This is an interview with someone who has suffered with stress and anxiety.

Tony: How did you feel at the time you were stressed?

A: Physically, I felt on fire inside. I felt very, very trapped, but I felt scattered, all over the place. Couldn’t gather myself together. I felt extremely restless, couldn’t sit still, couldn’t sleep properly, not in control of my thoughts, not in control of a lot of my actions, not in control of my dietary needs. I was smoking a hell of a lot. I would flip from feeling very scared to feeling very apathetic to feeling to feeling very excited to feeling very empty, nervous, strong, lost, weak, together. Never long enough in one particular mood. It was just too much, it was all over the place. Very rushed inside, everything felt very, very rushed inside. Like something had to be done, something had to be done, something had to be done, but I couldn’t gather myself together to make sometimes even the smallest of decisions. Angry with the outside world and my own internal world. Sad. Tense. Very aware of the stress.

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The Stressed Mum's Unheard Cry For Help

It's February and my daughters party is looming ahead of me. It is actually in three weeks time but my mind is so consumed by this party you would think it is tomorrow. It is all I can think about, I make lists, lots and lots of lists about this day.

This I rationalise to myself will definitely make the day run smoothly. I spend hours and hours deliberating on every aspect of this day, what each member of my family will wear, what we will eat, drink, what we will eat off and drink out of.

What games will we play, where will we play them, how long will they last for, who will coordinate them. Who will do the make up, will they remember to call the names in the right order. Will this day run to my schedule?

Question after question is going around in my head.

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