79 78 As an NHS worker, professional life went on as normal, nevertheless I have been confronted withmany confused, scared and upset patients; the pressure was all on us in pharmacies due to GPs reducing their face to face con- sultations. You have to find words to calm themdown in these unforeseeable circumstances while knowing that the information you are giving might change tomorrow. Children and their upbringing was another mounting pressure. My three children are at the age of jumping around, gaming and being proactive. So the fact that everything is closed, being on their screen gadgets would occupy them somuch that surrounding life was labelled as boring. While they are mostly home now there is a constant need to look out that they are not wasting their time, that they are using proper language, that they are saying their daily prayers and reading their Quran. S N Emailed Dec 2020 Really hard, husband with mental health problems, 2 little kids. We had building going on before the 1st lockdown which added to the stress. A guy climbed the scaffolding on our house one night, we chatted to him through a crack in the window (the scaffolding meant we couldn’t open our windows fully). Luckily he came down safely when emergency services arrived but that was nuts. Lost my grandmother that weekend and our very close friend lost his dad. Felt so wrong not being able to see each other and offer hugs. I have so so so so missed people and going places. My son has missed so much, he has no idea what the world is actually like, the places we can go to... It’s all just so weird. Anon, 2021 For me it, it forced me to deal with my life issues, post traumas and difficult relationships. As these issues became my constant companion. My inner thoughts and demons my only conversations. My life like a commercial showed me all the continuity issues and hind sight a lonely friend. Michelle Justine Briscoe, 2021 Online survey, 2020/ 2021
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