Protect mental health of those in lockdown on own
You need to allow those who have been in lockdown on their own to meet and socialise with one or two people or groups (this can be pre-registered in a database). This can be done responsibly and needs to allow indoor socialising. You must allow those who are not living near friends or family to be able to travel responsibly to meet them.
These people going through this alone are a vulnerable group and need to be allowed to meet at least one or two others they know and trust to protect their mental health. They must not be ignored or punished over fear that helping them may be abused by less-rule-abiding other who have the support of going through this as part of a household.
These people going through this alone are a vulnerable group and need to be allowed to meet at least one or two others they know and trust to protect their mental health. They must not be ignored or punished over fear that helping them may be abused by less-rule-abiding other who have the support of going through this as part of a household.
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You need to respect the specific challenges that rule abiding people who are living on their own have been going through lockdown.
They haven’t had proper social interaction for 8 weeks and your initial plans are a hammer blow to the mental health of those who have been following the rules. Your plans seem to be tailored to families and are cruel to those who have been going through this alone.
Asking people to exercise on their own when they see couples and so called household groups (There are clearly many bending the rules) every time they go out, is not good for mental health.
They haven’t had proper social interaction for 8 weeks and your initial plans are a hammer blow to the mental health of those who have been following the rules. Your plans seem to be tailored to families and are cruel to those who have been going through this alone.
Asking people to exercise on their own when they see couples and so called household groups (There are clearly many bending the rules) every time they go out, is not good for mental health.
by LonePigeon on May 05, 2020 at 03:46PM
Posted by Lee May 05, 2020 at 16:00
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Posted by Pamela55 May 05, 2020 at 16:05
I disagree however that a database should be required to define our contact group on any level, as this heads us down a road of buying into a society where everything we do has to be registered and "allowed". People deserve to be trusted with their freedom, and discover themselves how to self regulate contact, and it is a retrograde step to assume monitoring of our lives to this degree is in any beneficial.
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Posted by mklayne May 05, 2020 at 16:11
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Posted by lnelily252 May 05, 2020 at 18:11
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Posted by Garywall8787 May 05, 2020 at 18:41
The current restrictions for people who live alone is inhumane and their needs to be changes.
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Posted by Julie May 05, 2020 at 18:43
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Posted by Pragmatist May 05, 2020 at 19:49
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Posted by Abigail May 05, 2020 at 19:51
The 'exclusive bubble' idea would not work for many who live alone. I do not belong to a friendship collective where my close friends all know each other and would elect to be part of same bubble.
I would like to be able to see a small number of other people.
I would like to be able to travel 50miles by car to meet up with my daughter.
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Posted by FL May 05, 2020 at 20:05
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Posted by a May 06, 2020 at 13:40
I fear we have been forgotten about, until there is another round of austerity, then we become very popular.
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Posted by snels May 08, 2020 at 10:41
I've spent the past several weeks alone as well, haven't spoke to anyone to the point where my voice feels like its lowered. I have no family, have no one. The reality however as someone with long term mental health issues is that I went into it with issues and will come out of it with issues and its my norm not a 2 month test of comfort levels living with yourself. Pick up a paper every now and then, only weeks prior to this a 7 year old was stabbed in a park, that's mental health related. A national paper ran with waiting times of 6 months for minors to see mental health workers. This isn't a covid 19 issue, it's an issue with mental health provision generally and across the board. The websites are an insult and at least where I live you're expected to scream for help.
As I said I appreciate the gesture but it's very apparent many of the people screeching for help with PTSD from spending a month in the house have little to no experience of long term mental issues or services available to them in the community. User "a" is correct in what they say, it's mostly brushed under the carpet under the deniability of (at risk) patient (who most likely doesn't have the energy or mood to function never mind fight for health care ) hasn't engaged with local services in the manner required to access their services...and of course many of them or should I say us are simply thrown in jail.
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Posted by auberdjinn May 08, 2020 at 14:41
My neighbour was very recently hospitalised as a result of a mental health crisis. Of course, having been in hospital means she now has a much greater risk of being infected with Covid-19. I believe her deterioration was a direct result of lockdown. It's a double-edged sword.
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Posted by Christina May 09, 2020 at 20:09
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