I thought long and hard about making this nom and apologise for the somewhat sombre tone of it.
I think it’s pretty fair to say that solitary confinement is a cruel, sadistic and inhuman form of punishment. And yet we have our government enforcing it on it’s subjects who have broken no laws.
Please note I am not downplaying coronovirus in any way, shape or form, it’s a horrible disease and I have every sympathy with people affected by it. I’ll use myself as an example – again, I am not trying to evoke anyone’s pity just attempting to put a different perspective on things.
I live on my own. I have a brother who is many miles away and the rest of family and my friends are an equal distance away in the opposite direction. My parents are both deceased and I have no children. I don’t mind living on my own but my one method of escape was visiting the pub. I could meet people even if I didn’t particular like them but at least I was interacting. Unfortunately that little avenue of pleasure has now been closed off.
However I can go to the supermarket and get closer then the arbitrary 2 metres of the checkout girl to pay. Couldn’t this girl just as well be the barmaid at my local? The pubs stayed open during the Blitz for fuck’s sake. Anyway, I’ve drifted. Being on your own with no other human contact your mind plays tricks. You start thinking about all sorts of things which really don’t make any sense.
I’ve re-read some of my posts here and realise I wouldn’t have made them under different circumstances – apologies to anyone who’s taken offence. I always read Isac’s own Mike’s Place excellent blogs and there was one where I think he stated that suicides went down during the Blitz. However, I can see the reverse happening if this lockdown goes on for much longer. Please note, I repeat I am NOT wallowing in self-pity and rest assured I will not add to the suicide rate. Hopefully we can get back to normality asap and get the fucking pubs open!
P.S. Admin, I have no objection if you feel this is too miserable and morbid to post but I’m just glad to have got it off my chest.
It is not morbid, some of the cunts on here have survived a lot worse, it could be a group therapy thing.
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Before Covid-19 I spent my days in the house as a reclusive shut-in, playing video games and only venturing out of the house to either go to work or go to the shop and buy beer (and maybe some food)………. This lockdown with it’s social distancing and self-isolation has made fuck all difference to my life save for the minor inconvenience of strangely-misplaced, extended queues at the super market.
I will say this though. After having spent the last 3 months off work due to depression and following 2 suicide attempts, what other people are going through gave me some perspective and made me appreciate the fact that I have a job to go to and that (as callous as it may sound), misery loves company. You can always take solace in the fact that some cunt else has it worse.
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