PORTLAND, Ore. — A woman who caught COVID-19 two years ago is raising awareness for the long-term health concerns of the virus. When we think of coronavirus, we usually think of the physical symptoms like coughing and fever.
What Amy Weishan wants people to know is your mental health can be severely affected as well. “Covid is a virus. Yes, that’s true. But there’s a mental component here too, and I think we would be remiss to pretend like that’s not happening,” Weishan said.
Weishan said even her personality changed. She wants to tell others who are going through the same thing that they do not have to suffer in silence. “A lot of things that brought me joy, fell to the wayside of my life out of necessity,” said Weishan. “Sometimes there are wins, sometimes I’m at home crying and feeling like a failure. I have to accept those moments and let my body do what it needs to do to process them.”