A guide to understanding anxiety and panic attacks, symptoms and treatment, based on my experiences. If you don't feel in the mood to read you can just sit back, press play and watch the video instead. I have suffered with an anxiety disorder nearly all of my life, it started as a young child, in fact I was so young when it started that I can't remember life without it. Now then, when I start to talk about anxiety people who haven't suffered with an anxiety disorder do not always understand the severity of it, as occasional anxiety is a normal part of life which most of us have experienced. Everyone feels anxious now and then. Feeling anxious about challenging events and situations or feeling threatened is common and totally normal. I am not talking about occasional anxiety today, I am talking about high anxiety when the beast takes hold of you and pulls you down mentally and physically. Instead of just writing a generic blog post about anxiety and how to manage...
“We need to shine the light on mental health and mental illness to help those who may be struggling to know they are not alone and to reduce the stigma which is still prevalent in our society today"