I have been feeling the same since I started caring for The Banjoman, although I didn’t live with him. Everything has gradually got on top of me and I find it difficult to gather up enthusiasm for any household jobs at all. I get out walking with the dogs most days, weather permitting, without them I would see nobody. Even though my family live ten minutes away I haven’t seen a lot of them due to Covid and self isolating.
After The Banjoman died in October 2019 I was busy doing things for Christmas and vowed that in 2020 I would find new interests and try to get out and meet people - we all know how that panned out! Luckily I was able to do gardening and some of my Bat rescue/care work over the summer but that was curtailed due to Coronavirus risks. Once again I was busy doin g some art work in the run up to Christmas but now I am back to struggling with finding enthusiasm for anything at all. I have wondered if I am suffering with depression or starting on the dementia route, especially when I read on here about the state of some houses that family discover when visiting their PWD, mine could fit in that category although I am aware of it, I just cannot gather up the mental and physical energy to tackle it. I find it all too easy to sit and read or use the iPad rather than get up and clear things out and throw them away. Even if I do start a job I lose interest in it after a short time or get distracted and give up on it.
I need the services of an electrician but they would have trouble getting into and around the house to do the work but as the kitchen ceiling light is close to giving up the ghost I’ll have to arrange something soon!
Of course trying to see one’s GP isn’t easy now either, I don’t fancy an e-consult however that pans out and unless you phone first thing in the morning you are unlikely to get a Dr. to phone you sometime later that day (if you are lucky). So I just trundle on and if I manage to get one small thing done in a day I look on it as a success.
@Dimpsy I do have a fridge magnet that reads
”Dust testing in progress, do not disturb the samples”