PTSD Sufferer
When Peter Goodall took his new wife to meet his parents, back in Johannesburg (South Africa), robbers shot at Peter and tied up the family. It was only much later that Peter started suffering debilitating panic attacks and was diagnosed with PTSD. ‘I didn’t think I had it.’ Peter, an actor by trade, found solace at high altitude and decided to climb the seven highest peaks in the world for mental health charities. ‘Altitude is where being present is a prerequisite for survival.’
Writer, Lecturer and Activist Award-winning journalist Andrew Solomon always thought he was tough. But a series of losses, including the assisted suicide of his cancer-suffering mum, plunged him into a deep depression, which then morphed into ripping anxiety. ‘It was eating me alive.’ Driven to try and understand his condition, Solomon interviewed numerous fellow sufferers […]
Leading psychologist and high-performance coach Basketball giant John Amaechi OBE was for a long time widely known as the highest paid British sports star in the US. Born in the US and brought up in England, as a child he always felt different with ‘no one to turn to’. Braving a homophobic backlash, this self-described ‘extreme introvert’, courageously […]
Hypnotist He started out as a radio presenter, but when Londoner Paul McKenna interviewed a local hypnotist he was hooked. He bought a book and started hypnotizing friends in the pub for a laugh. Fast forward a few decades, and McKenna is a multi-millionaire best-selling author and international celebrity hypnotist. With book titles like I […]
