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

Why I’m going to stop podcasting
September 27, 2014

I've reached the point where I've taken the difficult decision to stop podcasting.   Follow my journey with anxiety on Twitter, or subscribe to receive the latest episodes: All shows (iTunes / Stitcher Smart Radio / Spreaker / RSS) Anxiety Quick

047 Networking at conferences anxiety
September 03, 2014

This week I've returned to behavioural experiments. I've been to a conference and have left my safety behaviours behind - at least I tried to! How did I get on? Listen to the show or read the transcript below to find out. Networking at conferences anxie

046 3 Steps to reprogram old memories
August 27, 2014

In this week's episode I talk about reaching the end of my CBT treatment and set out a three-step plan to reprogram old memories. Post-treatment review I talk about how my anxiety has improved over the course of the treatment, but how I've still got wor

045 What is CBT?
August 20, 2014

This post is the audio of Episode 45 of The Tunnel of my Mind. Read the transcript here. Welcome to the first episode in this series about cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT. In this series I'm looking to talk about cognitive behavioural therapy fro

044 Robin Williams suicide [Trigger Warning]
August 13, 2014

This week we heard the sad news that Robin Williams had passed away. I spent a long time thinking about whether I would post this episode. In the end I decided I would. Hearing what people said as a result of Robin Williams suicide shows us how much work

043 Dealing with past memories
August 06, 2014

This week I've had the second post-treatment follow-up with my therapist. One of the main things we discussed was dealing with past memories. Dealing with old memories In this episode I talk about: how past memories trigger anxiety which old memories

042 First date result
July 30, 2014

In last week's episode I talked about my first date nerves, how I was worrying about a variety of things: how I looked, what I would say, etc. This week I bring you an update on how it went. First date result This week I share my first date result. I ta

041 First date nerves
July 23, 2014

In this week's episode I talk about my first date nerves. First date nerves This week's episode is about dating, and the first date nerves I'm currently suffering with: worries about what I say worries about what I wear what I need to do to survive

040 A new mental health project
July 16, 2014

This week I introduce a new project that I'll be working on. A new mental health project There's a lot of information about Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on the internet, but most of this is written by therapists. I want to take a different view, and ta

039 What is a panic attack?
July 09, 2014

This week I had a panic attack, so I thought I'd do an episode explaining what a panic attack is. So if you are wondering, what is a panic attack? then this episode is for you! What is a panic attack? In this episode I talk about: what is a panic at