, The Virus was first identified in Wuhan city of China in December 2019. On 30 Jan 2020, WHO declared a public health emergency, on 26 Feb 2020, a first case was reported in Pakistan and on 11 March 2020, it was declared a pandemic. In mid of march, almost all educational institutions were closed due to lockdown throughout the country.
Although it was a very hard time for everyone but was not so easy for me let me tell you my story! Being in a struggling phase of my life as a student it was quite difficult for me to endure such terrifying circumstances such as locking oneself in a home, seeing people dying due to lack of oxygen, looking tears of poor people, having nothing to do, and having no friend around to talk.
The time when this pandemic started was time to make memories in college and that was my last few months in college as in April there were our higher secondary exams. Exams got postponed I was afraid because that was not the suitable situation to conduct exams and if exams were not conducted our one academic career could go wasted. At last, exams were canceled and I got promoted that was indeed a wise decision by Educational board authorities.
News of Cancelling exams was good news for me as I was not in a condition to attempt exams, this was because Before the pandemic I was suffering from clinical depression (MDD). Falling in a deep sleep anywhere, feeling sleepy all the time, feeling fatigued even after sleeping 15 hours, severe headache, and having zero energy level every time were symptoms that affected my physical activities. And I was advised by doctors to increase communication with people and to make more friends but then this all happened. Initially, this disorder went worse in lockdown but then I recovered that was the most difficult challenge for me but I recovered on my own. I would say due to the placebo effect. In this way, lockdown made me brave and helped me to come out from depression and to control myself. Then I began to take interest in the preparation of the entry test to get admission to a university.
After getting admission in a field I was interested in, I was happy and passionate. It was heartbreaking when online classes were announced firstly for a month than for the whole semester. I was unaware and far from technology and it was my first time studying online. It was challenging to learn all the necessary things for online education. At the very start of university, I was motivated but the online system sucked it gradually. Studying in a university that was unseen and with unknown colleagues. Online classes increased my onscreen time which affected my eyesight and I lost interest.
This lockdown restricted my duties and rusted all my abilities, on which online classes were icing on the cake. Lockdown increased financial and family problems. Seeing mostly people as unemployed and depressed made me sad. This pandemic ate away 2020 and the same is going with 2021, the only change is I got adjusted and I'm less fearful. The only fear is we don't know when all this will end.
This lockdown has badly affected trading and the economy not only of Pakistan but of the whole world. Inner student in every student has slept which couldn't wake up through this online system. Too many holidays have made student lazy and has broken that tempo of studying. This lockdown was not so difficult for the rich and mediocre as it was for labor. We can only tackle these problems when this corona and lockdown.
Till 2020 I was very frightened because there was no vaccine and we were unaware that when this outbreak will stop. Now we all are less afraid as we were at beginning of this epidemic. The process of vaccination has started we will only be able to remove lockdown when almost 80% of people will get vaccinated. Soon everything will be normal and it will become as like a disease like dengue, malaria, etc. Today after 1 year, 4months, and 23 days there is a hope that soon we will get rid of it.
Sincerely,
Noor Alam
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