Tunnel of my Mind | Mental Health, Anxiety, Social Anxiety Disorder, CBT, Stigma
Latest Episodes
029 Discrimination in mental health services
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
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
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:Â Good morning everyone. It's bright and early on Monday morning. And today I start
026 The First Weekly Episode
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
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
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
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
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
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
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