Feeling worried and depressed

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Each day over 700 people are dying each day in the UK and the deaths here has reached over 26,000. A few days ago it was 21,000.
I know this small country is massively overpopulated but that's still a lot for a small country. Will this ever end? Lockdown may be keeping the death rates to 'only' 700 a day but it still doesn't seem to be decreasing since lockdown began 5 or 6 weeks ago. It feels like there's going to be no end to this. I feel so depressed and worried. And when we do finally see an end to the virus, the vast majority of people will be out of a job, including me I suppose. Yes they're still running a few buses but that doesn't stop the company from going bust in a year's time, or shutting down the local depot that I work at.
I would be devastated if I was to lose my job, because as an Aspie I find looking for a job extremely stressful and it will be 100 times harder to get another job with about 30 million other people out of work too and very few jobs out there. It's panicking me. My job is special to me; it's a very Aspie-friendly environment, something I'm into, somewhere I fit in socially, and I've been planning to build my career up here for life without ever having to look for a new job again. I'm more scared of being out of a job than I am of dying from the virus.

This figure is due to only recently factoring deaths occuring outside of hospitals.



It will end in time, and yes, the psychological impact on the large amount of deaths will be huge worldwide. A pandemic and epidemic that has seldom happened in the 21st century.



Has this been confirmed by your employer?



It depends on if your company is eligible for government loans to keep them afloat to prevent bankruptcy.



I know this struggle all too well. Have you spoke to your workplace about your worries?



I'd speak to where you work if I were you as a means of comfort. It won't sound ridiculous or stupid, as it's clearly distressing you. Your concerns are a shared one in these [insert ominous adjective here] times, and it's your right to know you are going to remain employed.

I have told him how I feel. He says the company shouldn't go bust after this, but the scary thing is that nobody knows.

But I'm still scared.

I've just heard on the radio that it has reached it's peak in the UK which provides a tiny bit of hope. But even if me and my family and friends survive it (which I HOPE), there might not be any economy to go back to.

A perfectly normal reaction. That's reassurance, but I understand the fear behind the uncertainty.



The economy will dip, but will recover in time. A lot of companies have been hit hard, but have faith yours will pull through and if possible, try to concentrate on the positives of what to look forward to when this passes.

I know though how it's very easy to constantly listen to the radio and read every Co-Vid19 related article online and stew over into a distressing and depressing mood.

Thanks for reassuring me too.

I just never thought something like this would ever happen in this modern day and age.
I remember a conversation I had a couple of years ago with my boyfriend, when we got on to the topic of the bubonic plague. I said, "how come we don't have these plagues and stuff now?" and my boyfriend (quite a knowledgeable man) said, "well, we have more medical knowledge these days, and sanitary products, medicines, hospitals, money (etc)", so I just thanked my lucky stars I live in the 21st century. I thought that's how the swine flu pandemic fizzled out.
I always thought WW3 was the next world crisis, not a virus.

It’s a public bus company. It won’t go bust.

2009 pandemic fizzled out because there were the remnants of competent politics... people vote for clowns, they die (and as it happens the clowns themselves are at risk too, but hey, slogans can totally stop a virus)...

No worries.



The thought of a 3rd world war has been perpetually spectulative. One could even theorize that The Cold War was that.



I did also think this. Public sectors such as this have obviously had to remain afloat for essential workers.