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Living with Severe Anxiety
This is something I didn’t really want to write about, but it is an important topic that affects many people and something I have dealt with on and off for most of my adult life.
It struck me very recently when I had to do a routine medical check and all my fears and severe anxiety came flooding back with a vengeance. I was just going about my normal happy-go-lucky, joking life and suddenly one letter changed everything, and I was back in this dark world of despair.
I haven’t had it for several years, but it is always there waiting to bite you on the bum.
The main issue is that I didn’t tackle it at an earlier age which has made the problem far worse when it strikes at this period of my life.
Initially, I thought my anxiety was just certain phobias like claustrophobia and flying so to tackle it I drank alcohol to try and subdue and cope with it. As we all know that is the completely wrong solution and makes it far worse.
Now certain things trigger it and when it comes it is worse than ever. I have taken various counselling over the years, but it still hasn’t really cured the problem.
Whether turning sixty and our dear Queen passing away the day of my birthday hit me harder than I thought, I simply don’t know. You never know whether it is something from childhood or just…
