Anxiety & Me
I never thought I would have to worry about anxiety. Stress and depression happened to other people. I'd seen it affect others but nope, not me. I was working in a high-pressure environment which l loved and I was completely ‘together”. But after my brain haemorrhage in 2013, I started suffering really bad anxiety. To be honest, I defy anyone to go through what I did with a young family and come out the other end feeling completely fine. There are no two ways about it. The haemorrhage I suffered was BIG and I am incredibly lucky to be alive. In fact I very nearly died and for six months afterwards I had to live with the fear (and trust me, I was terrified) that I could have another bleed without any notice and die. That was until I chose (!) to have another (I’d already had several) very big and very scary brain surgery where there was a substantial risk of death or further injury. As a mother to two young children, I spent the whole time trying to be brav