When anxiety was taking over my life, you helped me through

DEAR DEIDRE: Anxiety left me with toilet troubles, which made me too anxious to go out.

I was terrified I’d have an accident in public and if I had to go anywhere, I’d take some Imodium first.

I’m 28. I lost my job and then had a breakdown, which left me with severe anxiety and tummy problems.

Life felt very bleak. I couldn’t see how I’d ever be able to return to work or have another relationship.

You told me I needed to deal with the root cause of my anxieties, rather than taking Imodium for physical symptoms - which wouldn’t be good for me long term as it can cause heart problems.

Get in touch with the Dear Deidre team

Every problem gets a personal reply from one of our trained counsellors.

Fill out and submit our easy-to-use and confidential form and the Dear Deidre team will get back to you.

You can also send a private message on the DearDeidreOfficial Facebook page or email us at:

deardeidre@the-sun.co.uk

You suggested I ask my GP to refer me for counselling, and gave me your support packs about Anxiety and Finding Work.

Your support packs were so helpful.

I took your advice about stopping the Imodium and started to tackle my anxiety, making myself take small journeys until it felt less frightening to be out.

I’ve now even had a few job interviews and feel like I’m getting back to being myself again.