Hi from a LGA of Concern :)

Ahhh @ArtistZ After lockdown ends ...

we wont know ourselves.

Welcome join in on more social chat threads or use a thread for your story or in getting support. It is an evolving forum. There are guidelines that can be a pain, but I usually dont let it faze me and work around and within the rules.

See you around ...

Apple

Hi @ArtistZ

I too am in a LGA of Concern . So l know too well this lockdown has been horrible . I speak to my psychiatrist via phone and psychologist via zoom .

Not seeing support in person is extremely difficult.

I too take meds but cabin fever is gettimg the better of me. Hopefully this will end soon.

I use my laptop with a movie to put me to sleep , u would think the meds would put me out especially since the psychiatrist doubled my dose.

I have Borderline Personality Disorder plus major depression and Self harm on top , so a really special mix am l .

I dont eat the best as l really lose the feeling for it , so l have been drinking protein shakes for breakfast and lunch and only eat dinner so it works out easier for me.

Have you got your psychiatrist's email address to contact ??? I email my psychologist nearly weekly when l dont see him to tell him how l am. I kinda works .

What are u doing at Uni ?? of u dont mind me asking ???

Take care and heres to some normality soon

Hi @ArtistZ !

Welcome to the forums! I'm so glad you've taken the first step in reaching out!

Im currently on my last sem of uni too. I'll be done by the end of the year. I assume you are in NSW? Or are you in VIC? Lockdowns can be very frustrating.

Ive been working from home for a long time now. It's tiring, but I don't resist it because I know I can't do anything about it. To make it a bit easier, I use a schedule each day so that I eat properly, exercise outdoors everyday, stay in touch with my therapists via Telehealth, book in online health/fitness classes for the evenings, and attend mindfulness classes. I find that if I have things scheduled in, it helps the Lockdown time pass faster. It also gives me connection to other people.

Just like the weather, we can't necessarily change it, but we can learn to live with it.

Hope that makes sense,

BPDSurvivor

Thanks for sharing, ArtistZ. I am in a lockdown hotspot, Canterbury Bankstown LGA. Can't wait to get out of lockdown and restrictions, my anxiety and depression and isolation has never been worse.

Hi Owen,

im watching the presser now - no more curfew from tonight - I'm in the Fairfield LGA 🙂 not sure what I'm excited about - not like I have plans but I really feel better about not having a curfew - the inequality in the way different parts of Sydney have been treated is just awful.

I hear you on the isolation, this is just another level hey!

Welcome @ArtistZ !

Well done on your optimism in face of some serious challenges with your pscyhiatrist no show (I totally worry about my therapists wellbeing too ) and studying whilst under lockdown.

As someone who also studied Psych, I can tell you I have blocked all of that stats nonsense from my memory forever! SPSS who? R? I don't know them! haha

Wishing you and your LGA well!
-periwinklepixie

@Former-Member (Go me rembering to tag properly hooray!)

thanks so much - SPSS is just a lumbering beast when you don't know what you're doing - and I definitely don't know what I'm doing 😂

I like correlations - at the moment I'm reading about the correlations between extroversion and levels of depression and anxiety - all very interesting and some correlations seem to repeat but the studies are often based on a subject pool of either people who are inpatient at the time of survey or uni students so not always sure how much inference you can draw to the general population 🤔 but don't ask me about how to do the maths of it all 😂

I hope you have a great day and take care 🙂