Got Corona.....

[Bill]

I went to my favourite pub yesterday, it was busier than usual, everyone was in good spirits with the usual banter going on, I mentioned I will still be playing hockey this week, my mate said if the arenas close it is a very bad sign, they are preparing them to be used as make shift morgues, they all closed today!

This is very true and if the #### really hits the fan.
The funeral parlours and mortuarys are going to be rushed off their feet and storage of bodies becomes a problem.

[QPRDave]

Humour in any form on this subject is not dealing with it.If anything it shows a lack of security and self belief and all that goes with it.

Also it depends what age group you fall in among many other vulnerable people of which i am.

This leads me to believe that this subject should not be laughed about and certainly not joked about.

Yep agree

[72bus]

It's really starting to hit small business now , spoken to a few people today that are in trouble

[SM3 Ranger]

But it wasn't even in the same county as humour.
The, don't drink corona anymore, or derivatives of it are more tired than santa on Christmas morning.
Are we now going to use gallows humour, on the mass shootings at synagogues, or people being murdered on London bridge?

If gallows humour is what I need personally to deal with stuff then yes thats how I will deal with it.
If you deal with it in another manner its completely your choice but please dont have the temerity to tell me what i can and cant do to get by.

[Bill]

If gallows humour is what I need personally to deal with stuff then yes thats how I will deal with it.
If you deal with it in another manner its completely your choice but please dont have the temerity to tell me what i can and cant do to get by.

Ok fine but if it affects you close family or a good friend i think may regret the gallows humour.

I am not being antagonising just what i feel.

[FurtiveFox]

It's really starting to hit small business now , spoken to a few people today that are in trouble

Hearing similar, businesses collapsing overnight. Obvious that impacts business owners, employees, suppliers, their employees, people paying their mortgages and outgoings. Real knock on human cost over and above the burning health issues.

Macron has said they will not allow any business regardless of size to fail. We need our Government to do something similar otherwise it will quick impact on a hell of a lot of people.

[swede]

Humour in any form on this subject is not dealing with it.If anything it shows a lack of security and self belief and all that goes with it.

Also it depends what age group you fall in among many other vulnerable people of which i am.

This leads me to believe that this subject should not be laughed about and certainly not joked about.

I think your wrong. The definition of dealing with it is that you use it and it has some (hopefully) positive effect - so this is one way of dealing with it. Laughing reduces anxiety and stress and that is good for your immunesystem, which is ok these coming months. The bit about humour (or attempts at it) showing ”lack of security and self-belief” is quasipsychology at it’s best. If you just use humour and nothing else - then it’s a maladsptive strategy, but If you use it together with strategies to keep yourself, and your loved ones safe and not spreading the virus to others (for example skip the pubs and restaurants, use more of social distancing, wash your hands with soap) then your really dealing with it. Telling others what they can say or not say can be an example of what psychologists call ”emotional avoidance” - If it’s to emotionally threatening you try to avoid it, sometimes by telling people what they can or can’t say.

[gator]

The province I live in, (Ontario) declared a state of emergency this morning, all restaurants, pubs, theatres, libraries, community centres are closed, I already mentioned the closing of arenas possibly to be used as make shift morgues! I have been able to self isolate but many others are not as fortunate and are required to work, hopefully we can contain this somewhat to limit the number of people who get sick or die from it! Our beer and liquor stares are still open and busier than normal and The Ontario Cannabis Store has seen a spike in sales btw!

[Bill]

I think your wrong. The definition of dealing with it is that you use it and it has some (hopefully) positive effect - so this is one way of dealing with it. Laughing reduces anxiety and stress and that is good for your immunesystem, which is ok these coming months. The bit about humour (or attempts at it) showing ”lack of security and self-belief” is quasipsychology at it’s best. If you just use humour and nothing else - then it’s a maladsptive strategy, but If you use it together with strategies to keep yourself, and your loved ones safe and not spreading the virus to others (for example skip the pubs and restaurants, use more of social distancing, wash your hands with soap) then your really dealing with it. Telling others what they can say or not say can be an example of what psychologists call ”emotional avoidance” - If it’s to emotionally threatening you try to avoid it, sometimes by telling people what they can or can’t say.

I think your wrong,prey tell me what interaction you have had with psychology first hand with a professional and wher you get your theories from?

[swede]

I think your wrong,prey tell me what interaction you have had with psychology first hand with a professional and wher you get your theories from?

A close friend is a specialist in clinical psychology and I can read.

[Bill]

A close friend is a specialist in clinical psychology and I can read.

But no practical psychlogical help or experience,i thought so

[QPRDave]

But no practical psychlogical help or experience,i thought so

For "close friend" assume my doctor!!

[swede]

For "close friend" assume my doctor!!

Ignore....remember?

[Buffalo]

Jeez guys, move on and take care of yourselves. There are more important things.

If you're getting football withdrawal, just watch this and feel much, much better - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbW6qEHmp7g

[swede]

But no practical psychlogical help or experience,i thought so

Can you explain why that’s important regarding what we were talking about? For example MrDave might have practical experiences of clinical psychologists and alcoholics have practical experiences of alcohol but it’s not the same as knowing what you’re talking about.