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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Donna Lu

‘Role overload’: the mental health burden of being a woman

Virginia Richards
Virginia Richards says for months she reached out for help with her mental health during the pandemic but was knocked back. Photograph: Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake for The Guardian

Virginia Richards has always been proactive about her mental health. But the pandemic – and years of juggling paid work and responsibilities at home – have taken their toll.

In 2021 she suffered a relapse of her anxiety, depression and complex post-traumatic stress disorder, which she had developed years earlier after being glassed in the face at work. She was on a waiting list for six months before getting in to see a psychiatrist.

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