I first discovered the charity on a small notice board pinned to my GP’s wall in my early 20’s. I had just started the onset of rather serious GAD and I didn’t know what was wrong with me at the time.I felt like I had been lobotomised and someone else’s mind had replaced mine, that’s what anxiety, as you know, can feel like initially, if you don’t know what it is.
Whilst the GP was arranging for me to see a psychiatrist I took the number off the notice board and kept it.One day I was out and about in Watford and had a rather harsh panic, I ran into a phone box and called the helpline and they talked me down.
I vowed I would one day give back to such a selfless, kind and empathic charity.After some psychiatry and CBT work I recovered fully
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