It's hard to believe that it has been 5 years since the plandemic happened. Yes I know, not everyone will agree with the wording I am choosing to use, when describing that event that changed all of our lives. But that is how I experienced it, as I have a healthy distrust of the government and any ruling bodies really. It was scary to see how fearful some folk became. I will admit that I was fearful as well, for a while, as I really wasn't sure how far things would go, like if vaccinations would enforced for instance. Freedom of choice,, is important to me. As is being informed and making informed decisions. It was a crazy time, it still is, if I am being honest.
What do I miss about the pre-pandemic world?
Honest conversations, I miss being able to speak freely, without worrying if I was going to upset or offend someone. To be able to share my opinion without being told to stop talking. Before the plandemic, you could have a different opinion, hold different politic opinions and still have a conversation with someone. Now, if you don't along with the narrative, you get shut down. Even after so much of the deceit has been brought to light.
So now, we are more divided than ever and it sucks. It sucks, that I have to hold back when chatting with my family, I will listen to them, but they get uncomfortable when I try and share my view. So I don't share. I already lived a different life to them, but they had accepted that, this, this seems to cut deeper, it's something they can't move past.
I miss the feeling of safety I had before the plandemic. I was already aware of how corrupt the system was, but to see how comfortable they are about openly deceiving people, how they just don't seem to care at all now. How much that has affected my mental health, I find myself worrying a lot more, about what could be. Even though, I know that I still have choices to make, they seem to be getting fewer and fewer.
So much of our freedom has been impinged upon, what will all the extra surveillance around us. And not just from government bodies, but our neighbours as well. Everyone seems to be a little bit more paranoid. People have become more distrusting of one another. But, that's what fear will do to you.
Everything costs so much more now. I know that over time, prices rise, but since 2020, the cost of food, of living has shot up, especially all over Europe. Travel is more expensive as well. And yet wages have not increased, not that I have seen. So people are really struggling to just survive.
People are so much more stressed out now as well, still fearful to be round large groups of people, so they end up missing out on social events. On connection with others. I see more and more folk getting sick and dying, so many from my community who died unexpectedly. So many people grieving. The air itself feels a lot heavier since 2020. It's more difficult now, to remain light hearted.
Of course there is a lot that we have learnt since 2020, about ourselves and society as a whole. I feel like more and more is being revealed about the world itself. I would like to think, that through it all, it has made us stronger and that we will eventually find ways to lessen the divide. To once again be able to see hoe similar we are, whilst also respecting our differences.
All images used in my post are mine.
