Suzanne Harrington: I realise that coming back has been a terrible mistake 

Coming back from three months fannying around Thailand with your laptop feels like recovering from a brain injury. You have to relearn the basics from scratch
Suzanne Harrington: I realise that coming back has been a terrible mistake 

When you land at Gatwick, you cannot access a trolley without a pound coin. Unless you have a pound coin on your person — which is unlikely, if you have arrived exhausted in the middle of the night from Sydney or Shanghai or San Francisco — you will have to drag your luggage unaided across miles of airport floor. File picture

If coming back from a fortnight in the Med can give you the post-holiday blues, then coming back from three months fannying around Thailand with your laptop feels like recovering from a brain injury. 

You find yourself having to relearn basic skills from scratch. Like how to get dressed using long-forgotten items — socks, coats, jumpers. How to make your own bed. How to boil a kettle. How to do these things from your current position of crying under a blanket.

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