“Feeling disconnected. The distance apart unravels my waking moments. Living far away from my family and friends was never easy. Even though it’s been over a decade of living in Malaysia, I don’t have any close friends! I used to travel but it wasn’t possible anymore due to the pandemic.It feels scary, all of a sudden I felt helpless and desperate. Many thoughts constantly raged in my mind. In the event, I was inadvertently exposed to the virus, my son practically has no one else here to care for him, as borders are shut down while my husband was stranded in the UK. I was feeling lonely, both emotionally and physically! Incarcerated by an unseen threat in the shadows of time. I struggled with daily choices in a sea of financial difficulties, each wave crashing down on the fragile cocoon of life I have woven so far. It all felt like a dream, and I felt like it’s all a dream. I could barely find my feet, maybe sinking into a bottomless pit of depersonalisation disorder. Waking up, there was only me, mirrors and a dream I was in!” Self-portrait by @seanan_and_mommy, 1st Prize winner of the KLPA Canon Malaysia Awards 2021. @klphotoawards #CanonMalaysia #KLPACanonMalaysiaAwards