What is helping you to get through this stressful period?

[AV_]

It is mostly the stress of people around I need to handle & I have instated draconian censorship. Then, a small glass of beer at lunch does help enforce.

 

[missy]

I have to say it‘s YOU. I’m here alone with my 94 year old mother and 34 year old autistic son who is really like a little child. I may not have as much time to post now but I do read your posts. I get strength from them...I just wanted to say thank you... ❤ What is helping you through this?

Joanne, I just wanted to add I get strength from all you lovely PSers too. Those who take the time to share and post and even just read. Knowing we are all in this together. Makes me teary eyed but also gives me strength because we will persevere and get through this. There is no other option. And it is nice to know we are not alone.

Thank you Joanne and all PSers for sharing your time and energy and support and words of wisdom and humor.
(((Hugs))).

 

[MamaBee]

Joanne, I just wanted to add I get strength from all you lovely PSers too. Those who take the time to share and post and even just read. Knowing we are all in this together. Makes me teary eyed but also gives me strength because we will persevere and get through this. There is no other option. And it is nice to know we are not alone.

Thank you Joanne and all PSers for sharing your time and energy and support and words of wisdom and humor.
(((Hugs))).

Thanks @missy...I hope we wake up one day and the blasted virus starts disappearing..Probably won’t happen for a while but we can hope..

 

[Bluegemz]

I do a lot of checking in with loved ones. Work keeps me occupied, and then I paint, draw and hike on the weekends with my family. It’s hard being away from my kids at my office, (isolated) while my husband is working from home all day and my 2 older ones, who are going to be leaving for college this summer (?) manage the homeschooling of the 2 younger ones. I wish I could be there more and I’m grumpy about it, but there is no way I can concentrate with all of the commotion at home. Shopping is becoming ok for me because i know I’m being as safe as I possibly can be, and there is nothing more that I can do. I go once a week, because I can’t possibly stock up for much longer than that with 6 people, 4 of which are adults, in the house!
We have become more creative about how to have fun together though, doing outside camp fires, sleeping under the stars, and coming together in meditative prayer while drumming, etc on our property. It feels like like a positive ‘pulling together’ and making some memories besides the ones based on fear, which we likely will have.