I got sick on March 12th. I have been fighting for a normal breath of air for 7 months now. I constantly feel sick, and have extreme social anxiety that I am actively contagious and will get someone else sick. I get anxious about my family members dying after interacting w me

I feel like I have to lie about how I’m feeling to everyone, or else I am immediately gatekeeped from doing anything even though it’s been 7 months, or on the other hand, I feel like I have to over explain all of my health conditions from the past 7 months. I miss my privacy

I have completely lost the sense of being in tune with my body and it’s capabilities and boundaries. I genuinely cannot gauge how I am doing or if what I am feeling is real or not. I now fully understand ableism, and the feeling of being unable or able-insecure

I am so traumatized from my ex roommate’s terrorizing reaction to me as well as the severe extent of my sickness, and almost being hospitalized that the idea of being sick again triggers panic attacks. The fact that I constantly feel like I have COVID adds to the spiraling effect

I’m not throwing a pity party for myself. I feel like no one is talking enough about the long term effects of having COVID. People talk about COVID in terms of how many people die, and don’t think about how many healthy people don’t recover. Every single infection is devastating