‘I quit my job over health anxiety – now life’s a bed of roses’

The business quickly took off and before long flowers “had taken over my kitchen” so she set her heart on opening her own shop.

She said she was in a “much better place” and loved being her own boss.

Despite a setback when she said the premises was broken into on 25 March and everything from her tools to her paint and paintbrushes were stolen, she is determined to carry on.

“It was devastating,” she said. “I’d saved up for months to buy the stuff.”

However, she said the response from the community had been “amazing” with some people donating tools to replace the ones taken.

“It shows good people outweighs the bad.”

She is aiming to hold well-being workshops in small numbers, such as make your own hat boxes, once she is settled in at her shop on Waterloo Road.

Dyson said she hoped the sessions could help others who have health anxiety.

“I couldn’t find any support when I got health anxiety that is why I started my TikTok account to raise awareness of it,” she said.

“I felt like I was losing my mind.

“I had no one to talk to about it but then I got so many messages from people saying my account made them feel less alone,” she added.