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Isolation: How Do We Handle it?

Posted by Teresa, Volunteer Mentor @hopeful33250, Mar 16, 2020

As boundaries are being mandated in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, these boundaries are affecting every area of our lives. Many hospitals, assisted living facilities, places of worship, libraries, restaurants, community centers are being closed to visitors and public gatherings. For many of us, these keep us from our typical ways of connecting with others and engaging with a supportive community.

What are you doing to keep yourself connected?

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fiesty76 | @fiesty76 | Apr 11, 2020

Parus, what a talented artist you are! And your subject is beyond adorable. This will be a much prized treasure in years to come. Thank you for sharing your talent and evocative portrait of your precious grandson.

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Becky, Volunteer Mentor | @becsbuddy | Apr 12, 2020
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@parus

With all of this social isolation I am also isolated from my grandson. We are both in serious withdrawal. To help with this painful separation I did a drawing of him. I take candid photos when he is here. So glad I do. Some of what I do with isolation.

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Oh, @parus, this picture is just wonderful!

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fiesty76 | @fiesty76 | Apr 16, 2020

Anyone else starting to wonder about how you will feel about venturing out once we begin adjusting to our new normals? I know this sounds strange, but I am becoming so accustomed to my isolation, I wonder what it will take for me to start feeling safe enough to go out later. Others' thoughts on this?

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Ginger, Volunteer Mentor | @gingerw | Apr 16, 2020
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@fiesty76

Anyone else starting to wonder about how you will feel about venturing out once we begin adjusting to our new normals? I know this sounds strange, but I am becoming so accustomed to my isolation, I wonder what it will take for me to start feeling safe enough to go out later. Others' thoughts on this?

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@fiesty76 You raise a very good question, and bet we will see a variety of answers! I think many of us will "poke" our heads out of our isolation shells, take a look around, and work into our new normal. It may very well be in stages of comfort. For me, myself, isolation suits me.
Ginger

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Apr 16, 2020

@feisty76 I am not happy in isolation, but wonder too what NEW normal will be like. I have chronic lung issues and a husband with the same, plus diabetes - and while we consider ourselves young, we fall into the risky years. I belong to a number of volunteer organizations, and usually spend many hours a week out in the community - but I don't foresee that happening this summer - and maybe not for a year or more. So as we ponder our future activities, I am obliged to tell people that I will not be part of any large group gatherings, or face to face interactions with the general public, until there is a vaccine. It actually makes me cry as I write that - but there it is - I need to survive to see my grandchildren grow up.
In the meantime, I try to stay busy in my "cocoon" - for now my small community, in a few weeks my up north home and garden, and hope it will be safe to hug my family soon.
Sue

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Becky, Volunteer Mentor | @becsbuddy | Apr 16, 2020
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@fiesty76

Anyone else starting to wonder about how you will feel about venturing out once we begin adjusting to our new normals? I know this sounds strange, but I am becoming so accustomed to my isolation, I wonder what it will take for me to start feeling safe enough to go out later. Others' thoughts on this?

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@fiesty76 Venturing out after being isolated for a long time makes me think of the time when I went from a high school of less than 200 to one of more than 2000! It was overwhelming especially when I went to my first pep rally. I just wanted to shrink up and go back to my nice, small school. Think of going to a football game when you’ve been isolated! No thanks!

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shortshot80 | @shortshot80 | Apr 16, 2020
In reply to @sueinmn "@feisty76 I am not happy in isolation, but wonder too what NEW normal will be like...." + (show)
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@feisty76 I am not happy in isolation, but wonder too what NEW normal will be like. I have chronic lung issues and a husband with the same, plus diabetes - and while we consider ourselves young, we fall into the risky years. I belong to a number of volunteer organizations, and usually spend many hours a week out in the community - but I don't foresee that happening this summer - and maybe not for a year or more. So as we ponder our future activities, I am obliged to tell people that I will not be part of any large group gatherings, or face to face interactions with the general public, until there is a vaccine. It actually makes me cry as I write that - but there it is - I need to survive to see my grandchildren grow up.
In the meantime, I try to stay busy in my "cocoon" - for now my small community, in a few weeks my up north home and garden, and hope it will be safe to hug my family soon.
Sue

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Nancy/Shortshot... I am 97 yearsold. I grand you that isolation is not fun, but i go busy and dwrote a book which was to be a woman commercial fishing with her husband, then my husband of 67 years died and my friend told me I needed closure for my husband, will maybe I need to have a beginning for him. So this book is complete autobiography for my family. I is now being printed on Amazon. It is called "Shortshot. Has a picture of our boat. I am glad I had the time... Nancy

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lioness | @lioness | Apr 16, 2020

@shortshot That is such a good Idea I myself wrote about my life but its not published and I dont think I will either but glad you did . Congrats on being 97 Keep writing on here

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shortshot80 | @shortshot80 | Apr 16, 2020
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Nancy/Shortshot... I am 97 yearsold. I grand you that isolation is not fun, but i go busy and dwrote a book which was to be a woman commercial fishing with her husband, then my husband of 67 years died and my friend told me I needed closure for my husband, will maybe I need to have a beginning for him. So this book is complete autobiography for my family. I is now being printed on Amazon. It is called "Shortshot. Has a picture of our boat. I am glad I had the time... Nancy

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shortshot Nancy.........CORRECTION..... Wow I am 87, NOT 97. I don't think I will make it to 97 , I have two kinds of LLUNG cancer.
one is Mesothelioma and the other is small cell cancer. I have had all the radiation and chemo's that I can have. SO the good LORD is in charge of what happens from not on. I Praise him for letting me be still here! Nancy

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lioness | @lioness | Apr 16, 2020

@shortshot Oh o.k. we all have those little grimlins at times haha

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