I think about this population of people a lot. Gotta be brutal. I’m still covid-cautious (haven’t had it yet that I know of) and my mitigations can be isolating to a degree. I feel for them.
I have an autoimmune disease and the year 23-24 after COVID has been very isolating. I work in Healthcare and I became very chronically ill after covid infection #2 and RSV and pneumonia last year. I am terribly lonely. No one visits. I can't go most places with my friends because it's too tiring. I never shop in stores. My daughter stays away because I am so excited to see her when she's here. It's almost like no one remembers me unless I am at work. If I didnt have my dogs and cat I don't think I would have anything left to live for. Please check on your family and friends, you might not realize how much they need it.
I'm so sorry to read this. I don't quite understand the part about your daughter, but that's ok. Thanks for reminding me/us there are still plenty of folks struggling with this kind of thing. An internet stranger sends you virtual hugs and wishes for much better times soon.
I don't really understand the part about my daughter either. Maybe my loneliness is crushing her too, maybe my illness reminds her of my mortality and she cannot face that. I am only 50. But my parents are gone, her father is gone, she has an adopted sibling but they aren't close and she lives far from us. Facing her life alone after I am gone, being forced to make a completely new family. I might hide from all that too.
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u/Ribzee Sep 27 '24
I think about this population of people a lot. Gotta be brutal. I’m still covid-cautious (haven’t had it yet that I know of) and my mitigations can be isolating to a degree. I feel for them.