We’ve all felt it. Early morning malaise, a sense of being trapped, a kind of miasmic hopelessness that permeates our days, a vague unease around other people and an inclination towards agoraphobia, fear of leaving your house. “I don’t know what to do with myself,” several friends have told me. “I’m so tired of wearing a mask.”
It’s COVID fatigue. And it’s not all in your head. Well, it is, but you’re not imagining it.
One of the consequences of the Coronavirus pandemic is an explosion in reported mental health issues anxiety, depression and suicidal impulses. According to an August story in