Lock down exhaustion

[dorabella]

Anyone else feeling physically exhausted by the the stress and anxiety of all this?

Not been doing too badly the last 4 weeks - kept working from home, trying to keep to a schedule and keep mind occupied - but just today am suddenly feeling wiped out. Perhaps its because it is a warm day, perhaps an accumulation of the last 4 weeks of underlying anxiety, or maybe the approach of a Bank Holiday weekend which doesn't even feel like a break when one is locked in and a general feeling of emotional and mental 'lowness'.

Been getting plenty of sleep as strangely the mental anxiety has been wearing me out, but today have been feeling like I could just doze off and I'm not one to nap in the afternoons.

Wondered if anyone else feeling same way.

[nomorepanic]

I think everyone is feeling like that to be honest. The less we do the less we want to then we get tired.

[BlueIris]

To be honest, since college broke up for Easter I've really enjoyed taking afternoon naps.

[ankietyjoe]

Anxiety can often be cumulative, and as you have noticed can wear you down.

I always find a lack of routine exhausting too. There's something to be said for getting up and getting out, but right now I wake up and lay there for an hour or two watching TV. I find this paradoxically exhausting so I'm trying to get back to the routine of waking up and GETTING up. Getting washed, dressed etc rather than slobbing around in shorts and a t-shirt.

[dorabella]

I certainly get up and out of bed in the morning and haven't succumbed to sitting round in jammies. Doing a 9-5 (virtually) with colleagues, Monday to Friday - but find the weekends where I would normally be relishing the rest and 'freedom' from working week are just stretching out into a nothingness and a tad of depression is kicking in. Just today for no apparent reason I was sitting in the lounge with some knitting and I felt utterly weary and exhausted - had to make myself get off the settee and walk about before I dozed off. Napping during the day makes me feel lousy when I wake up and then I can't sleep at night.

Oh the joy of lockdown!!

[pulisa]

I have never worked so hard in my entire life caring for my son and daughter.

[ErinKC]

This sounds really normal. I think every day it hits me a bit differently. For me, the very first days were ok because I felt busy getting prepared, then by the second week I felt very depressed and overwhelmed, now we're into the second month (Day 32 for us) and I almost feel like we've settled into a routine. I also stopped watching the news or really paying attention. It's begun to feel more normal being at home. The normalizing of the situation does make me feel a bit sad sometimes though. But, I think it makes a lot of sense for the overwhelm to hit you at once. I suspect I'll still go through waves of that. This is so new for all of us, so it's impossible to know how it will affect us from moment to moment!

[ErinKC]

I have never worked so hard in my entire life caring for my son and daughter.

It's so hard with kids. I only have one - a 5 year old - AND I was a stay at home mom until this September when Kindergarten started and still I feel so overwhelmed by it all. My husband and I both work and I'm in school so it's so hard to feel like we're paying enough attention to her and not just putting her in front of a screen. I'm trying to enjoy the time together, but it's hard!!