I recently went to the pub for the first time since the end of lockdown. It took me two hours to leave my flat.I was due to attend end-of-term drinks with my writing group. As I started getting ready, the unease started to grow. I knew all too well what was coming.

According to mental health charity MIND, one in six people in England report experiencing ‘common mental health problems’ every week, with one in four people experiencing mental health problems each year. Anxiety falls into the common mental health problem box, and I feel fairly confident in saying that number is vastly under-inflated.