This is bang on the money Terry thanks mate. My anxiety is right up there and I can't work out whether its this jab or a general downturn. I'm starting to think agoraphobia is creeping in again. After all, in the last 4 months I've seen the dentist twice in December, and driven on a handful of occasions to my Dad's with a grocery item. That's it, other than walks around town with our black lab each day.
The trouble is, and I'm probably not alone in this, but we have months of being cooped up and then suddenly we HAVE to be at a certain location at a certain time. I'm probably not making any sense.
'It was a wedding ring, destined to be found in a cheap hotel, lost in a kitchen sink, or thrown in a wishing well' - Marillion, Clutching at Straws, 1987
Well I've been Pfizered and have to say that the whole process was completely....uneventful. The worst bit was all the waiting around, particularly afterwards. I'd say that would be the most challenging bit with anxiety....Waiting and wondering..
Anyway am home now and am absolutely fine.
Please everyone just have your jabs when it's your turn? Don't "research" into side effects, just get it done. If there are any valid reasons why you shouldn't have the jab, the medics will stop you from having it. This certainly wasn't like having a standard flu jab..It's an extremely well planned and thorough medical procedure.
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Great news. Should make your daughter happy.
Pfizer getting 81% on the first jab in the Scottish hospitals study is looking good and hopefully as more data is examined that will go up.
Anyone having the AZ won't even have to wait afterwards.
Did you get to tut at any queue jumping celebs?
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No, I think that makes lots of sense. It's the anxiety bubble: it shrinks when you do less and expanding it back out can be hard because you've lost confidence in your ability to cope. I get into ruts because of this where routine settles in and then the routine starts to bite at you. It's one reason we need variety in our lives.
When my GAD is at its worst I suffer agoraphobia due to this. My world shrinks and so does that protective bubble is tighter. Confidence fades. You end up sitting about doing nothing.
You can't be doing new things all the time and environmental factors like the restrictions come into play. But if you never went out for months you are bound to be arduous when the time comes. I think it helps me to vary the walks with the dog or in my own so bit doesn't become too automatic.
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That's exactly it Terry. We see similar situations when people become institutionalised. Prisoners for example where the walls of that prison are their home for however long. Then when they're released, the outside world seems vast and frightening. Which it would be.
But I'll be ok come Friday morning, I'm having the jab if it kills me.
'It was a wedding ring, destined to be found in a cheap hotel, lost in a kitchen sink, or thrown in a wishing well' - Marillion, Clutching at Straws, 1987
You'll have the jab and it won't kill you. You'll be fine.
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