Dr Arjun's anxiety recovery

When we met Arjun

Arjun was at uni training to be a doctor when his social anxiety started to become too much to bear. He was having panic attacks often, felt overwhelmed, and started to drink alcohol and take drugs as a way to cope with things.

This has a big impact on his uni work, and meant his attendance and grades took a dip.

After getting help from his community mental health team, he saw a psychiatrist at Baird House, who referred him to come and see our team at PSS Wellbeing Centres.

Arjun's wellbeing plan

Annie from our PSS Wellbeing Centres team sat down with Arjun and did some assessments to see how he was feeling and what may have been leading to his social anxiety. Together, they made a wellbeing plan designed especially for Arjun. He wanted to learn ways to manage his anxiety, and find new techniques to help him relax. 

Annie suggested he came along to six anxiety management sessions at our Umbrella Centre in Liverpool. On our anxiety course, he learned what his anxiety triggers were, how to recognise anxiety and the tools and techniques for how to relax.

 Five months later, we sat down with Arjun to do another assessment and see how he was getting on. Arjun told us that the course helped him feel much more optimistic about the future, deal better with problems and think more clearly, and his anxiety had massively improved.

Arjun then left our service and dropped us a line to let us know how he's getting on. The great news is, he's since graduated and is doing brilliantly.