T: Okay, you also said this was a bit new. When does it feel like things have changed? C: I probably ... probably a couple, maybe six weeks ago ... but I see that as quite recent, when I would actually ... I’d get symptoms of, not exactly panic ... I don’t have a panic attack, but I can feel a rising sort of panic here (holds chest)… T: In your chest… C: Yeah, yeah, and then that can feel, can end up feeling a bit sort of nauseous there and having to really sort of breathe to just sort of calm down. Er, I’m not quite feeling that at the moment… T: Okay. C: But that happened, as I say, probably about six weeks ago, it happened for a couple of weeks and then just kind of levelled off again. And that was the first time I’ve ever experienced that. T: Okay, do you remember that very first time? C: I’m having difficulty remembering the very time. T: Okay, is there a time that comes to mind? C: I can of a time that’s representative of that. It might have been the first time. T: Okay, what came to mind? C: Er, feeling overwhelmed I think. Just being aware of the fact that I needed to go and do things, and some of the things were maybe things that I’d put off. And just feeling, just feeling as if there was, overwhelmed, too much going on. And yet when I sat down and tried to work it out, because I like to be able to do that, I like to be able to say 'this is connected to this', when I tried to put my finger on was there one specific thing, I couldn’t do that, there was a collection of small things which, when I looked at them each in turn… T: They were all manageable. C: they were all manageable but the collective seemed to be a bit overwhelming really. … T: Okay. Okay. And these things that felt overwhelming were they all placed, you know, to do with one aspect of your life or is this a kind of general…
T: Okay, you also said this was a bit new. When does it feel like things have changed? C: I probably ... probably a couple, maybe six weeks ago ... but I see that as quite recent, when I would actually ... I’d get symptoms of, not exactly panic ... I don’t have a panic attack, but I can feel a rising sort of panic here (holds chest)… T: In your chest… C: Yeah, yeah, and then that can feel, can end up feeling a bit sort of nauseous there and having to really sort of breathe to just sort of calm down. Er, I’m not quite feeling that at the moment… T: Okay. C: But that happened, as I say, probably about six weeks ago, it happened for a couple of weeks and then just kind of levelled off again. And that was the first time I’ve ever experienced that. T: Okay, do you remember that very first time? C: I’m having difficulty remembering the very time. T: Okay, is there a time that comes to mind? C: I can of a time that’s representative of that. It might have been the first time. T: Okay, what came to mind? C: Er, feeling overwhelmed I think. Just being aware of the fact that I needed to go and do things, and some of the things were maybe things that I’d put off. And just feeling, just feeling as if there was, overwhelmed, too much going on. And yet when I sat down and tried to work it out, because I like to be able to do that, I like to be able to say 'this is connected to this', when I tried to put my finger on was there one specific thing, I couldn’t do that, there was a collection of small things which, when I looked at them each in turn… T: They were all manageable. C: … they were all manageable but the collective seemed to be a bit overwhelming really. T: Okay. Okay. And these things that felt overwhelming were they all placed, you know, to do with one aspect of your life or is this a kind of general…
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