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Surviving COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, doesn't just mean enduring a physical battle, but often a psychological and emotional one. Some patients and survivors say the experience has triggered panic attacks and debilitating anxiety for the first time. Psychologists say people with serious COVID-19 cases may be at risk for long-term mental health consequences like post-ICU syndrome or medical post-traumatic stress disorder. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. If there was one thing Deborah Tahlman didn't want to do, it was cry. The 38-year-old in Ostrander, Ohio, had COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. She also had the debilitating fatigue and difficulty breathing that can come with it. Crying, she knew, would be a physical feat. So of course, she broke down. She cried "ugly tears." Twice. At a certain point, she told Business Insider, "I couldn't not cry." Tahlman, a professional pinball player, believes she contracted the virus at her sport's international championship in early March. Though she couldn't get a test, clinicians at the urgent care clinic told her she was a presumptive positive. She experienced a racing heart, fever, and utter exhaustion. Typically a person with great blood pressure and a healthy heart rate, going up the stairs became "straight dangerous," she said, and required breaks. A few times, she felt like she was having a heart attack. She constantly felt like she couldn't suck in enough oxygen.