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Claire Wortley

Breaking an Anxiety Cycle.

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

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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...

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Breakdown = Breakdown?

How my car breaking down nearly led to a breakdown!

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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...

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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...

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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.

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Mayhem....

I was standing in my kitchen realising that every part of me ached. My arms and legs felt like lead weights. My back had no strength to...