r/Glasgow Tools

Aye, I get you. I’m honestly at my limit now. After breaking off a 10 year relationship being utterly alone is a bit of a shock.

And yeah I feel ridiculously lucky that I still have a job but at the same time it does now feel like life is work and exercise. I’m especially annoyed that we can’t even do that properly anymore. I like long cycles and now can’t venture further than 5 miles which is shite. Quite frankly I think restricting exercise is stupid. If people want to walk up a hill within their buble they should be able to, there’s no reason for restricting that. Exercise is the only source of coping mechanism I have left for dealing with pretty crippling clinical depression and GAD. So now I get to be angry on top of being sad and anxious! Yay!

Honestly I think the government needs to take the impact of lockdowns on mental health into serious consideration. This year has pushed me back into self harm and suicidal thoughts and unfortunately I have had acquaintances that committed suicide. I got referred by my GP to Psychiatry only to be promptly discharged and turned down. I understand restrictions are necessary but lets not pretend this is sustainable.

That all being said I’m not even that social and I can’t imagine what it’s like for people that like to be around others all the time.

I wish I had a positive message to leave you with but all I can say is that this fucking sucks.