My Story
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At the age of 33, following a period of consistent and continued stress and worry at home and in work, I developed Generalised Anxiety Disorder.
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I didn’t just wake up one morning and have an anxiety problem - it crept up on me slowly and gradually as the worries in my life began to occupy more and more of my mind.
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I had a good life and considered myself to be happy – but anxiety crept in anyway.
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It started with some strange symptoms – and as these symptoms progressed and I began to fear the way the symptoms made me feel – the anxiety became a problem.
It became – as the medical profession describes it – a disorder.
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I remained in the grips of anxiety for a number of years, which led me to unemployment, despair, hopelessness, and a trip to the emergency ward.
My life and mind were consumed with trying to escape the terrifying thoughts and feelings and scary symptoms that made each day almost unbearable.
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Anxiety can cause our mind and body to experience all sorts of strange and frightening things, and for me the most troubling symptoms were:
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insomnia,
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brain fog,
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dizziness,
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depersonalization,
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shaking hands,
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racing heart,
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relentless and scary thoughts,
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social anxiety,
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panic attacks,
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tingling and numbness in my body,
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anxiety related depression
Determined to find the joy in my life again, I spent time learning about my condition and how it affected my mind and body. I began to really understand why I remained trapped and why I had to approach my anxiety in a different way if I wanted to recover.
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By acquiring this knowledge, and using it to break my anxiety cycle, I was able to fully recover. After 5 years of suffering I was able to once again live a life that was no longer ruled by anxiety.
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​I have now transferred what I learned and how I applied it to my life into my book ‘I am Anxiety, which is designed to help others recover.
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