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“Existential crisis: how #longCOVID patients helped us understand what it's like to lose your sense of identity and purpose in life”
The authors summarise findings from three interview rounds in UK with 80 people with #PostCovid.
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The ConversationExistential crisis: how long COVID patients helped us understand what it’s like to lose your sense of identity and purpose in lifeMore than half our interviewees described feelings of profound anguish as long COVID forced them to doubt their identity and question their life purpose
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"What seems remarkable is that the existential concerns shared with us transcended age, ethnicity, health and wealth, affecting individuals from all walks of life. In this, our study echoes previous research into people with chronic, acute and terminal illnesses, as well as of older people grappling with “feeling forgotten” & fading away, and of teenagers and middle-age individuals during major life-stage transitions."