Giulia Ausani- Milan, Italy

The first two weeks of quarantine, Giulia had panic attacks every four days and was constantly anxious. It came to a point where she was unable to discern whether or not the shortness of breath she was experiencing was because of anxiety, or an early symptom of the virus, which of course, only fuelled her anxiety further. “You’re like, ‘Okay, I have trouble breathing. Is it because of my anxiety, or is it because I have the virus? What is going on? Am I contagious? Am I giving this to my parents? What am I doing?’ And it’s just a vicious circle,” she explains.