Harriet was assaulted by a woman and had never processed the specific impact that it had on her. She says that "the internalised homophobia [Harriet is bisexual], the shame and the loneliness of what felt at the time like a rare or even unique experience" made her feel adrift. These feelings returned in lockdown, and she wonders "if somehow the isolation of the last few months" has brought back the isolation she felt in the aftermath of the assault. "Whatever it was, it has been playing on my mind," she explains.