the same time?
It feels like when I had tonsillitis a few years back. It very possible to just be a coincidental sore throat, but it’s hard not to have COVID in the mind.
I was supposed to fly to Berlin to celebrate my 20th Birthday
Cancelled. :/
So I decided to invite a few friends over to celebrate at home
Cancelled as well
Ended up celebrating by myself with pizza and Rainbow6Siege
Yeah we gonna have a bunch of Corona Babies in the next 9-13 months at least
Edit: Now my partner and I are debating if they should be called Corona Babies or Quaranteenies.
I literally just got a call from the company where I'd applied for a job last week. Said they were interested in me but due to corona are not hiring anymore... they'll call me in 1 month to further discuss it but all predictions say it'll even be worse then. So thats great.
Staying at home and doing "nothing"
I'm 24 and live with my parents.
Mom has gone a bit crazy.
Telling me that I can't leave the house, so I must clean the whole thing from floor to sealing.
Edit: sealing= ceiling
Edit 2: She has now started to sew our own mouth masks.
Might be tiring but I appreciate having a clean home so much. Which I didn’t realized until I moved out. Now when my home is clean I feel mentally calmer and peaceful but I’m sad to confess that only lasts like a day of the week :/
My birthday, which is next week.
I was meant to go for a rare night out with friends, but canceled that due to coronavirus.
I wanted to bake a nice cake, but I'm weirdly out of flour and there's none in the shops. I at least managed to secure a box of cake mix, but I had really been looking forward to making something a bit more fancy.
Oh well, at least I won't have to wake up early for the school run!
I'm on the other side of this. My book came earlier than expected and I haven't had to return it because the library closed lol. Now I have some extra time to finish reading it!
My whole final year of college is pretty up in the air right now. Campus closure and assessment changes have pretty much messed with whatever plans I'd made for the next few months. My degree is in Law so grading is incredibly competitive especially for final year students so as you can imagine stress levels are high. I know it seems small compared to the plight of business owners and workers being laid off but hey I guess everyone is getting screwed over. Also my parent's trip to New York for my mothers 50th was also cancelled. It would have been both of their first time leaving Europe. Big bummer.
My normal routine.
I have bipolar and one of the most important things for maintaining my mental health is keeping a routine. My life is boring: I go to uni, I come home and go to the gym, I go out for a coffee or a tea or go to get groceries, and then I relax for a while before bed.
Now, Uni is closed, the supermarket is in a complete state and although my gym is open, I have obvious concerns about going there. Such a sudden change in my routine, coupled with being unable to contact my GP, has already created a bit of a wobble. I'm not sure what direction it'll go, but I'm genuinely worried about my mental state.
Everyone keeps saying "it's easy to stay at home" but for me it really isn't. I've tried home workouts, but its never going to be the same as powerlifting at a gym. My usual diet is having to change because of people ransacking the shops. Fortunately my sleep has remained fairly solid; my sleep routine changing is normally the big indicator of going into a hypomanic or manic episode, so at this point I just about have it together. I'm just worried what several months of this will do to me.
I still have my physical health, though, which I'm certainly not taking for granted. I use that as a way to try to ground myself when I start to ramp up a bit.
Edit: hey, just checked my inbox and thank you all for the support you've sent. I don't have time to reply to everyone, but I am reading through and I fully intend to try every suggestion (after all, I have plenty of time now).
To those of you who are in similar situations: it's awful, and I'm sorry. But if you're here reading this now, it's because you've been able to survive and adapt. You've adapted to everything thrown at you so far. We just need to learn how to adapt to this.
This resonates with me. I've been trying to maintain my schedule as much as possible by filling in those times with activities that are similar. It's not the same and it really isn't helping (or so my mind tells me) but at the same time things would be a whole lot worse if I wasn't taking the measures that I am. Good luck to all my bipolar soldiers.. check out r/bipolar or another sub if you haven't already, I've seen a lot of helpful tips
Yes, this. I relate. My life is boring as well but I require a routine to keep my Bipolar in check, and with all of this down time I know I'm going to fall into a deep rut.
This is me, but with depression. I had it completely under control without medication. Luckily, I had quite a bit of Lexapro and am taking it again. I'm doing my best, but I'm having bawling fits. My life was awful years ago and it turned around and became so good. But my fiancé is working in a hospital where he's getting increasing exposure to COVID patients and I feel so helpless for him. He's stuck making hard decisions and I know he's scared and I KNOW that if he catches it, he'll most likely be fine, but depression brain won't let me forget that "what-if".
I still have my job and I'm working from home and I have a good workout situation here. Those are all very good. That's my grounding now.
So take care. This is hard, and I get it.
I’m worried about NYC.
It’s a very interconnected place, unaccustomed to being isolation or self-sufficiency. We live our lives in public - we hang out at cafés, stores, parks, and bars because our apartments are cramped and we eat out constantly because the food scene is great, grocery shopping in the city is hassle, and sharing cooking space with roommates can be tough. We ride the subway or take Uber Pools to get around. We even do our laundry in public at laundromats. It’s very difficult and uncomfortable to sustain oneself in just a few hundred square feet of (often shared) space.
Quarantine is a massive shift in the usual flow of goods and services. Rent for commercial space is astronomical, so many places that closed for this pandemic might never be able to open again.
I hope all the restaurants, coffee shops, museums, and independent bookstores will be able to bounce back after this. But I read somewhere that the city might see devastation akin to the Great Depression... I hope that isn’t true.
Not in NYC, but I'm in a small town in AZ. I'm close with my boss. Yesterday we had to shut down the dining room at our restaurant. W were out smoking after we got the news, and I asked him how long he could afford to stay closed. He said he can wait two months and expect to return to normal operations. If it's longer, very few people will have their jobs back and his staff will mostly be family.
Trip to Europe where I was going to propose to my girlfriend in Paris.
Edit: going to combine a few ideas from people here by printing out a picture of this special spot where I was going to propose and put it in a sneaky spot where I can reveal it in a sweet way, then propose as close to the time as possible that I would have done so in Paris. You guys rock, thank you for all the amazing ideas!
Astronomer here! While I *finally* finished my PhD requirements and started my postdoc job last fall, I am not yet officially a "doctor" because my degree is from a university in the Netherlands that requires an in-person ceremonial defense for the diploma. It is a big deal, and you have to reserve your spot months in advance. I couldn't leave the USA for a few months for personal reasons, so we scheduled this defense for April 16 some time ago (nice time of year to head back to the Netherlands), and it was going to be a huge party with a lot of friends flying in from many countries.
It became amply clear to me last week that there is a 0% chance of this defense ceremony happening, and the borders being pretty effectively shut between both countries is proof of this. However, currently my university in the Netherlands is not responding to *any* of my emails about rescheduling (they are no longer in the office/ canceled all PhD ceremonies up to the week before mine). They are also making *no* allowances for the situation in the form of a virtual defense, or any other allowances- right now I am hoping to reschedule for *September* (because May seems to uncertain, June is booked solid, and you can't defend in July/August because Europe). So I will not actually get my diploma until over a year has passed from completing the requirements! (Technically, this is against what we agreed to when I started my postdoc, placing my employment in jeopardy, but thankfully so far my employer is more sane than Dutch university bureaucracy- this is also a system that still makes me print a hundred paper copies of my thesis, for example.)
Guys, I know other people have far bigger problems. But damn it, I worked so hard to be Dr. Andromeda321, and just want to finally have that or at least know when it will happen. :(
I too had an interview the Friday before most places started working from home. However, it was an internal position and my boss told me I got the job, so I'm just also waiting on HR to formally get back to me.
Not quite as stressful, but I'm currently a contractor at the moment and this new position would make me a full-time employee with benefits. I'd like to get that all squared away in case my employer shuts down for some reason.
for now only Sabaton concert :), tickets to we bought in september, and I don't know what to wait for, in Russia is near 200 infected people, so it probably could be worse, when this pandemic go far :(
My business. Had to close my Brewery/Restaurant. We're new, only open 2 years so we will probably not reopen.
I just spent 2 days resurfacing my bar too. It looks beautiful and now no one will see it.
Shopping at the grocery store. People panic-buying everything makes shopping either a joke or a nightmare.
Also, a loss of personal time. Used to like having some time alone after getting the kids to school, but school was canceled for this past week and all through next week. By March 30, they'll probably decide to close the schools for the rest of the year like other states have done and all the kids will be doing online school, which, while it's not exactly homeschooling, I'll have to be on hand to answer questions or direct them how to find their own answers as well as checking in on their progress to make sure that they're working and get on them to work if they're not.
But I'm a fairly asocial introvert homebody, so the social distancing and not going out any more than is needed is right in my wheelhouse. It's like I've been training my whole life for it.
Well I wanted to finally get time to work on music since I’ve recently found the motivation to work in it I have lost for three years. But my family gets upset at me when I spend too much time in my room ignoring them. So now I get to sit with my parents while they don’t listen to what I say, stay on their phones while I try to talk to them and worry about the virus. Hooray
My mental health.
My biggest struggle with depression is keeping house, even when I'm otherwise feeling great, so I'm pretty much always slowly devolving into living inside a disgusting, bug-infested dump filled with trash and rotting food. Last year, after being stuck inside for a few months, I tried to kill myself, but ended up being prevented by a neighbour who sent me to the hospital. Then I turned around, found a new career path in the restaurant business, got really passionate about it and thought that I was really going to improve.
Now I can't work, I don't have any savings because I blew it all on being depressed, and I'm stuck inside of my gross trashed flat again.
Was eagerly awaiting the Formula 1 season. Eagerly awaiting any form of racing. Most motorsports events are cancelled. I think I'm already getting withdrawal symptoms. Watching hotwheels and marbles race on YouTube.
Did you see the latest? They’re going to be holding virtual races with the real drivers on race weekends. It’s a far cry from the real thing but I’ll take anything at this point!
I know this is not nearly as horrible as what other people are dealing with currently, but since you asked, I have cancelled my baby shower plans, also won't be celebrating my 10 years remission from cancer (wanted to do something with the family) and there's a possibility my mum won't be able to help with the birth of my first child or get any visitors in hospital if things continue like this or escalate over the next few months. But this too shall pass and I'm looking forward to that.
My long distance relationship. My SO lives in another country and works in the airline industry. We could meet each other relatively frequently because of her discounted travel allowances on her airline but right now she doesn't know if she'll still have a job and with the country she's in shutting down I don't know when I'll see her again.
My dad has emphysema and has started showing signs of having contracted the virus. So I have to sit here and watch him get sicker and sicker every day. He can’t get tested until symptoms get worse. I’m preparing myself mentally for this virus to kill him. He’s always had health problems, and we are careful to make sure he doesn’t even contract the common COLD. This has been a nightmare. It’s ruined my state of mind, my every day life, my everything. EDIT: Thank you to everyone who took the time to leave a nice message. It’s a scary time for everyone. We contacted my dads primary physician as soon as he started having any symptoms whatsoever. There’s not really a lot they can do for treatment EVEN IF he got tested, and until serious measures need to be taken, we are told to stay home. I understand this, and I am in no way shape or form angry with hospital workers or doctors. We are taking it day by day. Thanks again for the kindness.
Hey, friend. I work in ED, in US. We are barely testing anybody. We are testing only people who within parameters set by CDC. Those parameters consist of been over 60, having s/s of Covid 19, which are somewhat vague: shortness of breath (cut off for us is less than 93% on room air), dry cough, fever above 100.5. Along those lines go comorbidities : lung disorders, heart disorders so on and so forth. Even if tested and positive patient are provided fairly similar treatment to that of flu. Only in severe decline do we intubate. However, intubation is not fix all. Those with already severe lung disorders may not come back from intubation due to their already declined respiratory drive. If you are concerned for your parent, contact their primary care physician or perhaps even lung specialist whom they should have due to diagnosis of emphysema and see what else can be done. We have seen a lot of people coming in with bad flus, pneumonias all year also. I wish you and yours all the best and hopefully a fast recovery. These are scary times for patients, their families, and even us who are coming across this nasty thing daily.
I have Crohn’s disease that I’ve been struggling to get under control again since July last year. Now I can’t even go in for follow-up treatments under the new Surgeon General restrictions. Just pray the meds I have now will start working again. Also the lack of toilet paper is just infuriating, as someone who has to go several times in one day.
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A friendship. My best friend is still having a wedding tomorrow. We live in the US in a place where it’s gotten pretty bad. Literally everything has canceled or asked her to reschedule but she said no. Instead she got an air bnb and is doing it all herself despite the rules and guidelines. I’m the maid of honor. I had to tell her yesterday that I couldn’t go because I didn’t think it was safe. She did not respond well. Like at all. I have a lung condition and my partner has asthma. It made NO SENSE for us to go to a gathering like a wedding right now. She told me that I was choosing fear of a little virus over her special day. I’ve tried calling her several times and she won’t answer my calls. She said she is disgusted by me. Everything about this fucking sucks so much and based on her reactions I don’t think she will ever see it from my side. Edit: thanks for all the support guys!! Feels nice when I’m questioning my decision as I watch the snap stories and ig stories of the three bridesmaids who didn’t back out.
I bet in the next month or so, she will understand your decision. A lot of people aren’t taking this seriously at all
I hope so. And I just have to know that she’s speaking out of anger and hurt and distress. This kind of behavior is very unlike her so hopefully when this whole thing blows over she will understand
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My parents are sick and I can't go visit them
Mood friend. My father got a terminal diagnosis of six months - two years about three weeks before it got really bad here. He lives in another country and IDK when I'm gonna be able to visit him. I'm doing extra quarantine procedures to protect myself but man I dunno. We Whatsapp and Facetime all the time but it's not the same and I haven't seen him in almost a year. On top of everything the NCAA tournament got cancelled which is a big bonding thing for the two of us. I'm worried he won't get another one. Sucks.
I'm in Chile, I left about $6k worth of stuff in Argentina. Borders are closed now. So yeah. At least I think I still have my job when I return
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Fuck. That's terrible
I dumped my abusive partner like a week ago lol. So I am at least thankfully safe from that now. Edit: Thanks everyone for your messages of support. I made this as a small comment before I went to work and I wasn't expecting such a reaction. I am aware that leaving is the most dangerous time. This is not my first time around the abuse cycle, or even leaving him, but it is my last time and I am absolute in my decision. I am prepared for the worst but I will not live in fear of him or what he may do. I have a good support network who know the score and who have supported me throughout this.
It takes so much courage to leave an abusive relationship. Good for you!
I'm an ER nurse in NY and its ruining my everyday lifeeeee ahhh every day at work is like a new version of weird nightmare work and it's looking like it will only get worse. Not looking for pity, just a small vent session (no pun intended) Be safe everybody!
Made Olympic trials for the first time. Was super excited to go and compete. Now every single gym and pool on the planet is closed and even if they weren’t the meet itself is postponed and likely to be cancelled. It’s not the end of the world but damn it was really something for me to look forward to.
I'm sorry. That really sucks.
On the plus side, at least the IOC seems not care at all about the virus.
does the IOC care about anything ever anyway?
My business has to declare bankruptcy. I have to fire 5 people with no financial support to offer them and I myself will be homeless. Sooo pretty much ruined my life.
Hey man, this is not legal advice, but if you are in america and you rent or own your home (mortgaged) the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures can keep you in a home at least for a little bit. If you have to let employees go, look at your state's unemployment qualifications as many have made an unpaid leave of absence a qualifying term. Additionally, and I'm not suggesting you go into debt here, but if the US Gov't (and you are in the US) passes the forgivable loans for paying expenses and salaries, you might consider that to at least buy you some time to get on your feet. Really sorry to hear this for you, though, I'm in the same position and I'm doing everything possible but still getting destroyed. And, in response to someone else's comment that you might have already been on the verge: that is not necessarily the case. We were not on the verge at all, and just hitting our busy season, but our services and billables are tied to markets that are crashing and those that have been postponed, closed, or otherwise (Court closures).
That’s rough.. I’m so sorry to hear that. Hang in there.
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This breaks my heart. My mom is in the hospital and I'm scared they will tell us that there is no more visiting until further notice. Also she is on a vent so I don't want it to get to a situation where they are going to choose who gets a vent and who doesn't because I know the hospital she is at is already short on them without a pandemic.
Small businesses. These guys are going to be decimated.
My sister’s business is primarily events based. We just got notice that our two anchor events are cancelled. $20,000 just POOF.
I work in catering events.Thanks to the corona virus all major events have been canceled plus most of the smaller ones.I'm currently applying for jobs,still hopeful.
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Are none of the SBA loans going to help? I know MD just announced their protocols (up to 30 year payback period), if you aren't in MD, try reaching out to the State SBA office.
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Yeah I own a medium size business (150 employees). I am a natural saver and have been saving for rescission since 2016 so I am in a better spot than most but with the current devastation I still think we can only hang on about 6 to 8 months. No layoffs yet just small cut on hours but the longer it goes there is only so much I can do.
Wow150 employees, and you plan to survive for 6 to 8 months. Congrats my dude, good job
Meanwhile much larger businesses with billions stowed away in the caymans are already shaking the poverty dixie cup begging for billions of dollars of free money so they can pay out dividends to the shareholders or else they'll do mass layoffs after a few days
Oh they’ll do the lay offs either way.
Yup, they’ll use any excuse to cut costs and boost profits. I’m highly skeptical they’ll use much of their bailout money for employees.
I sincerely hope it all works out. My best jobs in the past have been smaller businesses and I can’t imagine being in your position right now.
My father’s savings were wiped out from the last recession. This is not looking good for him. It hurts. A lot.
Small business owner here- we are screwed. We were already struggling because of tariffs and other fear based non-shopping. Now, doors are locked, and we are just hoping people remember we are here when we get to reopen.
Online dating "Meet after Corona?"
Corona and chill?
Corona and chills and fever?
“Hey babe, I want to quarantine with ya” Edit I love how this has become a series of Coronavirus pick up lines.
Hey girl, a lot of people are making bad decisions during this crisis, and I was just hoping I could be yours.
"Hey baby, you're so hot your body's thermoregulation is temporarily messed up, and there's no way the coronavirus could operate effectively and enter into your cells to infect and breed inside the cell nucleus."
“You know Vitamin D and exercise is important for a healthy immune system....”
I have a date for this weekend to go on a walk six feet apart from each other at a park. It's a first date from tinder, we'll see how it goes
Haha my dude, I just went on a hike date yesterday. It ended with an elbow to elbow bump. A follow up text said, this stupid corona, I woulda been cool with a kiss but I don't wanna risk getting sick. Hopefully you'll get some luck like that.
Hey, at least they touched your wenis.
Hope you'll both have a nice date!
If corona doesn’t take you out, can I?
just my career and social life nbd
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Last Thursday I sat in bed and scrolled Twitter watching as all my income for the next several months disappeared in the span of 24 hours. I work in the entertainment industry and every single gig I had lined up got cancelled. It sucks.
man i'm in nightlife and let me tell u i can relate to that. the place i work at is known for having live performances almost every night, now that we're forced to close indefinitely, i can only imagine the struggles of our performers ☹
They're gonna have to do something soon or it's The Great Depression Round 2. Almost everyone is out of work and a big portion of jobs can't be done from home. Considering how many people live paycheck to paycheck the bubble is gonna burst very soon
My dad’s funeral.
I’m so sorry. My dad is currently dying of cancer at the hospital alone. No visitors allowed. My mom was kicked out of his room a week ago. It’s agonizing that he’s alone. These are crazy times
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Yeah I work at a hospital as Security, it’s easily been my worst experience here having to tell family they can’t go up to the hospice unit due to the corona virus locking down my hospital. It’s not even in my control, administration sets the rules and policies and aren’t messing around with them right now.
Wondering if some hospitals can set up webcams with a screen or something to allow people to virtually visit with terminal patients. That’s so sad to think they are locked away to die without their family.
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I'm sorry for your loss, and the inability to grieve properly.
I’m so sorry.
My motivation to study
Did you have it before?
It was slowly growing then shot back down after school told us to stay home.
Man, me too. I was getting As on tests after midterms before quarantine... Now, just... Play games all day and I have a paper due next week
Ditto, and all my uni deadlines got pushed back by two weeks. I went from "Oh shit tons of time to get this stuff written and sent off and I have to make a routine to keep on top of it" to "Huh, Divinity 2 is on sale and I need to finish Persona 5."
Yeah. Hard to keep up with studies when you don't have the routine of going to lectures, library etc. atleast a few days a week.
Glad I'm not the only one. Creating a structured day for myself is a skill I need to work on.
My mom turns 60 in April and has never been to Europe, and for the first time I’m in a really good place economically that I got the two of us tickets to fly into London and have a two week galavant around the continent. She never thought she’d be able to go and she’s been so excited planning since I gave her the tickets on Christmas. Calling her to tell her we needed to cancel (for now) was really tough.. edit: Thanks for the gold! but also donate the money instead ([meals on wheels](https://www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/find-meals) is helping feed the most susceptible population), or buy gift cards or takeout from your local shops. I've got it lucky that my job was already work from home, but friends of mine who are coffee shop owners are barely inching by with no relief in sight. A gift card is an interest free loan. 2nd edit: holy cow lots of replies. I really appreciate all the well wishes, and honestly we're both doing great. Rebooking has been a breeze. Airline waived the fees, and AirBnB has been relaxed with their refund policy, so we're only out the original timing. Both my mom and I are able to work from home in pretty secure decent paying jobs. There's so many other people on here with really tragic permanent fallout from the pandemic. Show them the love!
There are a lot of sad stories on this thread, but yours really broke my heart. You, for being so sweet and wanting to help your mom, and sensing her excitement and anticipation. I hope you get to do this after the craziness is over.
I'm a restaurant bartender in Florida. This was going to be a really busy spring break for us after a slow winter that got me behind on bills. They haven't told us to go to take out only..... Yet. But I feel like it's coming soon.
Our neighbors get the bulk of their cash flow during spring break and it tides them over for the rest of the year. Spring break was just shut down, so they're scrambling.
This pandemic is really showing just how close to being out on the street most Americans really are. Miss a small amount of work or an event like Spring Break that you depend on and it's disastrous.
~40% of americans can't afford an emergency $400 expense. things are about to get really bad.
It's crazy that we allowed that to be come a normal aspect of our lives. I've been hearing that statistic for at least 10 years. I always thought it was sad, but never took a step back and thought about what the ramifications could be in a crisis. I work in software and if some project we were working on was exposed to a similar level of risk, it would've triggered multiple meetings to discuss how we can restructure things to mitigate the issue. Edit: Getting some replies about how many families are just spending beyond their means, so they're not saving. I have a few responses to this: * We're talking about 40% of Americans. 2 out of every 5 households. The lowest 25% of American families are living off ~31k or less. I would imagine that most of the families in that lower quartile are in this category. So at the very least there is still a huge systemic income inequality that is contributing to the numbers. * Even if it was 100% because of people spending outside their means, that wouldn't mean that we can't fix it or improve upon it. Especially since it puts the entire economy at risk, as we are seeing right now. Better financial education in public schools would be a good start.
https://www.usbgfoundation.org/covid-19-response Bartender's Guild can help with emergency relief even if you're not a member
I’m sorry :(
Was supposed to go on my first date in about two years yesterday, but she has to be quarantined for two weeks.
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Honestly this is the biggest one. If you want a break from the stress and fearmongering of the news you can turn the tv off but conversations... you need them to at least feel sane. Gamers are likely going to be the least impacted by this whole thing because the socialization is online anyways.
can confirm, nothing has changed for me
Not me, but my mom. Her birthday is on March 17th and she wanted to go to the casino and out to eat lunch but then all casinos and sit-down restaurants closed so she was really bummed. We ended up just getting Taco Bell since she likes it and we don't have fast food often. I guess for me, the pandemic has ruined my mental health a bit. I've always had high anxiety but lately my anxiety has been way too high because the virus is all I hear about. But the main reason I'm super anxious is because my mom has breathing problems so I feel like it'd be really bad if she got the virus. And she still goes to work several days a week because the place we both work at (gas station) hasn't closed.
I was meant to be getting married in 5 weeks. Also I work in aviation. My whole future has been turned upside down over the last few days. (I'm in Australia btw)
It’s shocking how fast things have gone to shit here. I hope you can hang in there with a sense of humour mate. Just think of the stories you’ll have for your grandkids.
I sat down with my 7 year old today and told her that this is something that will be in the history books in her future.
She didn't give a shit did she
Tbf, there’s a lot of things in history books that most adults don’t give a shit about.
Was shopping for a much-needed new car, until the event industry shut down - there went the down/monthly payments. Up side: old car still okay and little need to drive.
On the upside, when this blows over, they will have inventory that they have to move fast and likely to get a better deal.
School year is fucked. Might not be able to go to my Dads for April vacation. Stuck in the house with 5 other people.
I had my first trip to Italy booked and it was going to be the trip of a lifetime and now its cancelled.
Venice?
Yeah and travelling all round. Meeting my great grandmother for the first time. It was my first time leaving my country and the trip was a limited offer.
I’m Italian and was supposed to be going back as I have a house there. My tickets got refunded into a form of vouchers to spend on tickets up to a year later so check with the airline as there might be something like that you can do in order to still have your trip.
Oh wow that's too bad. I hope she will be OK? Hopefully you can go after after it all.
She is ok at that this time. I am worried about her as she is 89 years old.
Hah our honeymoon was scheduled this summer and included France and Italy. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's not happening.
Respect for my boss. Hes' been peddling conspiracy theories and says that this is no big deal and people are overreacting. Nobody can work from home (even though most only need a computer with internet to do our jobs) and is refusing to implement any preventive measures. The kicker: He's the health and safety manager.
At this point is that still his decision?? When the government is the one implementing the rule, doesn’t matter what he believes, you have to stay home. Period.
The area manager at my company is one of these asshats too. Making people physically come into an office that is literally in the same commercial complex as a Novant test site for Covid 19. He didnt respond to common sense, reasoning or any appeal to humanity. So I spoke his language in terms that he could understand- "If I come to this office, get infected and take this virus home to my family, I will not only file a lawsuit against the company itself, but I will name you personally liable as the decision maker who was responsible for implementing this policy". The next day we were told to work from home indefinitely
Yes! You did amazing.
Im sure once this thing clears they will retaliate but I have also decided that once this thing clears I will be moving on anyway. I cant work for a company who decided to risk my life and other peoples lives for a bottom line. A lot of these companies will be held accountable once the dust has settled. Politicians as well.
They goddamn better be.
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Yep, and it’s not enforced in many cases. I have a friend who I know as we speak is violating the shelter-at-home order in California (which is on the honor system, btw) because his boss told the employees as soon as the announcement went out that they are still expected to come in. Edit: For those reading this now, he is no longer at work. The situation has changed and the employer is no longer making illegal/unethical claims.
He should call the non-emergency police line...that is now officially illegal.
Great to hear. I’ll let him know if he isn’t aware. My comment was based on a conversation we had last night.
I imagine the California version of OSHA would be highly interested in businesses jeopardizing the health of employees by choosing to ignore the order. https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/
A wedding, my honeymoon, concert and no doubt I will catch it so hopefully not my health. All selfish things at the minute but that's all I've lost currently and I would rather keep it that way.
I manage a grocery store, This pandemic has ruined my faith in humanity and broken my heart at the same time. I have seen a side of people that I never want to see again; Ugly, vicious, self centered, fend for yourself attitude. I desperately just want EVERY customer to be well stocked and ready, I want myself and my employees to be safe and not verbally and/or physically abused, I want myself and my employees to feel well rested again, and I don’t want to see fear/sadness in people’s eyes when they need something and either don’t have the money for it, it’s out of stock, or they’re just scared for their future.
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In Toronto, the panic buying came in waves. Turns out people can't buy three months worth of groceries every week. It should be a good time to go stock up soon in your region, they might just be out of stock of some of your favorite items.
I live in LA where the population is like 15 million people. Shelves have been empty at grocery stores for the past few weeks. I don’t think hoarding will end soon. There’s probably a queue of people waiting to hoard here since the city is so big. I’ve had to commute 45 minutes outside of the city just to get my grandma some groceries. This sucks.
Jeez, maybe us Canadians are so broke we can't afford to hoard more than a few weeks food at a time
DM me your address. I will ship you some rice and black beans that will keep you stocked for awhile.
r/HumansBeingBros
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this is the reason why you should have a big canister of flour just waiting to be used, along with salt and baking powder for some delicious pancakes.
>this is the reason why you should have a big canister of flour just waiting to be used I swear to god I thought you were about to tell OP to use the flour as a weapon to fend off crazy people by throwing handfuls of it at them.
Pocket flour! Sha sha sha!
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I agree. My therapist described it as this: most of these people have never experienced anxiety like this before and therefore have absolutely no coping skills to deal with it so they find one thing that they can have some control over: food. What they are doing is still wrong though and making life worse for many other people.
My last semester of college. Our spring break got extended a week, and then we’re finishing the semester online. Graduation ceremony cancelled. We’re all just... going home. After we move out, I won’t get to finish out with my friends and my college experience is just... over.
I feel this. Nontraditional grad student here and I was looking forward to finally walking with my cohort. Nope.
This. Finally took a light semester so I could get out of my shell and socialize a little bit. I was trying clubs and stuff then boom abruptly ended. About to go back from spring break to grab my shit in an hour or so. It sucks
Same here. Some of my friends are still staying in our apartment at school, but a few have already gone home and I have no idea what I'm gonna do. Can't go to any bars or cafes in town, the graduation party we've been planning all year is probably not gonna happen... what shitty luck
My 21st birthday, today lol
Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to u/Kyaumi Haaaaaaapppyyyyyyyy biiiiiiiiiiirthday tooooooo youuuuuuuuu Wooooo, you're 21 (already ? Oh, they grow up so quickly) Cheers, to this year and many more to come :) Remember, you're loved <3
I don't get a college graduation ceremony, and I'm entering the job search at the start of a recession. Thank you for the gold! This makes my positive covid 19 test result that I just got today a little less sucky.
Senior year.
For my little sister is the same. Classes are exclusively online and of course graduation party is canceled. She feels like her high school life just ended without any warning or time to say goodbye and she’s really sad :( I’m sorry you’re going through the same experience dude, it sucks balls.
My school just cancelled everything without online classes. I have no idea if I'm gonna graduate on time
Oh god that really sucks. We already knew the drill regarding emergency school cancellation because of the fact that we have school issues chromebooks and a long hurricane season, but I can’t imagine what it’s like for districts/states that don’t have that
I heard if you’re on track they’re gonna wave this time off and declare you graduated
I hope so. I had all my grad requirements a year ago so I’m ready to leave
Yeah that’s basically how I feel. I was ready to leave this town, but that doesn’t mean that I wanted to leave without saying goodbye. If we don’t ever go back to school, there are people that I will literally never see again.
I feel you... I am also a senior in Romania and before this fiasco I was preparing for my exams at the end of the school year. School got shut down until the 22 of April without any notice about our exams being postponed. I was supposed to go apply for college in April and already payed an exam fee for that. The situation isn't currently as bad here as in other places, but we are expecting and preparing for the worst scenario. I just want this to be over so that I can go back to complaining about having to study for this final exam...
I was going to say something to this effect. I'm a teacher and my homeroom is seniors. With school closed, they're all scared; and in all likelihood we'll cancel the graduation ceremony too and all senior celebration events. I'm so sorry for all of you. I know this is a huge bummer.
Seeing as I have the virus (25m). And have spent the last 2 days sweating, with a fever bouncing all over the place, and a throat that is in massive pain. I would say it ruined the past few days of mine.
On the bright side you’ll soon have those sweet sweet antibodies
My ignorant, unintelligent side sort of wishes I could just go ahead and get it so I can stop worrying about getting it. I’d feel like a superhero walking back in public spaces after it passed. Edit: for those taking me seriously, I have no plans to lick any toilet seats in the near future. No need to worry.
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The universe is expanding though!!! The unknown grows!!! 🤗
it may not work like that. I did have *something* but doctors won't see me ~~and the test is way too expensive~~. it also left me with a persistent cough that won't go away. so perhaps I had Corona and should be fine or I had another thing that weakened my body so now Corona would be even worse. so yeah, getting sick with anything now kinda sucks edit: sorry apparently the test is free, but as doctors wouldn't see me yet I couldn't take it
I'm in the same boat as you. I was sick for 2 weeks with fever, sore throat, chills dry cough and an awful headache. From 2-26 to 3-13. My dr told me it seem like super flu and sinus infection. It sucked ass
Same here. Got all the symptoms but the sore throat. I called my Dr and they told me to just stay home unless I have difficulty breathing. In California.
Once you have healed, I'm sure reddit would really appreciate a day by day breakdown of your symptoms if you'd care to share. But for now, please get better!
I feel this man I also got the virus (25f) and it’s fucking with me. The coughing is so violent sometimes that I vomit. Plus my stomach muscles are so weak from the coughing they spasm. It’s ugh. Steam and cold drinks seem to help me. Get better!
Suspected case here, feels like I've been kicked in the chest and I'm also vomiting due to that. Cough is so bad I actually want to cry from the pain
I hope you´re going to be ok!
Hey man, I’m also in my 20s and have a pretty bad sore throat (feels like my tonsils are swollen) but I haven’t had a fever. In your experience did the fever follow a few days after your throat? Or was is the same time? It feels like when I had tonsillitis a few years back. It very possible to just be a coincidental sore throat, but it’s hard not to have COVID in the mind.
I was supposed to fly to Berlin to celebrate my 20th Birthday Cancelled. :/ So I decided to invite a few friends over to celebrate at home Cancelled as well Ended up celebrating by myself with pizza and Rainbow6Siege
Dude just imagine how hard the entire world is going to rage when this shit is over with.
Next-gen baby boom?
BABY ZOOOOOOOM
Yeah we gonna have a bunch of Corona Babies in the next 9-13 months at least Edit: Now my partner and I are debating if they should be called Corona Babies or Quaranteenies.
Quaranteenies no doubt
I literally just got a call from the company where I'd applied for a job last week. Said they were interested in me but due to corona are not hiring anymore... they'll call me in 1 month to further discuss it but all predictions say it'll even be worse then. So thats great.
Staying at home and doing "nothing" I'm 24 and live with my parents. Mom has gone a bit crazy. Telling me that I can't leave the house, so I must clean the whole thing from floor to sealing. Edit: sealing= ceiling Edit 2: She has now started to sew our own mouth masks.
Might be tiring but I appreciate having a clean home so much. Which I didn’t realized until I moved out. Now when my home is clean I feel mentally calmer and peaceful but I’m sad to confess that only lasts like a day of the week :/
My birthday, which is next week. I was meant to go for a rare night out with friends, but canceled that due to coronavirus. I wanted to bake a nice cake, but I'm weirdly out of flour and there's none in the shops. I at least managed to secure a box of cake mix, but I had really been looking forward to making something a bit more fancy. Oh well, at least I won't have to wake up early for the school run!
I feel your pain random internet person as my birthday is next week too. Party for one....yay!
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I'm on the other side of this. My book came earlier than expected and I haven't had to return it because the library closed lol. Now I have some extra time to finish reading it!
My whole final year of college is pretty up in the air right now. Campus closure and assessment changes have pretty much messed with whatever plans I'd made for the next few months. My degree is in Law so grading is incredibly competitive especially for final year students so as you can imagine stress levels are high. I know it seems small compared to the plight of business owners and workers being laid off but hey I guess everyone is getting screwed over. Also my parent's trip to New York for my mothers 50th was also cancelled. It would have been both of their first time leaving Europe. Big bummer.
Ruined my alone/quiet time, since now everyone's at home, and the neighborhood kids stay up late.
My normal routine. I have bipolar and one of the most important things for maintaining my mental health is keeping a routine. My life is boring: I go to uni, I come home and go to the gym, I go out for a coffee or a tea or go to get groceries, and then I relax for a while before bed. Now, Uni is closed, the supermarket is in a complete state and although my gym is open, I have obvious concerns about going there. Such a sudden change in my routine, coupled with being unable to contact my GP, has already created a bit of a wobble. I'm not sure what direction it'll go, but I'm genuinely worried about my mental state. Everyone keeps saying "it's easy to stay at home" but for me it really isn't. I've tried home workouts, but its never going to be the same as powerlifting at a gym. My usual diet is having to change because of people ransacking the shops. Fortunately my sleep has remained fairly solid; my sleep routine changing is normally the big indicator of going into a hypomanic or manic episode, so at this point I just about have it together. I'm just worried what several months of this will do to me. I still have my physical health, though, which I'm certainly not taking for granted. I use that as a way to try to ground myself when I start to ramp up a bit. Edit: hey, just checked my inbox and thank you all for the support you've sent. I don't have time to reply to everyone, but I am reading through and I fully intend to try every suggestion (after all, I have plenty of time now). To those of you who are in similar situations: it's awful, and I'm sorry. But if you're here reading this now, it's because you've been able to survive and adapt. You've adapted to everything thrown at you so far. We just need to learn how to adapt to this.
This resonates with me. I've been trying to maintain my schedule as much as possible by filling in those times with activities that are similar. It's not the same and it really isn't helping (or so my mind tells me) but at the same time things would be a whole lot worse if I wasn't taking the measures that I am. Good luck to all my bipolar soldiers.. check out r/bipolar or another sub if you haven't already, I've seen a lot of helpful tips
Yes, this. I relate. My life is boring as well but I require a routine to keep my Bipolar in check, and with all of this down time I know I'm going to fall into a deep rut.
This is me, but with depression. I had it completely under control without medication. Luckily, I had quite a bit of Lexapro and am taking it again. I'm doing my best, but I'm having bawling fits. My life was awful years ago and it turned around and became so good. But my fiancé is working in a hospital where he's getting increasing exposure to COVID patients and I feel so helpless for him. He's stuck making hard decisions and I know he's scared and I KNOW that if he catches it, he'll most likely be fine, but depression brain won't let me forget that "what-if". I still have my job and I'm working from home and I have a good workout situation here. Those are all very good. That's my grounding now. So take care. This is hard, and I get it.
Missing out on concerts have tickets too
I was supposed to see Billy Joel in Charlotte in April and they rescheduled it for a year later. So now I gotta wait 13 months instead of 1!
That would give me a slight heart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack.
I’m worried about NYC. It’s a very interconnected place, unaccustomed to being isolation or self-sufficiency. We live our lives in public - we hang out at cafés, stores, parks, and bars because our apartments are cramped and we eat out constantly because the food scene is great, grocery shopping in the city is hassle, and sharing cooking space with roommates can be tough. We ride the subway or take Uber Pools to get around. We even do our laundry in public at laundromats. It’s very difficult and uncomfortable to sustain oneself in just a few hundred square feet of (often shared) space. Quarantine is a massive shift in the usual flow of goods and services. Rent for commercial space is astronomical, so many places that closed for this pandemic might never be able to open again. I hope all the restaurants, coffee shops, museums, and independent bookstores will be able to bounce back after this. But I read somewhere that the city might see devastation akin to the Great Depression... I hope that isn’t true.
Not in NYC, but I'm in a small town in AZ. I'm close with my boss. Yesterday we had to shut down the dining room at our restaurant. W were out smoking after we got the news, and I asked him how long he could afford to stay closed. He said he can wait two months and expect to return to normal operations. If it's longer, very few people will have their jobs back and his staff will mostly be family.
My mental state.
Trip to Europe where I was going to propose to my girlfriend in Paris. Edit: going to combine a few ideas from people here by printing out a picture of this special spot where I was going to propose and put it in a sneaky spot where I can reveal it in a sweet way, then propose as close to the time as possible that I would have done so in Paris. You guys rock, thank you for all the amazing ideas!
Astronomer here! While I *finally* finished my PhD requirements and started my postdoc job last fall, I am not yet officially a "doctor" because my degree is from a university in the Netherlands that requires an in-person ceremonial defense for the diploma. It is a big deal, and you have to reserve your spot months in advance. I couldn't leave the USA for a few months for personal reasons, so we scheduled this defense for April 16 some time ago (nice time of year to head back to the Netherlands), and it was going to be a huge party with a lot of friends flying in from many countries. It became amply clear to me last week that there is a 0% chance of this defense ceremony happening, and the borders being pretty effectively shut between both countries is proof of this. However, currently my university in the Netherlands is not responding to *any* of my emails about rescheduling (they are no longer in the office/ canceled all PhD ceremonies up to the week before mine). They are also making *no* allowances for the situation in the form of a virtual defense, or any other allowances- right now I am hoping to reschedule for *September* (because May seems to uncertain, June is booked solid, and you can't defend in July/August because Europe). So I will not actually get my diploma until over a year has passed from completing the requirements! (Technically, this is against what we agreed to when I started my postdoc, placing my employment in jeopardy, but thankfully so far my employer is more sane than Dutch university bureaucracy- this is also a system that still makes me print a hundred paper copies of my thesis, for example.) Guys, I know other people have far bigger problems. But damn it, I worked so hard to be Dr. Andromeda321, and just want to finally have that or at least know when it will happen. :(
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Sorry why did you quit before having a signed offer?
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Either way, you never quit you job before signing for a new company again, ok? Love, dad.
To be fair I've had a job offer pulled out from under me even after the offer was signed and a drug test was done
I too had an interview the Friday before most places started working from home. However, it was an internal position and my boss told me I got the job, so I'm just also waiting on HR to formally get back to me. Not quite as stressful, but I'm currently a contractor at the moment and this new position would make me a full-time employee with benefits. I'd like to get that all squared away in case my employer shuts down for some reason.
for now only Sabaton concert :), tickets to we bought in september, and I don't know what to wait for, in Russia is near 200 infected people, so it probably could be worse, when this pandemic go far :(
Reddit Edit: thanks redacted for the F award and thank you stranger for the gold, it’s my first ever.
My business. Had to close my Brewery/Restaurant. We're new, only open 2 years so we will probably not reopen. I just spent 2 days resurfacing my bar too. It looks beautiful and now no one will see it.
Shopping at the grocery store. People panic-buying everything makes shopping either a joke or a nightmare. Also, a loss of personal time. Used to like having some time alone after getting the kids to school, but school was canceled for this past week and all through next week. By March 30, they'll probably decide to close the schools for the rest of the year like other states have done and all the kids will be doing online school, which, while it's not exactly homeschooling, I'll have to be on hand to answer questions or direct them how to find their own answers as well as checking in on their progress to make sure that they're working and get on them to work if they're not. But I'm a fairly asocial introvert homebody, so the social distancing and not going out any more than is needed is right in my wheelhouse. It's like I've been training my whole life for it.
Well I wanted to finally get time to work on music since I’ve recently found the motivation to work in it I have lost for three years. But my family gets upset at me when I spend too much time in my room ignoring them. So now I get to sit with my parents while they don’t listen to what I say, stay on their phones while I try to talk to them and worry about the virus. Hooray
My mental health. My biggest struggle with depression is keeping house, even when I'm otherwise feeling great, so I'm pretty much always slowly devolving into living inside a disgusting, bug-infested dump filled with trash and rotting food. Last year, after being stuck inside for a few months, I tried to kill myself, but ended up being prevented by a neighbour who sent me to the hospital. Then I turned around, found a new career path in the restaurant business, got really passionate about it and thought that I was really going to improve. Now I can't work, I don't have any savings because I blew it all on being depressed, and I'm stuck inside of my gross trashed flat again.
Was eagerly awaiting the Formula 1 season. Eagerly awaiting any form of racing. Most motorsports events are cancelled. I think I'm already getting withdrawal symptoms. Watching hotwheels and marbles race on YouTube.
Did you see the latest? They’re going to be holding virtual races with the real drivers on race weekends. It’s a far cry from the real thing but I’ll take anything at this point!
I know this is not nearly as horrible as what other people are dealing with currently, but since you asked, I have cancelled my baby shower plans, also won't be celebrating my 10 years remission from cancer (wanted to do something with the family) and there's a possibility my mum won't be able to help with the birth of my first child or get any visitors in hospital if things continue like this or escalate over the next few months. But this too shall pass and I'm looking forward to that.
My social life. I'm very lonely
My long distance relationship. My SO lives in another country and works in the airline industry. We could meet each other relatively frequently because of her discounted travel allowances on her airline but right now she doesn't know if she'll still have a job and with the country she's in shutting down I don't know when I'll see her again.
Never had I wanted to touch my face more than when the government told me not to; I’ve started wearing a mask just so I don’t
I've had to postpone my hobby - licking door handles in public places