Anxiety

Waking up the morning after this anxiety attack the last thing I wanted to do was climb a 3560ft mountain

I’m standing at the start of the Edinburgh Marathon feeling like a bit of a fraud. Trying to be something I’m not. Who am I to think I can run a marathon?

We spoke to Jess, founder of RunTalkRun, about the community running group and her own struggles with bulimia, anxiety and depression

I experienced my first panic attack in my twenties leading to issues with alcohol and depression. Now I am a fitness instructor using exercise to cope with my mental health battles.

Seven years ago my anxiety was off the scale and suicidal thoughts were coming regularly. Now I have rediscovered exercise and the positive effects have been immense

Some of my triathlon training is done with a very close group of friends, who know I’ve been ill, so they let me offload. Exercising socially has been a huge distraction and in fact great therapy

Despite suffering permanent injuries from a road accident, Stephen Peel decided to fulfill his dream and cycle solo around the world