Cyfraniad Angharad i broject Casglu Covid: Cymru 2020.

Dwi wedi byw yng Ngogledd Cymru erioed. Mewn pentref bach or enw Bethel wrth Caernarfon a Llanrug. Dwi'n byw gyda fy Mam a fy Nhad, fy chwaer, 2 ci a 3 bwji!

Gyda social media, mae'n hawdd i mi gysylltu gyda ffrindiau a teulu. Dwi hefyd yn gweld fy ffridiau o coleg trwy Google Hangout pob wythnos! Ma dad wedi dechra gweithio eto sydd yn neud i mi boeni am ei iechyd ond mae mam dal adref, yn gweithio ar y cyfrifiadur, felly dwi'n gallu gweld hi mwy aml nag oni o'r blaen (sydd yn neis).

Mi fyddai'n deffro tua 10 i chwarae dipyn o Animal Crossing cyn newid a gael coffi. Gan fy mod yn gorffen y cwrs sylfaen celf o adref, rhan fwyaf o ddiwrnodau mi fyddai'n peintio tan i dad ddod adref o gwaith. Bydd mam yn prynu llysiau gan ffarmwr lleol pob wythnos ac yn gwneud bwyd anhygoel gyda dad! Ar ôl bwyta te, awni â'r cwn am dro ac eith mam o gwmpas Felinheli. Trwy'r dydd dwi'n mwynhau gal ambell sioe teledu ymlaen i gadw fi cwmni ac hefyd dwi'n tecstio fy ffrindiau trwy'r dydd hefyd. Ar ôl dod adref, fyddai'n chwarae mwy o Animal Crossing, gwylio ffilm ac ysgrifennu ar fy mlog ac postio ar fy Instagram celf. Fyddai'n gorffen bob dydd yn gwylio mam yn chwarae candy crush.

Tydw i ddim yn gweithio tu allan i'r ty ond dwi wedi dechra gwerthu fy nghelf a gosod Etsy i fyny. Fel artist, ma hi wedi bod yn anodd gal mwy o baent a silver (i neud gemwaith) ond hefyd mae genddai lawer mwy o bobl yn dilyn fy mhroses celf ar Instagram i gymharu â cyn y pandemic. Mae creu fy mhroject celf o adref wedi bod yn anodd. Does genddai'm y cyflenwadau dwi angen adref, felly dwi wedi gorfod gweithio efo'r pethau gendda'i yn barod. Mae fy nhiwtors wedi bod yn anhygoel ac yn cysylltu trwy Classroom pob diwrnod ac yn cynnal Google Hangout pob dydd Llun. Mae delio gyda rhai pethau wedi bod yn anodd gan fy mod i efo Autism. Er hyn, dwi byth wedi colli gobaith bod pethau am wella. Mae celf yn cadw fi'n hapus ac mae'n neis gael rhywbeth positif fel hyn i ddenu fy sylw.

Cyfraniad di-enw i broject Casglu Covid: Cymru 2020.

I live in Swansea with my family – my husband, two children and my mum. I am speaking more with my family and friends, before I probably got in touch with them every other week. Now it is weekly, sometimes daily. I am more aware of my neighbours and speak to more of them now and ask if they need anything. Before, we just said hello if we bumped into each other in the street.

My first language is Bangla. Since lockdown the children have been off school and my husband and I have been working from home. We have been speaking more in Bangla to each other. I have also joined an online course to learn Welsh, which I have been meaning to do for ages but not had the chance. I have downloaded the Duolingo app and learning five minutes of Welsh daily and weekly online two hour sessions. Also, we have extra work to do on our own. Hopefully by the end of the course (10 weeks), I'll be about to have basic conversations in Welsh.

I work Monday to Friday 10-6pm. I set school work the night before, for the children to do whilst I am working during the day. We take late morning break in the garden for 10-15minutes, we have lunch then have another afternoon 10-15 minutes break in the garden. We all go out for a walk after work, not too far from home and not for too long maybe 20-30minutes. Weekends we lazy about in the house, catch up with house work and TV. We try and watch the daily update on TV the Government give on COVID-19. We try and do top up shopping once a week from local Tesco Express and the big shop fortnightly.

I have never worked from home before so it has changed drastically for me. I support families and young people. So, everything is over the phone support or online. I don't attend many meetings normally, but since working from home I have been to meetings daily and on most days more than once usually via Zoom or Teams. But I miss speaking to my colleagues in the office, it is not the same on the phone or online. We are more busy working from home that I don't get a chance to speak

Children are quite resilient and they have adapted quite well. My two boys were excited when the lockdown started, but after five weeks they kept saying 'I am missing school, I am missing my friends' and that they want to go back. Also, they have adapted to keeping social distancing. My six year old is too scared to go near any other people when we go out for a walk.

I am a Muslim and follow Islam. This year Ramadan started in the middle of lockdown, it has been really hard staying away from friends and family when normally we would gather around to break fast when the sun sets. However, we have distributed food to those who live near, by leaving food on the door step and chatting to them at a distance. We have not been able to go to any prayers in the mosque since the lockdown. This is especially hard for the Friday prayers and the night prayer (Tarweeh prayer) during Ramadan. Our biggest celebration is Eid Ul Fitr when Ramadan finishes. Normally when visit friends and families, exchange gifts and have big feasts as well as dressing up in new clothes. But this year we will be in lockdown and will be spent with own family. It’s a bonus to be cooking less, but nevertheless, we will be missing all the family and the gatherings.

Cyfraniad Enfys i broject Casglu Covid: Cymru 2020.

Rydw i’n gweithio i’r awdurdod iechyd mewn tîm iechyd meddwl. Fel arfer, mae hyn yn swydd heriol, ond nawr, hyd yn oed fwy. Mae’r tîm wedi gorfod newid practis i arsylwi pellter cymdeithasol. Mae’r swydd yn gallu bod yn anodd, trallodus a llawn straen – rydym yn dibynnu ar ein gilydd am gefnogaeth. Dros y blynyddoedd, rydym wedi creu tîm da, cryf, cefnogol.

Weithiau, ma’n anodd aros yn gryf. Rydym yn cefnogi cymaint y gallwn o’n cleifion ar y ffôn neu wrth Skype neu FaceTime, ond yn amlwg, nid yw natur ein swydd yn golygu bod hyn bob amser yn bosib. Mae cadw cysylltiad a chael acses i feddygfeydd teulu, fferyllfeydd cymunedol a gwasanaethau eraill i’n clientiaid hefyd wedi bod yn heriol ac yn wahanol… I fod yn onest, rydw i wedi cadw ‘mhen lawr a mynd o ddydd i ddydd yn gwneud fy ngorau a beth alla i.

Mae hyn yn anghredadwy! Fod y byd i gyd wedi cael ei effeithio. Pobol, economiau, diwylliant, traddodiadau a disgwyliadau. A fyddwn yr un peth byth eto? Rydw i pob amser yn credu ein bod yn datblygu, nid yn unig fel rhywogaeth ond yn unigol ac yn bersonol. Gobeitho fydd hyn mewn rhyw ffordd yn ein hysbrydoli i ddatblygu yn well, yn fwy caredig ac yn fwy tosturiol, dim yn unig yn bersonol ond tuag at ein cyd-ddyn, ein cenhedloedd a’r byd.

Cyfraniad Heather i broject Casglu Covid: Cymru 2020.

My poor 5-year-old daughter misses her school and her friends. Both my husband and I work full time in the house and constantly shush her and tell her "not now we're busy". When we finally aren't busy, we’re exhausted. I think the constant distractions in the house cause more energy and focus to be needed for the same work I was doing without distractions in the office before the lockdown. I commuted to work by bicycle before – something that blasts you with cold air and physical exertion, and clears your head and invigorates you. Without that, I end up like a zombie at the end of the day, and can't find energy enough to engage with my kid fully. I've tried to go for bike rides anyway, but without a purpose to them, I can't find the motivation to go. My kid watches a disgusting amount of television now.

I thought I would end up snacking more throughout the day and eating larger meals now that they all have to be cooked at home, but that hasn't really happened. My constant battle to muster enough unbroken concentration in the work day doesn't really leave room for aimless snacking. But without the bike riding and walking and dancing I used to do regularly, I'm still getting fatter. I've had to cut myself down from my normal food intake just so my trousers will stop being unbearably tight, but I've just ended up filling that hole with alcohol. So, the battle continues.

Social distancing is our one main defence. When we bring groceries or other purchases into the house, my husband washes them with soap and water. I always feel like that's over-the-top, so I just lay it all out and spray it with Dettol. Unless I'm feeling particularly like the world has gone mad and nothing makes sense and how on Earth could a person possibly contract a deadly virus from a packet of biscuits. In which case, I just put the stuff away in the cupboards and wash my hands and pour a drink and call it job-done.

I think my personality is particularly vulnerable to caged-bird-syndrome. I like to flit between places and people on whims. They said at the beginning of this that the Age of Introverts is upon us, but that was silly. How can I possibly find time alone to recharge my introverted energy bank when I'm trapped all day in a tiny house with two other trapped people? I go to bed exhausted and low and wake up the same as if I never actually went to bed. I feel like a zombie, and I feel infinite guilt.

Actually, this questionnaire has been surprisingly therapeutic. Thank you. I don't think I've ever been asked these things or ever had to stop and think what my answers to any of these questions are. I feel strangely lighter – like I just spent a half hour in the confessional and can just leave it all there when I walk out.