Former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman says that, as a young woman, being left alone triggered panic attacks so intense she believed she would die. In her account, she describes how the experience affected her life during early periods of living by herself.
Shulman later reflects on time away from others and how she approaches solitude differently now. She says it has been years since she lived alone, and points to her first experience doing so in the first flat she bought, including the circumstances of purchasing a London home when she was about 27 and mortgages were available.
The two provided excerpts from the Daily Mail focus on her personal history and coping rather than on any specific policy or external event. Both versions reiterate the same core details: panic attacks while alone and her later change in perspective, anchored by the milestone of moving into her first purchased flat.
