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Panic attacks, depression lead to a rise in suicide among women in Japan during pandemic
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Panic attacks, depression lead to a rise in suicide among women in Japan during pandemicBy Motoko Rich and Hikari Hida, New York Times
Last Updated: Feb 26, 2021, 08:40 PM IST
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While the pandemic has been difficult for many in Japan, the pressures have been compounded for women.
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TOKYO: Not long after Japan ramped up its fight against the coronavirus last spring, Nazuna Hashimoto started suffering panic attacks. The gym in Osaka where she worked as a personal trainer suspended operations, and her friends were staying home at the recommendation of the government.
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Not long after Japan ramped up its fight against the coronavirus last spring, Nazuna Hashimoto started suffering panic attacks. The gym in Osaka where she worked as a personal trainer suspended operations, and her friends were staying home at the recommendation of the government.
Afraid to be alone, she would call her boyfriend of just a few months and ask him to come over. Even then, she was sometimes unable to stop crying. Her depression, which had been diagnosed earlier in the year, spiraled. “The world I was living in was already small,” she said. “But I felt it become smaller.”