But as two new studies published in the past week show, severe COVID isn’t the only risk faced by those with the disease. New findings in JAMA Psychiatry find that levels of mental illness such as depression, anxiety and self-harm are elevated after a COVID-19 diagnosis. Additionally, a new study published in Scientific Reports found that patients who lost their sense of smell after a COVID infection saw long-term structural changes to their brains as well as a tendency to more impulsive behaviors.
What! Wow. I didn’t know that, you’re telling me now for the first time.
I send as much energy as I can for your endurance and recovery
I can’t help but wonder how the rest of your Disco Elysium play went.
In my first “blind” play where I tried to enter world knowing almost nothing about it, I wound up being a Sorry Cop.