I'm worried about covid and my mom. she is high-risk. Im afraid she may get the virus.
It was pretty good. By now I've been in both roles, and I hadn't known as the support seeker that the peer-supporter couldn't actually see the description of the problem. Making that clear would be good. It'd also be nice to be able to reclassify thing I've sent. I realized I classified one thing wrong but couldn't change it.
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Hi, how are you today?
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Oh, I'm okay. I'm just tired of everything and it has me down.
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I see, I've been feeling that way too recently. Is there anything in particular that has you upset or just life in general?
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Just life in general, I guess. I'm tired of covid. I'm tired of worrying about my mom and not going out and everything
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That makes total sense. Covid's been going on for so long, life is so different now. Do you want to talk about what's going on with your mom?
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She's high risk, so we have to be careful who we come in contact with. We try to limit time in public and all that. I order groceries for pickup at walmart so i dont have to go in, and my schooling is all online so i dont have to go to class. She's been fighting cancer. She's in remission now, but her immune system is still compromised and we have to be even more careful than we usually would have to be
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I think it's really great that you're doing all that for her! It must be extra hard to have to limit public interactions even more than most people. That sounds so stressful to have to be worried about her on top of everything else. I'm so sorry you're going through that. Have you been able to keep in contact with friends through video chat? That's something that can sometimes help when feeling isolated.
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Affirmation and Reassurance,Reflection of feelings,Providing Suggestions
Yeah, we text and have group chats and stuff, and we snapchat a lot. It's been a while since I saw any of them, though. At least we have that, though. And yeah, it's really stressful worrying about her. And she feels so bad because I can't see my friends or go in the store or to school
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It sounds like you don't think the online interactions are a good substitute for in-person things. Does that sound right? Ah, that sounds like kind of a cycle of guilt going on. Where she feels bad about you not being able to go out, and you feel bad about her feeling bad.
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Yeah, it does. I don't need a lot of in-person interaction. I'm an introvert, so this was all just fine when it started. But even introverts need to be around people sometimes.
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Yeah that makes complete sense. It seems like you have a good idea of who you are and what your needs are.
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Yes, it does seem like the cycle of guilt.... I try not to let her see how much this is affecting me, but she's my mom and she can tell...
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I wonder if you could do something like take walks in the park with friends, or see them with masks where you're really socially distanced from everyone
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Yeah, I'm pretty good at self-analysis lol
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I really hope things get better for you. Covid should be ending soon hopefully with the vaccine, and things will start to go a bit back to normal
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Oh that's a really good idea! That might be something we can do. It won't be quite the same, but it's better than nothing. I'll ask my mom's doctor if that will be okay. Thank you. Hopefully it will, and hopefully she will be able to get the vaccine soon, too.
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Yeah! I hope that works out for you. I've been finding getting outside and doing things with others has been helpful both for social and exercise. It's been really nice chatting with you :)
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