Living with Anxiety, Finding My Way Home

I’ve lived with anxiety and panic attacks for decades.

It started when I was working in corporate.

The pressure, the deadlines, the constant stress… it slowly built up inside me.

Later, I left to become a work-from-home mum.

For a while, things felt lighter.

The anxiety eased.

But life has a way of bringing new worries.

Some were dramatic problems with no resolution in sight…while some were small, nagging things that quietly wore me down every day.

And somehow, those weights felt heavier than anything else.

Then came 2020.

Lockdowns.

Being home 24/7.

No space to breathe.

That was when everything hit me the hardest.

Around the same time, perimenopause showed up too.

My body changed.

My emotions changed.

And the panic attacks became stronger than ever.

I realised something important —

if I didn’t protect my mental health, no one else could do it for me.

So I talked to my mum.

Every single day.

For months.

Slowly, I found the courage to choose something different.

I moved back to Ipoh.

Back to a quieter life.

Back to myself.

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