I ask the jury to return a verdict of GUILTY! Anxiety, that familiar and much dreaded Bully, played havoc with my nerves all day, reminding me of how hard everything used to be. A reference on television, radio or an article in a newspaper about a person being deliberately injured or killed would send me into a nightmare of conjecture.

Let the feelings of relaxation spread throughout your body. Instead of believing the thoughts you will come to understand that they are generated by your Anxiety. The road to recovery seems to stretch for miles and involve many twists, turns and side turnings. I was frantic with fear at this terrible thought . If you have been sding all your time in the armchair, locked into Anxiety, then start by walking about the room a little at regular intervals. If you make a conscious effort to find positive and enjoyable experiences you can start to turn this around. Breathing More about breathing - physical Your lungs are inside your ribcage, and there is a whole network of muscles that help you with the movements that will expand and contract your lungs. If you can learn to release your feelings instead of suppressing them you will find it helps the recovery process, and also helps stop the Anxiety from coming back once you have recovered. Other type (such as situations that might lead to illness, choking, vomiting). Repeat your goals Try to do each goal more than once. If you find it hard to shift these entrenched beliefs on your own, use your support system to do more work on your thinking. They must give you their time and attention - its no use at all if the helper on the supermarket ladder thinks they are going to do their own shopping at the same time. Effects of anxiety Now examine each aspect of your life and decide how Anxiety affects it - use your notebook and work through each of the headings on the previous page. How hard is it to face every day knowing that you might have a panic attack, or that your phobia will haunt you, or your OCD will dominate every moment? Work out why bedtime causes arguments, and try to make it more enjoyable. Set your goals Use the checklist below to assess your exposure to various drugs. seeing things from a different angle, trying not to be hard on myself, giving myself some leeway. I have tried to change my mindset. This is simply not the case. Even someone whose Anxiety has become this bad can start a recovery programme - there is no situation so bad that it cant be turned round by slow steady repeated steps towards carefully chosen goals. Im not aware of doing this but I may be subconsciously doing it. On the whole I dont have a negative mindset but I do sometimes overestimate the chances of something bad haping.