Anyhow, how is everyone's sleeping patterns since this mess? I seem to be sleeping less and keeping normal hours more-so than I thought I might. I have really noticed an uptick on message boards with so many being at home. I have also quickly tired of watching television and have pretty much shut out the news other a glance in the morning and one in the evening. Even if you do that, you see it online, so there is no real getting away from it.
I have a little story or observation as well. I have noticed the fear-mongering really getting to some people. I have a person I have helped a bit who is afraid to go outside. I took a Fed Ex package to their door that had sat in the rain for a day and they freaked out that I touched it. They said the news told them to leave it outside for 72 hours for it could be infected. It is frightening how asleep some people are and their paranoia is something which can have an effect on others.
As Jess said, I worry about people stuck in bad households or with people who are for lack of a better word ignorant or abusive. There are so many people not capable of thinking for themselves and to wake them seems a daunting task. I know this might be an unpopular comment, so do not kill me -- but the youth (not all) are dumbed down much more than I thought. I spent time with a family that is a mess (again, one I am trying to help). One parent is delusional, the other OD'd and one kid lives wih another family and the son at home who is 15 is clueless on his sexuality and cannot tie his own shoes or operate a microwave. What is happening to people?