I'm a single mum to a 3yo and I'm so sick of feeling alone. The pressure that comes with raising a child is really starting to crush me. I have 100% care of my child and while I love her to pieces, it's just getting so much for my mental health. I feel so alone and isolated and now with the social distancing and pending lockdown coming I don't know how I'm going to cope. I will still have to go out and do shopping and my toddler will be in tow which will increase our risk of getting the virus I know but what else do I do. The hardest part is not being able to see anyone, I use going out to see people as a mental break and time I can ease the burden a bit but now that is being limited I don't know what to do. I'm literally in tears for 80% of most days and I know it's not healthy for me or my daughter but I just don't know what else to do. I barely have any friends as it is so don't have anyone to reach out to. Then I'm worried about how this will effect my little one who has already lost people close to her and she won't be able to understand why we can't go see the people we love. I just want it all to be over already but know this could go on for 6 months if not more. How do we cope how do we get through this? I'm so scared
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We have been in total self isolation for a week and will continue to be in some kind of isolation due to my sons medical condition.
1. Get a daily care routine going-
2. Find ways to access community that isn’t leaving the house. For me that’s an online dance class and music lesson. Libraries will be doing story time online soon, have a look and see what you can find. A lot of classes are moving to zoom so you may find you have more access to certain things than you did before.
3. You can still go out and go for a walk. And as things step up it will actually be easier to go for a walk and avoid contact.
4. FaceTime, FaceTime FaceTime
I understand how overwhelming this can be. About 6 years ago I was only able to leave the house a handful of times for the entire year. I got through it, and I’m not special. I managed.
You can do this, you just have to start telling yourself you can.