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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

<strong>I read 'The Cancer Journals' by Audre Lorde earlier in the week</strong> and, though she was talking about the individual experience of having breast cancer, her words about how sudden illness impacts all facets of yourself stood out. She describes <strong>'the agony of an involuntary reorganisation of my entire life'</strong> following a negative diagnosis. This resonated very much in terms of how many people lost out with lockdown. However, she also says: 'But within those three weeks, I was forced to look upon myself and my living with <strong>a harsh and urgent clarity</strong> that has left me shaken but still stronger'. <strong>I hope this will apply as we recover from Covid-19.</strong>