INTRODUCTION

Let me introduce myself.

My name is Paul David and At last a life is the story of my battle with anxiety.

I suffered from every aspect of the anxiety and panic disorder for 10 years, until I reached the point where I thought I could never recover. I would panic whenever I went out and suffered chronic anxiety until I could no longer function properly. I was constantly depressed, had no interest in life, suffered with depersonalisation which brought on feelings of unreality, to the point I thought I was going mad, thoughts raced around all day, making me feel locked in my own mind.

I just felt as if I was walking round in a dream while the world passed me by. I lost my job, many friends and, more importantly, it robbed me of my whole personality. What had happened to that once confident person who could enjoy life?

This is when I first went to see a doctor.  I remember that first meeting like it was yesterday, me sitting there talking at 100 miles an hour, thinking "I don't know what's wrong with me, but you're a doctor, just give me my magic pill and I will be on my way."  All I was told was to go on my way and take it easy. 

I did not want to take it easy.

I knew there was more to it than that, but if the doctor did not know what was wrong with me, then it must be serious. This was the start of 10 years of being seen by one doctor after another, one therapist after another, so called experts that just read from a medical manual and taught me nothing at all. In fact I never even got an explanation of what was wrong with me.

I spent more money than I care to remember on so called anxiety miracle cures. I tried every anxiety treatment available to me and nothing worked. If only I had known then what I know now, I could have saved myself all those years of suffering.

My own recovery from anxiety came because I was finally given the advice and support I needed, this was given to me by someone who actually knew about the subject and did not just read from a medical manual, he, like me had actually been through it. He understood what people like me were going through. With the help I received and my own studies, I was able to fully recover and become the person I am today. It was after my recovery that I decided I wanted to dedicate my life to helping others, this led to me spending years studying the whole subject of anxiety and panic and being able to realise the good information and discard all the bad.

Trust me when I say that everyone can recover, once they have received the right help, support and information.  I have spoken with many sufferers of anxiety around the world and far too many of them spent years like me going round in circles unable to find any answers to how they felt. As in my case, they feel the medical profession has failed them.

This is why I built the site and wrote my anxiety book on the subject so I could finally give these answers that people so crave.