The Planet Is On Fire and We’re Just Chilling Out: Mental Illness and the Coronavirus Crisis

Conor Bezane
4 min readApr 11, 2020

It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.

— R.E.M.

Deaths are piling up exponentially throughout the globe. Most of the country is on lockdown. And many of us are experiencing extreme claustrophobia and high anxiety. But a cohort of mentally ill Americans are doin’…

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Conor Bezane

Conor Bezane covers mental health and pop culture. He’s wriitten for MTV News, WebMD, VICE, and more. Conor’s memoir The Bipolar Addict is out now on Amazon.