Slightly Outlandish Tales of Lockdown-Induced Paranoia

Nina Jervis
Curious
3 min readFeb 24, 2021

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If nothing else, life in lockdown has confirmed how much I need other people around.

You’d think this might be for hugs, deep conversation, and maybe chipping in with the odd bit of housework, but no.

I just need them to be their natural, flawed selves in my actual presence, because this confirms a) that they’re human, and b) so am I.

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Nina Jervis
Curious

Writer and professional empathiser (not necessarily in that order).