Best foot forward, but which is it???

Been feeling lousy today but as my driving test is soon I didn't cancel todays driving lesson. I managed to cope with the lesson and didn't allow mistakes get to me too much. Though I don't think it is normal it get in after an hours driving lesson and to be sweating as much as I am. This is down to the anxiety of not feeling well, being out and driving.

One of the reasons I write this blog is so that people can see that anxiety disorders and depression can happen to anyone. This point is very relevant at the moment as last week my psychiatrist phoned me to ask if he could use my case study in a lecture he is giving to soem medical students, these are students who have already done one degree and have switched to doing a medical degree once they finished. He wanted to use my case study to illustrate that anyone can have an anxiety disorder, no matter who you are or what your background is. I didn't hesitate to give my permission as I really feel it is important that we all realise that it can happen to anyone at anytime. In just a four year period of my life, I spent 4 months volunteering in South Africa, did my degree, visited NY on my own and spent 3 weeks in San Francisco again on my own, to now when going out through my front door is an ordeal. There is no way we can tell who will become mentally ill or when it might happen.