Simply Woman & Home

Exercise is the best medicine!

‘EXERCISE IS MY SAFE PLACE’

Karen Austin, 45, from Manchester, uses gym workouts, walking and yoga to ease her anxiety and depression

Anxiety and depression plagued me from the age of 10. One day at school, I had what I now realise was a panic attack. From then on, my childhood was ruled by the fear of going too far from home. It was a miserable existence. The only place I felt safe was at my dance class. I didn’t understand it then but my mind was focused on something I loved. Hindsight has taught me that dancing was

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