susan spencer reports. >> reporter: when it comes to wearing a mask seattle writer wendy sparrow was way ahead of the curve. >> i have been wearing a mask during flu season and allergy season for years. people would look at me when i would walk into a store and they would stare at me. >> reporter: masks and hand sanitizer, both part of her lifelong mental health battle with ocd or obsessive compulsive disorder. >> i plan for all of the worst things that can happen. i have first aid kits everywhere, multiple ones in my house. somebody could get their head lopped off and i could get it back on with the first aid kits. >> reporter: you describe suffering from contamination phobia. can you explain what that is? >> as far as germs go, i see somebody sneeze, i am okay with it. i don't go to haz-mat levels of cleaning unless someone is sick and i lose my mind. >> reporter: she has been accused of overreacting for as long as she can remember until covid-19 came along. >> one of my friends came online and commented to me how does it feel to have mask wearing normalized finally. i am like i am

susan spencer cuts the experts. >> reporter: from hoarding hand sanitizer to living in lockdown, theattle for our physical health is doing a number on our mental health. >> it is not few exaggerated to say this could be a second pandemic. >> a mental health pandemic? >> reporter: yeah. >> that's what a lot of us are expecting. all over the world. >> reporter: feeling a little anxious lately? ahead on sunday. ♪ >> pauley: david pogue watches the big move chess has made towards crowd appeal. lee cowan looks back on the life of sean connery. the very first james bond in the movies. mo rocca remembers a first lady whom many consider first among equals. faith salie meets a voter who puts no-shows to shame. plus major garrett and john dickerson on the campaign's final days. along with steve hartman and more on this sunday, the 1st of novembe november 2020. we'll be back in a moment. ♪ >> pauley: much of we humans may welcome any chance to sleep in. we're practically insomniacs compared to animals that hibernate. it is a curious phenomenon that is beginning to yield some of its secrets. her