The Anxious Thirty Something

 Well here goes, I am a thirty something woman from Manchester. I have anxiety and depression and hope that writing my feelings as a blog will help to clear some of my thoughts.  I work with children who havent had the best start in life as a 121 and love my job but at the same time my job and what I have to deal with on the daily is adding to my anxiety.  I am currently off due to my anxiety and waiting on counselling (!) from my GP, I have been able to access some from work but one session isnt going to cut it is it.  I have support from my family and friends and luckily my work are just incredible.  So lets start with today, I actually went swimming on my own this morning and it was just so calming and the feel of the water washing over me really settled my anxiety. I have always been a bit of a water baby and love to be in or near the sea whenever possible.  I did have a membership for the gym but I will cancel that in favour of the swimming instead. I ...