Panic Attack

How I finally tackled my crippling anxiety during a Sri Lankan breathing retreat

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Adam Turner (left) at Sen Wellness in Sri Lanka’s Rekawa Nature Reserve Out of nowhere the thought of dying came into my head and wouldn’t go away. Shivering and breathing heavier than acceptable in a room full of meditating strangers, I opened my eyes to suppress a full-blown panic attack. Overhead, nine Brahmin kite eagles … Read more

Lenny Pidgeley won the League Cup with Chelsea – three years later he contemplated suicide

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Pidgeley now runs his own landscaping business: Heathcliff O’Malley for The Telegraph Less than three years after taking center stage at Chelsea’s 2005 League Cup celebrations, Lenny Pidgeley was locked in a toilet at Elland Road, paralyzed by fear. A few weeks earlier, Pidgeley – covered by his sheets and with the curtains drawn – … Read more