“I’ve always suffered with anxiety. My Mum has told me the various things I used to do when I was a little girl due to it, most of which were probably a little odd to others eyes and not the behaviour of the average child.
When I was in Year Two my school teacher made me so anxious my Mum had to stay in my room every night until I fell asleep, so it’s always been something I’ve lived with in varying degrees since I’ve been small.
Most of my life through to my early 20s I muddled on with it, not really knowing what it was or understanding it fully. It wasn’t until my mid-twenties when it really hit and I had to face it and deal with it for what it was – debilitating.
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