My own stress and anxiety patterns have been continual temporary occurrences throughout my own life. The top factors that contributed to my stress and anxiety patterns have been trying to fit in at school through my early childhood, adapting to change through early childhood and adolescence, coping through school life right throughout Kindergarten to Year 12 but what is the simple downfall to this very subject has been to worry about the simple things like allowing myself to be distracted through my daily routine and allowing myself to worry when the going gets tough when it isn’t as bad as it seems!

I have a background living with mild Cerebral Palsy and suffering Epilepsy. Back in my early childhood I would get anxious and stressed would be worrying about when my next seizure would hit. I really hated and despised kids at school for discriminating against my physical differences, it would upset me a lot. Growing up, my seizure patterns were under control and the constant physiotherapy helped. I was a solid student at school and always tried my best. There were times I’d allow myself to be disrupt my usual routine: paying attention to the wrong details, worrying about simple things that I shouldn’t be focusing on, and feeling guilty about something I were suppose to do but choose to leave until later.

Not knowing how to balance my work and personal life, and allowing myself to over commit has caused me to seriously burn out (to the point where I’m reduced to ashes). I will say in short that it’s a situation I never want to face up to again! I’ve had to take control of my life while I was very young. It makes such a big difference knowing how I tick. To know what works for me and what doesn’t. I have found great pleasure in ‘switching on when necessary- and chilling out when the time comes’.