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Creating a Supportive Community: Why I Launched a Groups Section for Mental Health Experiences
Mental health challenges can feel isolating. When anxiety or other mental health issues take hold, it’s easy to believe you are alone in your experience. That sense of isolation often makes coping harder. This is why I created a groups section on my website—to build a space where people can share their stories, find support, and connect with others facing similar struggles. The Need for Connection in Mental Health Living with anxiety disorders or other mental health condition

Claire Wortley
Mar 183 min read


Breaking an Anxiety Cycle.
“Within the cycle of anxiety, the joy of being alive is lost. Our world gets smaller and smaller.”
— Jennifer Shannon

Claire Wortley
May 1, 202411 min read


Do you have all the answers?
Let me take you back about 18 years. I was only a few years into a marriage and had relocated to Buckinghamshire. My friends and family...

Claire Wortley
Nov 19, 20225 min read


Breakdown = Breakdown?
How my car breaking down nearly led to a breakdown!

Claire Wortley
Sep 3, 20226 min read


Antidepressants or HRT? What has worked for me.
To be honest my description above is all I knew about the 'Change', that was until I started to feel like I no longer knew my own body...

Claire Wortley
Jun 24, 20214 min read


You say you are anxious but what are you actually afraid of?
(N.B suicide is mentioned in this blog) I was asked this question many times over the years and my answer was often the same. I don't...

Claire Wortley
Jan 27, 20204 min read


Panic Attack!
I would wake, and for the briefest of moments, feel OK until the onslaught of anxiety and panic would hit me like a runaway train.

Claire Wortley
Oct 6, 20194 min read


Mayhem....
I was standing in my kitchen realising that every part of me ached. My arms and legs felt like lead weights.

Claire Wortley
Feb 2, 20193 min read
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