Voices from The Coronavirus: Struggling with two toddlers in lockdown

By Jamie Hill - 2 April 2020

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40-year-old Marisa Valadas is finding it extremely challenging in the lockdown with two young children. Here's her 'voice'...

My name is Marisa Valadas and I live in Swindon.

I am 40 years old and I have two toddlers. My family and I are safe and well at least for now, but not that well about the rest of it.

The pandemic has made me feel that I am in the worst war with myself. I feel like a hostage in my own house surrounded by people dependent on me.

There's a lot of uncertainty with no social connection, and I'm surrounded by all those bad human habits (my husband).

It's been a battle every day and it takes a lot of psychological effort to stay mentally well and keep my family mentally well too during these hard times.

I believe in the human capacity to adapt to these challenging circumstances but sometimes I feel like I am losing it and I am struggling to overcome my weaknesses.

I focus on what I can control in the short term and only try to worry about things when I have the tools to solve it. I take myself lightly, stay safe, and hopefully this will be enough.

 

 

Swindon Link is calling on its readers to write to us about their experiences for our campaign called 'Voices from The Coronavirus'. The idea is that we can share our experiences underlining that none of us are alone.

We want to hear from you from whatever walk of life you come from to hear how you are dealing with this new reality. Everybody has a story to share from keyworkers to teenagers. It doesn't matter what your writing ability is, the whole point of this is to make sure every voice is heard so that people don't feel that they are battling this alone. We will try to publish your story on our website no matter who you are.

All you have to do is write to us with your experiences to [email protected]. Please make sure that you send a picture of yourself to go with the piece and try and keep it under 500 words. Please also include some basic details about yourself. For more details press here

And for previous entries into our Voices from The Coronavirus series press here

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