Thank you, Kimmy. With this all seeming so strange to me, it's good to know I'm not the only one. I don't have anyone in 3D that I can ask about what is "usual" so sometimes (OK, a lot of the time) I am confused about what I am experiencing and where I fit in. I guess I just have to go with the flow. You're right, though, it does feel different and somewhat uncomfortable. Lonely too, which, when their very presence has been disturbing at times, is in itself odd...

As to how I'm doing, I'm all over the place. One minute I feel fine and forget alla bout the mental stuff; the next I'm in tears and a wreck. Have had some huge triggers come up in unexpected places, which has left me feeling very nervous. At the moment I'm working on telling myself I don't need to be nervous or anxious, because that is the case most of the time. I might be able to convince myself more of that after Friday when I will have seen the psychologist for the first time, and have started the half term break (even if I do have to write over 150 reports on pupils I teach).

Thank you.