This collection of stories is for all impacted by COVID-19 and serves as an archive of the experiences shared. The stories collected in this project are always the work and property of the storyteller. See our Storyteller Bill of Rights for more information.
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Theme = Mental Health/Wellbeing
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I am Win Win Maw, a dedicated individual who has called the United States home for more… -
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A mixed media art piece featuring torn paper with text fragments and smudged black… -
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I’m a pragmatic person. I like to get to the root of why things are the way they… -
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This is what it feels to be archived. Tucked away in the dusty basement in a filing… -
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I am a nonbinary physician of color. I actually worked for the state governmental COVID… -
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As the days went by, the symptoms of Covid-19 started to take their toll on my body. The… -
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Socrates said, “The secret to change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the… -
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I haven’t gotten COVID….yet. But it has changed my life, for worse AND for better. I… -
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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 led to significant changes in the … -
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The experiences and impacts of COVID-19 pandemic are ones that I will not forget very… -
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During the Covid-19 pandemic has been quite the rollercoaster ride. Not only do I have… -
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I am now 53 years old, and I am still working. I am Rohingya from Burma and have been… -
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Hello, My name is Max Mabry, and I am a recent graduate from the University of Oregon.… -
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English Translation Emily: Hello. This is Speaker 1. Emily Duru. And I’m joined… -
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I want to say the badness of this disease called Corona brought lots of problems to many… -
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I want to talk about Corona. It had never existed before and we don’t know what brought… -
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Summer 2021 was a time in the middle of the pandemic where many folks who could and … -
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The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2019 unleashed an unprecedented crisis… -
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As I write I am realizing how hard I have tried to unconsciously forget any of those two… -
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For me I was very scared because I was pregnant. I saw the way people were getting so… -
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The first time I heard about Covid-19, I thought it was the same as any flu that will be… -
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The traffic has come to a screeching halt, as it so often does during heatwaves. Portland… -
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The pandemic has been a difficult, dramatic time for so many of us, for so many… -
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In the beginning of COVID, there were two things I feared: the disease itself and the… -
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We had a problem with COVID the whole year. We had sick people and the company was closed… -
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Illustration of a white presenting person with long dark brown hair wearing a black… -
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Outside of my windows live trees They continue as Seasons march on with vibrancy of… -
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Covid19 has been on everyone’s mind since it began. It has halted activities, outings,… -
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As an immune compromised disabled person, the possibility of getting COVID-19 was … -
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“After two years of near monastic devotion to safety, my girlfriend of eight years… -
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My name is Adriana. I was an essential worker. I worked in healthcare as a medication… -
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¿Alguna vez has sentido miedo de enfrentarte a lo desconocido? Creo que la mayoría… -
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A surreal painting depicts a room with disoriented perspectives. A figure lies on a bed… -
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Empecé como voluntaria en una organización sin fines de lucro y sin darme cuenta… -
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Haciendo limpieza en casa y junto con mil documentos que intentó desechar descubro… -
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Muchos fuimos los afectados por la pandemia de Covid-19 pero en esta ocasión quiero… -
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We did not know where this disease came from. We never knew if we would die or not. -
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Sometimes Long Covid seems like it never ends, and maybe sometimes it doesn’t. Now…