The parallel pandemic: Covid-19 and the mental health impacts on New Zealand young people
3 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Our pandemic year has given Sharonika Prasad a new perspective on life. Photo / Dean Purcell
When Covid-19 came to New Zealand, and level 4 lockdown abruptly followed, Sharonika Prasad lost much more than just her day-to-day freedom. Aged 19, newly moved out of the home in which she d long carried a heavy load of responsibilities, and starting a degree in occupational therapy at Auckland University of Technology North Shore, Prasad suddenly felt robbed of the milestones she d just passed. At home I m helping my dad with running the house, paying the bills … and [paying off] his big debt. I do the cooking, cleaning, and then I was going to my mum s and doing some for her too.
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13 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Ryan Grieve laughs then cries remembering the time he forgot how the sun felt on his skin.
He d spent a month indoors, dealing with pain that made soft sensory comforts irrelevant. I was on bedrest for a month just from ascites [fluid build-up] and pain and whatnot where it kind of felt like being skinned alive for quite a long time, Grieve says. After a month I went outside and I d forgotten what the sun felt like, and just thinking about that, yeah… does get me teary. It didn t actually hit me til I went inside. Then I was like oh man .