A new study suggests a quarter of those who took part had significantly elevated anxiety and depression.
"If I wake up sad, then I just have 15 hours of feeling sad and then I go to bed even sadder."
This is Stephen Liddell's stark assessment of what his life has now become. He suffers from chronic asthma and so has been shielding for months. Although it's protected him from"I'm sad or down most days. I can't see any end in sight. And I spend quite a few days just wishing I was dead because there's nothing to look forward to. There's no one helping me. And no one seems to care," he told me.Stephen moved to Bushey Heath, near Watford, at the end of January.
The lack of human contact has ushered in extreme depression, which has been compounded by financial problems. Although he's self-employed, he doesn't qualify for the government support scheme. Without any savings to fall back on, he recently started visiting food banks.
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