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At the start of the pandemic, Catherine separated from her husband after nearly 20 years of marriage in the midlands.
âIn March, I was talking to my counsellor in my car on the phone because I didnât want [my husband] listening in. I was crying and I said: âI donât know if I can do this,â and she said: âOf course you can but do you want to stay?â and it was like a veil was lifted because I suddenly realised I absolutely did not want to stay.â