anyone with OCD should let their illness run wild, using Covid as an excuse – it’s more that I felt my fears had been legitimised.
I also felt a quiet relief that the events and meetings I’d have otherwise felt anxious about were cancelled. My diary was blissfully empty.And yet the pandemic also brought new challenges.
In the past, when I was plagued with a panic that made my body shake, I could turn to my parents or boyfriend to tell me that I didn’t need to clean my hands manically to feel safe.
But since Covid, no one can say that.It all began when I was 16. I’d stopped eating, convinced that all food was contaminated and would make me ill, and as a result I lost a lot of weight and my periods stopped.
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