Keep wearing your mask! It feels safer being vaccinated but it’s not magic. The variants are not fucking around. COVID isn’t over just because people are tired of it and it’s summer.
I find I have very little stamina for a simple outing among people not in my household. I love seeing my friends and extended family again in person, but it’s physically exhausting.
Felicia, this post spoke to me in volumes that I didn't realize I could hear from reading. I am currently sitting in my car, parked, doing on set security (waiting for crew/cast to arrive) and I am feeling the Bliss of being on my own, away from the general public. In my not acting/not set work, I am a merchandiser. I go in to big box stores and set up displays. And people are just unbelievable. The levels of entitlement in human beings are staggering to observe. Here in Ontario, we are just starting to open up. However, some people have never respected physical space or worn their masks properly. The levels of exhaustion you described are so accurate in my own soul.
So thank you for your incredible way of expressing yourself. Hugging you safely from the comfort of my car over the interwebs, wishing you giggles, safety and much love, Christina xo
I'm with you on this. I still wear a mask (tho once or twice forwent it while eating at outdoor retaurants) and I'm uncomfortable in groups, especially when they ar emaskless. With Delta and Lambda out there, it's the right thing to do™.
So glad you wrote this!! I've been staying inside more now LOL because everywhere I go I get people in my head, like their complete life situation. I don't worry, I just sort of absorb. What are they doing out on their walk? Interesting, they're walking and talking, but he has an earbud in his opposite ear. This pharmacist has a whole story about why she whipped off her mask as soon as possible, wow. No, I don't want my Amazon package in one day, I want the option of "Whenever it's reasonable and doesn't make the driver pee in a bottle". I guess it's like a sci-fi story where everyone's consciousnesses get turned on at the same time, and I'm empathetic by nature as well as being an introvert, so it's almost unbearable. Thanks for writing this - I feel so much more understood.
Thanks for your books, too - I listen to your audio versions all the time!
“Can I do a whole con without dodging around people’s hugs?“ now picturing doing a photoshoot while holding a “Free Hugs” sign and Felicia in a running away pose or with a look of fear and a big distance between us!
Yes! I feel all of this so glad to hear I’m not the only one! I’m definitely struggling to figure out if I’m comfortable hitting a con in the fall and I would only be an attendee and wouldn’t need to worry about hugging or strangers touching me. Kudos for doing that at all even before Covid.
I am a disabled veteran with mental health issues that I have only been able to manage by living in relative seclusion. In other words, when others talk about how isolating and scary the pandemic has been, they are describing the life I have been living for more than two decades.
I've actually been enjoying the lockdown, not interacting with people face to face, etc. But I know I'm going to have to get over it and actually socialise.
That being said, I probably am going to cut back on interactions with strangers. Not 100% as I still want to do the occasional comic con, but the thought of going to a crowded pub just cripples me with anxiety.
We're slowly having friends round, some to even stay, and had a lovely garden party/bbq for the other halves b'day last month.
I do hope that people take on board what we've learnt from the pandemic and are a bit mindful of others and their proximity, but somehow I doubt it. I for one will carry on wearing a mask in shops for the foreseeable future.
Okay, good to know: I'm not the only person who feels weird by keeping my mask on when I'm around a lot of people.
I am super uncomfortable in crowds/stores. I feel like I'm going to keep wearing my mask for a while.
Keep wearing your mask! It feels safer being vaccinated but it’s not magic. The variants are not fucking around. COVID isn’t over just because people are tired of it and it’s summer.
I find I have very little stamina for a simple outing among people not in my household. I love seeing my friends and extended family again in person, but it’s physically exhausting.
I'm so happy I found your newsletter. It's good to find another introvert that tries to play nice in this crazy world.
Felicia, this post spoke to me in volumes that I didn't realize I could hear from reading. I am currently sitting in my car, parked, doing on set security (waiting for crew/cast to arrive) and I am feeling the Bliss of being on my own, away from the general public. In my not acting/not set work, I am a merchandiser. I go in to big box stores and set up displays. And people are just unbelievable. The levels of entitlement in human beings are staggering to observe. Here in Ontario, we are just starting to open up. However, some people have never respected physical space or worn their masks properly. The levels of exhaustion you described are so accurate in my own soul.
So thank you for your incredible way of expressing yourself. Hugging you safely from the comfort of my car over the interwebs, wishing you giggles, safety and much love, Christina xo
I'm with you on this. I still wear a mask (tho once or twice forwent it while eating at outdoor retaurants) and I'm uncomfortable in groups, especially when they ar emaskless. With Delta and Lambda out there, it's the right thing to do™.
So glad you wrote this!! I've been staying inside more now LOL because everywhere I go I get people in my head, like their complete life situation. I don't worry, I just sort of absorb. What are they doing out on their walk? Interesting, they're walking and talking, but he has an earbud in his opposite ear. This pharmacist has a whole story about why she whipped off her mask as soon as possible, wow. No, I don't want my Amazon package in one day, I want the option of "Whenever it's reasonable and doesn't make the driver pee in a bottle". I guess it's like a sci-fi story where everyone's consciousnesses get turned on at the same time, and I'm empathetic by nature as well as being an introvert, so it's almost unbearable. Thanks for writing this - I feel so much more understood.
Thanks for your books, too - I listen to your audio versions all the time!
“Can I do a whole con without dodging around people’s hugs?“ now picturing doing a photoshoot while holding a “Free Hugs” sign and Felicia in a running away pose or with a look of fear and a big distance between us!
Yes! I feel all of this so glad to hear I’m not the only one! I’m definitely struggling to figure out if I’m comfortable hitting a con in the fall and I would only be an attendee and wouldn’t need to worry about hugging or strangers touching me. Kudos for doing that at all even before Covid.
Ha, you’re extraordinary
thx for the update, OMG I would have ran from the pool peoples. Have you tried Dark Alliance yet? Its fun, Take care, virtual high 5.
thx for the update, OMG I would have ran from the pool peoples. Have you tried Dark Alliance yet? Its fun, Take care, virtual high 5.
Exactly!
I am a disabled veteran with mental health issues that I have only been able to manage by living in relative seclusion. In other words, when others talk about how isolating and scary the pandemic has been, they are describing the life I have been living for more than two decades.
I've actually been enjoying the lockdown, not interacting with people face to face, etc. But I know I'm going to have to get over it and actually socialise.
That being said, I probably am going to cut back on interactions with strangers. Not 100% as I still want to do the occasional comic con, but the thought of going to a crowded pub just cripples me with anxiety.
We're slowly having friends round, some to even stay, and had a lovely garden party/bbq for the other halves b'day last month.
I do hope that people take on board what we've learnt from the pandemic and are a bit mindful of others and their proximity, but somehow I doubt it. I for one will carry on wearing a mask in shops for the foreseeable future.