I have a friend who recently went blind and who I'm encouraging to get out and do fun stuff, get some exercise, get a bit of life going and she's hitting problems with everything being closed and locked down, which is making it suck more than necessary.

Being blind and having it not suck any more than necessary is really expensive, and that's not very helpful right now considering everyone's income is under massive amounts of stress whether they can see or not. Otherwise working from home actually makes it really easy and I shall see if I can keep on doing a bit of it. I'm not sure it's actually that psychologically good for you though.

I know this was a while ago but maybe I can still contribute not sure if you’re still looking.

I was super out there and independent. I was always out and about. Talking to people, hanging out, reading at the library socializing with others, going to the store, going to cute coffee shops and restaurants terversing town. Shopping, hanging out at my university. Etc.... well.... then came the pandemic.wherever I want to go, sure not a problem. I took a bus or a train. I was quite active, bold, and out there. But then everyone needed to stay home, but I couldn’t drive so every shopping trip was on others. All the places were closed. Where do I go. Nowhere. At times places opened up. I half wanted to say I am riding transport anyway. And my other half of me was thinking well there’s a virus. I haven’t been on public transport for 8 months now. I go places when I can get a ride from family. I went from all over town to can’t go anywhere. Buses ran but I figured better not go on them because I touch everything I am quite tactile. So yeah, stuck at home and bored and stripped of a lot of independence I can’t wait until I get back out there.

For months I didn’t even go out to exercise I was so depressed. For a few days I couldn’t even get out of bed.

I tended to be a daring person, a go getter, who’s to stop me, not you type. A bit risky did everything pretty adventurous. My story usually inspires and not just because I am blind but because who I am. So yeah.... I stick out a bit. Strong silent, and wreckless type. Not that silent but could be quite the extrovert but you get the idea.

For awhile there was only drive thru covid testing. I can't drive. What the heck are nondrivers supposed to do? Uber and sit in the line for a billion hours? Hope you can get a family member to take time out their day to drive you? It's frustrating that this was such a massive oversight. Seriously. Many many people don't have personal means of transportation.

Found out I was going blind earlier this year, so I get to experience that whole process along with deal with the stress of the pandemic. Starting to crack because of all this stress, not going to lie.

For me, it hasn’t changed anything apart from the fact I can’t go out.

Is it possible to do guest submissions? People can talk about their experiences