I have been a member of No Panic for 11 years and I have been helped a lot from the helpliners, I have been on a telephone recovery group and had telephone mentoring which helped me a great deal. I have come a long way with the support from No Panic. My Anxiety and OCD are getting a lot better, I would say that I am a recovering anxiety sufferer and I have just completed the training to become a helpliner, I started my first shift on the help line in December, I am very proud at what I have achieved and my next big challenge is to learn to drive in January, that will be a big goal because I have got Cerebral Palsy, but I will not let my Disability stop me from doing it I will get there. It might take me a bit longer to do it, I am not going to put a time scale on it, a good thing about myself, I never give up, I am not going to start now.
I want to say a big thank you to Lynne for training me to become a help-liner; she has got a lot of patience. I want to thank Sandra for being my mentor and Shelia for helping me with my OCD on the recovery group. I have appreciated all the help that I have had from No Panic and I have made many big steps which I thought that I would never achieve – I have surprised myself. To No Panic thank you for helping me there is now light out of the end of that dark tunnel, even though it has been a long journey. Many thanks again.

Jayne