Louise O'Neill: There is so much fear in the air and it is difficult not to internalise it

I hadn’t written in my diary since February 29 and re-reading that entry was like falling down a portal into another world, another lifetime, writes Louise O'Neill

I’ve kept a diary since I was eight years old. The first one had a white laminate cover with a lilac and pink floral pattern, and I would begin each entry with ‘Dear Kitty’. (Yes, I had just read The Diary of Anne Frank).