Yes, Covid has greatly increased my stress levels. I’ve been getting a lot more nightmares than usual, I have a lot going on all at once right now and am under a lot of stress so it’s getting difficult. I have a hard time falling asleep. I partly fucked up my sleep schedule over the break but even if I go to bed at 3am and wake up at 9am, I still can’t fall asleep until almost 2am the next night. This is all after I take Melatonin at a decent hour. It just doesn’t work as well as it used to because my brain overrides it it seems. I’ve also been getting my stress-hives almost daily. It used to be every few months. Same with panic attacks.
Safe to say, my stress is through the roof and it’s affected my sleep and I’ve been getting really intense nightmares.
Was this too much at once for me?
Yes, it was. This pandemic has really fucked things up. You had to put your dog down and I don’t know how close you were but that is always incredibly difficult. And before you really get a chance to actually grieve all this extra shit gets put on top if it. You work in a grocery store so that adds to it. Because you are “essential” but people don’t give a fuck and go out when they shouldn’t be, putting you at risk.
It’s very hard to stay positive. Being told “Just be glad you can still work” isn’t as positive of a comment as some people think it should be.
I’m always here if you need to vent @Jonsblond It helps sometimes to just talk.