Is it bad to keep avoiding people ?

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Usually I enjoy human contact and meeting new people and people I already know but because of this crisis, walking around lots of people makes me feel uncomfortable and don't socially distance when they are outside in the high on a busy day, I feel this way even when I am at work as retail assistant, there are times I just want to get away from people I don't know other than my work colleagues. I tend to spend more time at home rather than always go out unless it is for something essential but I also seem to find it frustrating as well because I think other people don't feel the same way as me and still go out as if nothing like this is going on except they are just wearing a mask.

Masks are just one layer of protection. It is like wearing one shirt in summer. When it gets colder, you add layers. As infection rates rise in your area, you need more layers of protection, such as avoiding crowds, unventilated spaces, and contact. If you can feel OK with limited human contact, you should enjoy your current good luck.

It's not bad idea.

If mum gets it she dies.

Or the dr technically said 'at best you will have a long hospital stay' but still...

So I'm avoiding everyone.

I do think it was overkill when we weren't allowed things like parcels and takeout in our house during lockdown and she wiped down all the food.

Hard to give a definitive yes or no to this. The virus risk is obviously a probability-based thing.

Whether or not you or others you care about will suffer as a result of your mixing with people depends on a whole host of factors - how many of the people you mix with are carrying it, if so how contagious they are as individuals, whether or not they cough or sneeze etc., whether or not they're using such things as masks or gloves to protect you, how carefully they use the protective gear, whether or not you're using such things as a mask or gloves to protect yourself and others, how carefully you're using the protective gear, what the distance is between you and them, whether or not you're facing each other, whether or not the mixing happens in an enclosed space, what the air conditioning is like, the air humidity and temperature, the amount of UV radiating around, the strength of your immune system, the presence or absence of known underlying health conditions that could render you more vulnerable than most, the quality of the healthcare you have access to, ditto for the people you might pass it on to if you do catch it, and probably more parameters I haven't thought of. Many of those parameters are either unknown or out of your (complete) control, and the only reasonably sure thing is that if you avoid people and use excellent hygeine when dealing with all "imported" items, cooking food to a high temperature etc., then you won't get infected.

The risk of ill effects from avoiding people is also hard to evaluate, though if you're usually happy enough on your own, as some Aspies seem to be, they might not be all that great. With mail order, home deliveries and kerbside pickup, from a purely material position it's probably rarely necessary to mix with people if your income is stable without having to do that.

I'd treat each proposed contact with others on a case-by-case basis, and try hard to make sensible decisions and adjustments to mitigate any risks if contact proves necessary.

No. Some people are taking this COVID thing more seriously than others. The way I see it, there are 3 types of people:-

1. Those that follow the rules and guidelines with common sense, whether they or their loved ones are in the high risk group or not (which is the best way)

2. The "Covidiots" that throw big social gatherings and parties and completely ignore any rules

3. Those that are too overparanoid to the point where they are heading for some sort of mental illness or OCD and act like COVID is going to kill everybody (but aren't in the high risk group)


I'd say I'm in number 1. I'm not too paranoid but I do try to be careful.

Not sure if we're in 1 or 3.

We're a high risk family though.

We're just lucky enough that we can keep mentally sane while doing it and that we can still shield as a family in terms of work requirements etc.

I don't, in RL.
But I have been at the wrong end of a gang-stalking event that lasted over 20 years.
It is my nature, these days, to avoid people.
Covid has made virtually no difference to my lifestyle, so I am one of the lucky ones.

I am self-employed and don't need to socialise.
When I get groceries, I always wear a mask and use sanitisers generously.

But look on the bright side.
You may have to mix with people, but it is good you have a job.

To be honest.
Apart from the deaths that the virus caused.

I have to say i really enjoyed aspects of the social distancing during the height of the pandemic.
The normally busy streets, shops and busses, quiet as a ghost town.

For a person with ASD who is hypersensitive to sensory information, nothing could be more pleasurable.
To be able to walk through the normally hectic hard to navigate and anxiety inducing streets, while empty,
what a breath of fresh air. like drinking pure water after a life time of drinking filthy contaminated disgusting
tasting water.

To not have immature kids and babies screaming in my ear on the bus, or ignorant morons watching and listening to crappy low quality entertainment on their mobile phones on the bus without headphones.

What a relief.

To be able to walk around the shops without some moron pushing past you or through you, giving you a good amount of personal space, what a joy.

The down side to this endeavour however is that we miss out on social interaction with the humans that we enjoy the company of especially if we are single, alone and at times lonely.

Apart from that.... makes me wonder what life would be like if the global population shrunk.
Perhaps we would need less shops, or their would not be enough people to keep the shops (and related industries)
working?

I don't think 1 and 3 are inseparable. I'm more 1, but as a 1, how can you exclude 3? Especially living in one of the states where Covid apparently doesn't exist and everyone is ignoring it, just living their lives. It's not that I'm afraid I'm susceptible to a fatal extent, but if I can just chill for this period of time for the best of everyone else, why am I the crazy one?