Anxiety

I never really entertained the idea that exercise could help my mental health but what persuaded me to go for my first run was the motivation and inspiration from my community psychiatric nurse

I had completely lost my sense of self, my courage, my joy, my motivation and my pride. It was daily swimming in the sea that brought all that back.

What happens when you incorporate running into a psychotherapy session? Read our interview with the founder of Dynamic Running Therapy

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