One of many damaging consequences of disproportionate policies during the pandemic. Some people raised these concerns at the time, but because those concerns went against the narrative they were quickly shut down as apparently denying Covid, along with all the other cheap shots if you dared to question lockdown policy.
I dont even want to think about the damage done to kids education, thats going to be on a whole new level. Quite disgusting what government policy has done to this generation of kids.
This is not surprising, as I am one of those young people. Aged 22 now, when lockdown came into effect for the first time I was 20 years old and cripplingly anxious and depressed. Started using benzodiazepines in order to cope, ended up using them so much along with alcohol and other various substances, that I fucking died for 15 seconds.
NHS are so overwhelmed they don’t want to see me, even to this day. I have threatened my own life so many times that it’s absurd, burnt myself so many times just to feel something, nobody cares and if they do, they have a funny way of showing it. Police refer you to the same mental health clinics that conveniently forget your appointment or just cancel it outright in the pretence that “we thought we told you already that we cancelled it”. Just not true and if it was, why is it being cancelled? Can’t afford private therapy either, £50 for 45 minutes just isn’t something I can afford.
Fast forward two years, just recently been laid off work, self harming still occasionally, off the drugs but still drink a lot and the only reason I’m still around is my wonderful girlfriend. Make no mistake, young people are in a mental health crisis, but is it still due to the after effects of lockdown? Maybe partly, but the cost of living and general bleak outlook towards the future definitely makes it 100x worse. This is gonna get so much worse before it gets better.
This society is predicated on placing the welfare of the old over the young. My god, pour kerosene on it and let it all burn.
This is the first time we’ve faced something quite like Covid in modern times. Epidemiologists can easily run models to show how a disease will spread through the population and estimate the numbers who fall ill or die. What the likely influence on health services will be and what happens if they become overwhelmed.
What is much harder to understand is the effect of the disease and any mitigations on people. There are those who will have suffered considerably due to bereavement. The opportunities for young people to socialise and receive education was curtailed. Obesity has probably increased. People drank more alcohol. But crime and violent crime fell.
I do not think that we are anywhere close to understanding the net benefit of pandemic mitigations. But it is important that the downsides are properly documented so we can, at a minimum, work out to minimise harm should another pandemic emerge.
ENT Doctor here. Can confirm that there were a couple weeks during first lockdown where there was at least 1 guaranteed attempted self neck stabbing/slashing per night.
Not fun times, very stressful for all involved especially since they always seem to happen at 2am, but I’m glad that I’m back to seeing those only once every few months.
I spoke about this at the start of the pandemic and got downvoted to all hell for being a granny killer or something.
The NHS are not actively recruiting new mental health professionals in a way that suggests we are in a crisis. This is 100% intentional. I just graduated in psychology and am looking to become a clinical psychologist. As a postgrad I need over a years worth of clinical experience (basically working for free) just to get on to a masters course, even then I can’t call myself a clinical psych until the doctorate.
On the flip side, I could find a cosy HR job pretty much straight away and never have to worry about being overworked, threatened and poorly paid. Guess where the majority of potential mental health clinicians go?
Jesus christ you zoomers are entitled
We knew this was going to happen, but as a nation, we collectively accepted this at the time as a reasonable trade-off if it meant possibly reducing the odds of catching Covid.
Theres also no doubt the radicalisation by the alt right and queer woke left affecting kids mental health
doesnt surprise me when you are isolated and then you get on social media and next thing you know youtube is shitting on you with videos like “day in the life of 19 year old millionaire” and instagram is just people buying luxary goods and everyone is happy and celebrating in dubai and other places.
I had to tell my friend that shit is fake but it didnt stop from self harming and destorying his own self esteem. hes better now but lockdown was not good to him
Surely this isn’t a surprise?
Humans thrive on social contact (well, most of us…) and young people need that the most, especially school age children. The impact of the restrictions and especially school closures will be felt for a long time, I’m just glad my autistic son was able to attend during the lockdown but I feel so sorry for the other parents, whose kids were suffering.
I’ve voiced my concerns on the restrictions on here plenty of times and been downvoted to oblivion, now of course everyone will pretend they always had concerns
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One of many damaging consequences of disproportionate policies during the pandemic. Some people raised these concerns at the time, but because those concerns went against the narrative they were quickly shut down as apparently denying Covid, along with all the other cheap shots if you dared to question lockdown policy.
I dont even want to think about the damage done to kids education, thats going to be on a whole new level. Quite disgusting what government policy has done to this generation of kids.
This is not surprising, as I am one of those young people. Aged 22 now, when lockdown came into effect for the first time I was 20 years old and cripplingly anxious and depressed. Started using benzodiazepines in order to cope, ended up using them so much along with alcohol and other various substances, that I fucking died for 15 seconds.
NHS are so overwhelmed they don’t want to see me, even to this day. I have threatened my own life so many times that it’s absurd, burnt myself so many times just to feel something, nobody cares and if they do, they have a funny way of showing it. Police refer you to the same mental health clinics that conveniently forget your appointment or just cancel it outright in the pretence that “we thought we told you already that we cancelled it”. Just not true and if it was, why is it being cancelled? Can’t afford private therapy either, £50 for 45 minutes just isn’t something I can afford.
Fast forward two years, just recently been laid off work, self harming still occasionally, off the drugs but still drink a lot and the only reason I’m still around is my wonderful girlfriend. Make no mistake, young people are in a mental health crisis, but is it still due to the after effects of lockdown? Maybe partly, but the cost of living and general bleak outlook towards the future definitely makes it 100x worse. This is gonna get so much worse before it gets better.
This society is predicated on placing the welfare of the old over the young. My god, pour kerosene on it and let it all burn.
This is the first time we’ve faced something quite like Covid in modern times. Epidemiologists can easily run models to show how a disease will spread through the population and estimate the numbers who fall ill or die. What the likely influence on health services will be and what happens if they become overwhelmed.
What is much harder to understand is the effect of the disease and any mitigations on people. There are those who will have suffered considerably due to bereavement. The opportunities for young people to socialise and receive education was curtailed. Obesity has probably increased. People drank more alcohol. But crime and violent crime fell.
I do not think that we are anywhere close to understanding the net benefit of pandemic mitigations. But it is important that the downsides are properly documented so we can, at a minimum, work out to minimise harm should another pandemic emerge.
ENT Doctor here. Can confirm that there were a couple weeks during first lockdown where there was at least 1 guaranteed attempted self neck stabbing/slashing per night.
Not fun times, very stressful for all involved especially since they always seem to happen at 2am, but I’m glad that I’m back to seeing those only once every few months.
I spoke about this at the start of the pandemic and got downvoted to all hell for being a granny killer or something.
The NHS are not actively recruiting new mental health professionals in a way that suggests we are in a crisis. This is 100% intentional. I just graduated in psychology and am looking to become a clinical psychologist. As a postgrad I need over a years worth of clinical experience (basically working for free) just to get on to a masters course, even then I can’t call myself a clinical psych until the doctorate.
On the flip side, I could find a cosy HR job pretty much straight away and never have to worry about being overworked, threatened and poorly paid. Guess where the majority of potential mental health clinicians go?
Jesus christ you zoomers are entitled
We knew this was going to happen, but as a nation, we collectively accepted this at the time as a reasonable trade-off if it meant possibly reducing the odds of catching Covid.
Theres also no doubt the radicalisation by the alt right and queer woke left affecting kids mental health
doesnt surprise me when you are isolated and then you get on social media and next thing you know youtube is shitting on you with videos like “day in the life of 19 year old millionaire” and instagram is just people buying luxary goods and everyone is happy and celebrating in dubai and other places.
I had to tell my friend that shit is fake but it didnt stop from self harming and destorying his own self esteem. hes better now but lockdown was not good to him
Surely this isn’t a surprise?
Humans thrive on social contact (well, most of us…) and young people need that the most, especially school age children. The impact of the restrictions and especially school closures will be felt for a long time, I’m just glad my autistic son was able to attend during the lockdown but I feel so sorry for the other parents, whose kids were suffering.
I’ve voiced my concerns on the restrictions on here plenty of times and been downvoted to oblivion, now of course everyone will pretend they always had concerns