The colder months are already a challenge, writes . Add to that an all-encompassing fear of getting sick – as I have – and it ...

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Bethany said the phobia started off by her “shutting herself away”. She said: “I wouldn't open the curtains. I was more ...

What Is Anxiety? Anxiety is a feeling of fear, which everyone has from time to time, and an expression of your natural "fight ...