His fiance Janine Mullin wrote an instruction manual to help people know how to deal with her anxiety. This Is Me talks through Mullin's 15-year struggle with anxiety, which at its peak sees her shut down, unable to function. "People think my anxiety is me, but that's not the case," the 30-year-old New Plymouth woman said. "When I was studying at Educare Training I went home one night and thought while I'm feeling good I'm going to write down what I need people to do. It's taken Mullin a long time to accept the anxiety isn't going away, so she's found strategies to deal with it.

Source: Stuff December 06, 2019 17:26 UTC