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'I've been suicidal and I doubt I'm the only one'

Kieren, 23, is from Norwich in England. This is his story.  My personal experience with lockdowns and other Covid measures has been horrible. I’ve always struggled with anxiety and depression since I was a child. However, this past year has been the worst of my life. The constant uncertainty, mass hysteria and draconian measures have destroyed what little mental stability I had.  I’ve been suicidal a couple of times and I doubt I’m the only one. There is also next to no help out there for those whose fragile mental health has deteriorated during lockdown as Covid takes priority over everything. Why is treatment being delayed or suspended for various illnesses that combined kill way more people than Covid ever could? As a young person, I’m extremely unlikely to die of Covid. A severe deterioration in my mental health would be far more of a risk for me. In fact, I’m already at rock bottom in some regards, as are many of my friends and family. We’ve all had enough. Some of us have lost ou
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'What happened to my father has left a lasting scar'

Alicia is from Hertfordshire in England. This is her story.  Last March, my dad was a happy ninety three-year-old living at home with family help and outside care. Although he suffered with a degree of dementia, he still knew and recognised us. He was happy and engaging. He still enjoyed eating and overall had a good quality of life. That all changed on March 21st when lockdown started. The family were forbidden to see him. We could no longer take him out for his favourite car journeys and treat him to fish & chips while he happily reminisced about his life. As a result of being isolated from the family, he stopped sleeping properly and kept asking his carer where his family had gone. He went from regular contact with his loved ones to being isolated at home with a carer.  A couple of months later my father's health started to deteriorate. On May 13th, a doctor told me he had less than three days to live. We feel the distress of being separated from his family led to
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'I've lost ninety percent of my income and am cut off from my isolated mother.'

This is John's story. He lives in the province of Munster in the Republic of Ireland. My story is not extreme. It will not bring anyone to tears, nor will it make any headlines. I share it only as an example of the insanity we’re all going through, in all its minute, specific, banal detail. I live in Ireland and my partner works in England, as a paramedic. During the lockdown, we were apart for three months; in recent months, he has been able to return once every three weeks, for about three or four nights. Otherwise, I’ve been alone for most of the year. In the initial period of this insane overreaction, I immediately lost all of my work, which I don’t see returning. I am self-employed and my sources of work have largely accepted the idea that ‘things will never be the same again’. Without going into the details of my job, that basically takes away 90% of my income. My mother is also alone. A fortnight ago, she fell over and fractured her wrist. I have not been able to help her as
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Has lockdown affected your life? Would you like to share your story?

The purpose of this blog is to highlight the suffering that lockdowns and excessive restrictions are causing individuals and families throughout Britain and Ireland. If you have lost your livelihood, are suffering with your mental health, or are facing a delay in receiving other vital health treatment then this blog can host your story. In what ever way lockdown may be impacting your life then I would like to hear from you. (See below for contact details) There isn't enough focus in the mainstream media on the individual costs of lockdowns and excessive restrictions and the suffering and devastation it is bringing or will bring to people's lives. All of which will become more pronounced when government supports are cut back and furloughed staff are let go when inevitably more businesses go to the wall.   Too many people, including much of the legacy media, seem to blindly accept that the UK and Irish governments are acting in the best interests of  public health by imposing the
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