<story><title>One in five Covid-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days – study</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-mental-illness-int-idUSKBN27P35N</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>treeman79</author><text>Congratulations, you have earned the achievement “chronic condition”.&lt;p&gt;Your rewards are as follows.&lt;p&gt;You have max exhaustion at all hours of the day!&lt;p&gt;Exercise recovery is bumped from next day to 2 weeks!&lt;p&gt;Your pain level is now on par with dying cancer patients!&lt;p&gt;Everyone now considers you lazy and incompetent!&lt;p&gt;Doctors now blame all symptoms on anxiety!&lt;p&gt;You gain +1 to medical research ability. But -20 to Reputation.&lt;p&gt;You now get spontaneous and useless medical advise from people that believe in essential oil.&lt;p&gt;You are now on timer with your job until sympathy runs out!&lt;p&gt;Disability now can mock you openly as clearly your faking and don’t have a real condition!&lt;p&gt;You are now a burden to your family!&lt;p&gt;+10 sneak score; you quickly learn to hide your suffering!&lt;p&gt;+20 to loneliness!&lt;p&gt;-20 to persuasion!  Asking for help gets little from doctor&amp;#x27;s.&lt;p&gt;+10 Planning!  Your kids may be orphans soon, make sure they get taken care of.  Read fine print on death benefits.
——-&lt;p&gt;Staying positive when you have a chronic condition is incredibly difficult.&lt;p&gt;Your not going to get through it without losing your mind now and then.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>verelo</author><text>This is a horrible part of COVID that no one seems to get. Chronic conditions are life changing, and no part of it is good.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s different, but as an example, I injured my back (i don&amp;#x27;t really even know how) and was in intense pain for approximately 8 months. You know that feeling when you burn your hand on something? It normally last 5-15 minutes, well it was like that, but inside my lower spine all the time, for a solid 4 months...and then in duller state for another 4. I am still struggling with pain from time to time, but i&amp;#x27;m once again able to sleep a full night (something i couldn&amp;#x27;t do for around 5-6 months), do physical things and not regret every movement. At the start of the injury, i was probably the fittest I&amp;#x27;ve ever been, but now i&amp;#x27;m probably the least fit i&amp;#x27;ve ever been. It&amp;#x27;s seriously sucked. Who am I kidding, it still sucks...coughing hurts...but its improving and that gives me hope that one day it&amp;#x27;ll be &amp;#x27;normal&amp;#x27; again.&lt;p&gt;Until you&amp;#x27;ve had a long term injury, you have no idea how to sympathize. Right in the middle of this i had a close friend get upset with me that I came over when I knew he was painting, and didn&amp;#x27;t offer to help. I was frustrated he even considered it a possibility, i was struggling to sit in a car for more than an hour, how was I going to paint a wall or ceiling? People just don&amp;#x27;t understand.&lt;p&gt;To everyone suffering with something that inhibits their ability to enjoy life, i&amp;#x27;m sorry but wish you the best. To everyone looking in from the outside, assume its 10x worse than what you see and reconsider your next move.</text></comment>
<story><title>One in five Covid-19 patients develop mental illness within 90 days – study</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-mental-illness-int-idUSKBN27P35N</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>treeman79</author><text>Congratulations, you have earned the achievement “chronic condition”.&lt;p&gt;Your rewards are as follows.&lt;p&gt;You have max exhaustion at all hours of the day!&lt;p&gt;Exercise recovery is bumped from next day to 2 weeks!&lt;p&gt;Your pain level is now on par with dying cancer patients!&lt;p&gt;Everyone now considers you lazy and incompetent!&lt;p&gt;Doctors now blame all symptoms on anxiety!&lt;p&gt;You gain +1 to medical research ability. But -20 to Reputation.&lt;p&gt;You now get spontaneous and useless medical advise from people that believe in essential oil.&lt;p&gt;You are now on timer with your job until sympathy runs out!&lt;p&gt;Disability now can mock you openly as clearly your faking and don’t have a real condition!&lt;p&gt;You are now a burden to your family!&lt;p&gt;+10 sneak score; you quickly learn to hide your suffering!&lt;p&gt;+20 to loneliness!&lt;p&gt;-20 to persuasion!  Asking for help gets little from doctor&amp;#x27;s.&lt;p&gt;+10 Planning!  Your kids may be orphans soon, make sure they get taken care of.  Read fine print on death benefits.
——-&lt;p&gt;Staying positive when you have a chronic condition is incredibly difficult.&lt;p&gt;Your not going to get through it without losing your mind now and then.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tarsinge</author><text>Well I suffered from that for more than a decade but in the end in turned out in was indeed &amp;quot;anxiety&amp;quot;. Your thoughts can make you sick. It took me a long time to realize that idea, to admit that psychosomatic effects are real and strong, that it&amp;#x27;s not craziness, and yes doctors are usually not very useful with that.&lt;p&gt;Simple test: what were your thoughts and emotions 5 minutes ago? 1 hour ago? since this morning? and how were you breathing (slowly with good posture or rapidly)? If your brain is constantly circling thoughts with no cool-down with bad posture it&amp;#x27;s guaranteed you will have physical problems.&lt;p&gt;For me the cure was a combination of:&lt;p&gt;- Slow breathing exercises&lt;p&gt;- Mindfulness (to learn to listen to the body and emotions, an to be aware and able to &amp;quot;control&amp;quot; thoughts). No mysticism bullshit, just having a brain and body at rest and present.&lt;p&gt;- Stoic philosophy : not worrying with things not in my control, not being affected by outcomes (e.g. objectively did my best and the boss&amp;#x2F;client is not happy? That&amp;#x27;s fine for me)&lt;p&gt;- Strength training&lt;p&gt;- Nutrition&lt;p&gt;- Financial security (I know I&amp;#x27;m lucky but that doesn&amp;#x27;t change the point)&lt;p&gt;- Edit: &amp;quot;reconnecting with nature&amp;quot;: again no mysticism, just outdoor walks, gardening, and taking the time to observe and appreciate while being fine doing nothing&lt;p&gt;The best I could describe my default state now is as being relatively at peace, with no negative thoughts circling, slowly breathing with good posture (that I can maintain while coding long hours for example). I&amp;#x27;m still of anxious nature and still worry about the future, but only on the time period I will allow it (and not as a the permanent background noise). YMMV obviously.</text></comment>