16 Relatable COVID-19 'Quarantine Confessions'

Quarantine, stay at home order, lock down, whatever you may call it, odds are you’ve experienced it during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Whether it’s because you’re awaiting your test results, where you live has issued a stay at home order or you have a compromised immune system, we can all agree that staying at home for extended periods of time can have an impact on our day-to-day life and how we function.

Adjusting to a life of isolation, social distancing, wearing masks and sanitizing everything may not go as smoothly as you anticipated. Just know that you are not alone in navigating these new waters, and you’re not alone if you’ve found some new and perhaps “unusual” ways to cope.

Here are some “embarrassing,” funny and relatable quarantine confessions from our Mighty community:

1. “I have made a new personal best for the most days between showers. I’m embarrassed to say I went 7 days without a shower. I mean, I brushed my teeth and hair and washed my face each day!” — Michelle E.
2. “I went overboard and sanitized the sanitizer.” — Kristy G.
3. “Fell over the kids and broke my foot!” — Tania O.
4. “Home nudist. Why get dressed if you’re not going anywhere? Side bonus: less laundry!” — Heather E.
5. “Started to eat an ice cream cone without taking my mask off. Chocolate snout!” — Lynn G.
6. “What used to be called PJs are now COVID Lounge Wear.” — Sandra H.
7. “I have impulse bought several ridiculous things — a suction tool to release pressure in your ears, a small fan that you can clip onto your shirt, 20 meters of pom-pom trim (no idea what I’m going to do with it), and eight plain cotton T-shirts to customize with tie dye and embroidery (haven’t touched).” — Christine M.
8. “Spent a fair amount of time in lockdown watching a family of starlings nesting in our garden. I got way too invested in watching their daily squabbles over birdseed.” — Laura J.
9. “Who needs a bra or shaving?” — Monika S.
10. “Eating most meals in bed.” — Rebecca L.
11. “Stress baked 15 dozen cookies…” — Marissa H.
12. “I don’t go out often, but sometimes need to for doctor’s appointments and I keep smiling at people. With my mask on. So I think it just looks like I’m staring at people. Oops.” — Sara-Jane F.
13. “We eat out (by ordering in) much more than we had before COVID. I think the stress of it all has us giving in to every single food and craving we have.” — Dawn G.
14. “I accidentally turned the fuse switch off for the freezer and defrosted the whole thing.” — Nicky H.
15. “I haven’t stepped foot inside a grocery store since January or February.” — Elizabeth P.
16. “Went to take a drink while wearing a mask, tried to blow a loose hair out of my face while wearing a mask, smiled thanks at someone while wearing a mask, smiled thanks at someone while wearing a mask and sunglasses, panicked when the husband was driving less than two meters away from other cars. Oh, also panicking that characters on TV shows aren’t social distancing!” — Zoe C.

What’s your quarantine confession? Let us know in the comments!