Long COVID’s mental health toll is significant, with psychiatric symptoms frequently driving patients to seek care. Current evidence identifies depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sleep disturbances, and cognitive deficits as prevalent, affecting 20–40% of Long COVID patients.

Unlike brain fog, which is often linked to fatigue or medical conditions, dissociation can involve a perceptual and emotional disconnect.

Brain fog is a term for a cluster of symptoms including mental fatigue, poor concentration, and memory difficulties, often leaving su