How Are You Feeling?
Apr 03, 2020
We asked this question at the end of the first week of lockdown, responses have been coming in ever since and we can see a shift over the last week. Here are some of the answers:
- Feeling the loss of my children’s adventures that they were having, dreams and hopes gone for now
- The difficulties of being single and feeling very alone
- How precious our friendships are
- The value of cyber hugs and phone calls
- It’s hard accepting not being in control of our lives
- Ways of coping – be like water and go with the flow, not fighting the current saves your energy for when you can take action
- Enjoying the time off and treating each day like a holiday
- Looking at the positives and riding the waves of emotion that I can’t explain
- Realising how much I get from human contact with helping others
- Feeling grateful and thankful – the sunshine, the birds singing, being in the garden
- The powerful meaning of the Serenity Prayer – Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference
- Grateful for the sense of community and support – a simple hello in the street, checking on people living on their own, volunteering where I can
- Feeling calmer and less up and down
- Slowing the pace down
- Starting to question what 'normal' will look like in a few months
- Your videos are helping, thank you for being vulnerable and sharing how your relationship is being impacted
Find some time and space at the end of every week and ask your partner and yourself:
"How are you feeling right now?"
