The Long Covid Collective

Hey everyone,

I‘m 21 and from Germany. I’ve gotten Covid two times last year. But after the second infection in December 2022 I noticed, that my body didn’t fully recover. First I thought my immune system was just really low because of a two-week flue infection I had right before Covid, but after two months my symptoms got really worse and the fatique and brain fog took all of my strength. I had to quit my job and stop Uni for now, but my biggest struggle is that I used to be an athlete and miss regularly competing in tournaments and games. Because of Post-Covid I lost contact to a lot of teammates and it gets harder to keep contact with friends as well. I am often overstimulated, in pain or just depressed. It doesn’t really help that some people keep telling me “oh but you’re still so young”. Sometimes…