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Glenn Rosborough says life has changed since he sought professional help for chronic anxiety<\/p>\n
A Londonderry-based singer-songwriter has spoken out about his struggles with anxiety and how it has affected all aspects of his life.<\/p>\n
Glenn Rosborough is a familiar face in the music scene in the north west and recently-played to a sell-out audience in Derry.<\/p>\n
But behind the scenes and the four walls of his own home, anxiety has been a darkness he found difficult to escape from.<\/p>\n
“Some days, my anxiety was so bad I could not leave the house,” said the 40-year-old.<\/p>\n
Glenn avoided seeking any help until last year when things seemed to spiral out of control after a car crash.<\/p>\n
That led to him making “the hardest decision” of his life by going into therapy. <\/p>\n
‘Could not live like this anymore’<\/p>\n
Glenn – who performs under the stage name Rosborough – hopes others who are suffering in silence – like he did for years – will seek help, too.<\/p>\n
Even though he has lived with the condition most of his life, things came to a head in recent times.<\/p>\n
“I was in a car crash about a year and a half ago, that completely shook me, family members were getting ill, and just the pressures of being a dad, being a husband and life were starting to build up to the point where I was getting constantly dizzy every day,” he told BBC Radio Foyle’s North West Today programme.<\/p>\n
“I was getting panic attacks, anxiety attacks and it was almost as if those anxiety attacks happened and they never switched off.<\/p>\n
“I was just scared, afraid and panicked all day.”<\/p>\n
That is when he decided he “could not live like this anymore”.<\/p>\n
Opening up to his family was the first step, followed “the very next day” by an appointment with the doctor before he finally found a therapist.<\/p>\n
He believes that is where his “healing journey” started.<\/p>\n
Good day and bad days <\/p>\n
Glenn said he spent much of his adult life “worried sick” and it was an achievement just to get to the end of the day. <\/p>\n
But he avoided seeking help for so long because of “the stigma” he believes is still attached to mental health issues.<\/p>\n
“If I walk around with a broke leg all day, you’d be straight into the hospital but when something that affects your life so much is inside your head, it was the most difficult thing I did in my life to go and say to a doctor that I wasn’t okay,” he said.<\/p>\n
After six or seven months of therapy, Glenn said he now feels his life is beginning to turn a corner.<\/p>\n
“I still get days where I cannot leave the house, I get days where I’m dizzy but I know what it is and I know how to get through it,” he said.<\/p>\n
“You’re not always going to be perfect, you’re going to have bad days and you’re going to have good days.”<\/p>\n
Glenn encouraged anyone experiencing anxiety or depression to reach out and talk to someone. <\/p>\n
“I was so blown away, people around me who I’ve known for years who are suffering from anxiety or depression, so talk to someone.”<\/p>\n