Last December, 23-year-old Hannah Lohnes began having recurring nightmares of contracting COVID-19 and passing it on to her family.
It had been a month since the Surrey, B.C. resident was diagnosed with COVID-19, and she says sometimes when she laid on her back, she felt suffocated, gasping for air.
Canadians reporting higher levels of anxiety, depression amid the pandemic “I realized that it had affected me mentally a lot more than I thought it had, with both my anxiety and depression shooting way up.” After being referred to a psychologist, Lohnes was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). “It has changed my personality (and) how I’m carrying myself.