I spent four weeks as a Traitor in my office and almost lost my mind | Ed Campbell

After a colleague had the bright idea of a workplace version of the hit BBC show, I lied and cheated with impunity. Then the strain began to show

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here aren’t many people who understand the stress that the celebrity Traitors Cat Burns and Alan Carr have been feeling as their stint wearing that famous green cloak draws to an end – but I do. I spent four weeks lying, cheating and murdering friends and colleagues in our office version of The Traitors.

I almost lost my mind.

Everyone watches The Traitors and sees the contestants, Traitors and Faithfuls alike, act irrationally and make poor decisions and thinks: “That wouldn’t be me. I’d be rational. I wouldn’t be Linda from series three, immediately giving the game away. I’d be Harry from series two, emotionally manipulating a girl with a colostomy bag.”