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๐ฎ Hopes + fears
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Charlie B
18 July 2021
Hey, so you're free tonight. Waking day and mental health issues...
๐ฐ Lockdown, rules, and social distancing
๐ฎ Hopes + fears
๐ฆ Mental health
๐ท Covid-19
Dorothy T
24 November 2020
Hello, my name is Maria and my mental health was never really great to begin with for many different reasons. But since living in the pandemic without the lock downs and many restrictions, it's definitely deteriorated...
๐ท Covid-19
๐ฆ Mental health
๐ฎ Hopes + fears
Teddie G
17 July 2021
Freedom day โฆโฆ....
๐ฐ Lockdown, rules, and social distancing
๐ฎ Hopes + fears
๐ท Covid-19
Erik J
09 July 2021
The government of the UK is playing games with the lives of millions of people! No face mask, no social distancing, no school bubbles. Covid is starting to spread fast...
๐ฆ Politics & stigma
๐ฐ Lockdown, rules, and social distancing
๐ณ Benefits
๐ท Covid-19
๐ฎ Hopes + fears
Fiona T
07 July 2021
This week I'm FINALLY taking care of myself properly. I've been to the dentist twice and booked a hair appointment, something I haven't done in over a year...
๐ฎ Hopes + fears
๐ฐ Lockdown, rules, and social distancing
๐บ Keeping healthy
Charlotte P
03 July 2021
Glad to be back there was a glitch in me writing diary entries. This week my two children have got off for summer so worried about things financially and also thereโs a hype in Northern Ireland about this new Delta variant so itโs hard to know what will happen...
๐ท Covid-19
๐ฎ Hopes + fears
๐ซ School
Erik J
08 June 2021
My anxiety levels are going sky high again. Will there ever be a way that we can get to some sort of normal lives with Covid here to stay...
๐ฎ Hopes + fears
๐ท Covid-19
๐ Future
Erik J
08 June 2021
Back to square one in the area I live. Covid cases are rising fast, more so in schools...
๐ฎ Hopes + fears
๐ท Covid-19
๐ซ School
Pearl N
31 May 2021
Hi, I have not written in my diary in a while, the main reason for this was because I felt my situation was affected generally not just because of Covid specifically apart from the social aspects of wanting to join groups which of course were not running but now are...
๐ณ Benefits
๐ฆ Politics & stigma
๐ฎ Hopes + fears
๐ Future
Fiona T
22 May 2021
I've spent this morning feeling low since waking up. There doesn't seem to be any hope in the air about when things will normalise again...
๐ฆ Mental health
๐ฎ Hopes + fears
๐ฐ Lockdown, rules, and social distancing
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