Tunnel of my Mind | Mental Health, Anxiety, Social Anxiety Disorder, CBT, Stigma

Tunnel of my Mind | Mental Health, Anxiety, Social Anxiety Disorder, CBT, Stigma


Latest Episodes

029 Discrimination in mental health services
April 23, 2014

In this week's episode I talk about facing discrimination mental health services, and I am not alone. I also talk about Time to Change, England's leading campaign to challenge mental health stigma and discrimination. *SPOILER ALERT* below is the transcri

028 A relaxing weekend
April 16, 2014

This week I talk about having to present to my new work colleagues, my fears and why I'm feeling anxious about it. I also talk more about the changes my therapist wants me to make, and why I don't feel I can. Finally, I talk about a lovely, relaxing weeke

027 Switching off my internal monologue
April 09, 2014

In this week's episode I talk about starting a new job, and a two hour session with my therapist. *SPOILER ALERT* The following is a transcript of the episode. Part 1:  Good morning everyone. It's bright and early on Monday morning. And today I start

026 The First Weekly Episode
April 02, 2014

It's my first episode back, and there's been a few changes. I have new theme music, and am switching to a weekly schedule.  *SPOILER ALERT* What lies below is a transcript of this episode. Hey everyone, it feels good to be back behind the microphone a

025 The anxiety of redundancy
February 08, 2014

Just when I thought things couldn't get worse, they hit me. with it: I'm being made redundant. Today, I talk about how I'm feeling after receiving this news.

024 Fitness and Mental Health
February 03, 2014

I feel I've reached the bottom. I can feel my mental health slipping away and I know the reason why. Physical and mental health are heavily interlinked, and in my case I can see the signs. Today I'm going to talk about the challenges of maintaining fitnes

023 The Leamington Behavioural Experiment
January 27, 2014

In today's episode I talk about a behavioural experiment I carried out as part of my Cognitive Therapy. I share my scary experience. I’m going to start writing more in-dept posts to accompany my podcast episodes. If you don't want to see the spoile

022 The Anxiety of Confrontation
January 25, 2014

In today's episode I'm going to talk about something I've found upsetting, and which has caused me to show a rare splash of anger. I'm going to start writing more in-dept posts to accompany my podcast episodes. To avoid spoilers, you can scroll down

021 My first Mindfulness experience
January 22, 2014

Yesterday I had my first session of Mindfulness meditation at the office. In today's episode I talk through my experience of Mindfulness, and a strange sickly feeling. Make sure you find out the latest about my journey with anxiety on Twitter. You

020 Cognitive Therapy experiments
January 21, 2014

Tonight I had a long webchat with my therapist. During this we completed two experiments where I had to talk with a stranger. First time round I had to focus on my safety behaviours; second trying not to use my safety behaviours. In today's episode I talk