Molly Young: Insanity can keep you sane during Covid-19 lockdown

I ate a meal without using my hands or any utensils, like a dog, just to see what it was like. (Sloppy, as I expected,) writes Molly Young

Shaking up some of your normal habits during lockdown can have its benefits. Picture: Daria Shevtsova via Pexels.

If you can’t live normally, why not find little harebrained ways to warp reality? writes Molly Young

My quarantine has been ... fine. I was able to get out of the city; I don’t have the virus; I’ve lost some work, but not all of it; and just under 17% of my immediate family members have fallen seriously ill. I’ve made out beautifully, and I feel terribly unhappy: a pair of conditions that are tough to either reconcile or deny.