Summary
As a bright adventurous 16 year-old, Angela Tilley was thrilled to get a job in a busy London office. But after a year's unwanted attention from one of her co-workers, attention that today we would call stalking, she started having panic attacks on the way to work. The attacks became a debilitating daily occurrence, leaving her mentally and physically exhausted. Her courage in pushing back against her fears, forging a career and having a family came at a huge personal cost. But one seemingly innocuous purchase was about to change her life forever.
Angela tells Dr Sian Williams about how she overcame her challenges and how she managed to stop her phobia defining her life. Producer: Tom Alban
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| 0:00.0 | Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy. |
| 0:05.1 | My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC. |
| 0:08.7 | It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, |
| 0:13.5 | moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous. |
| 0:19.1 | And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music |
| 0:21.7 | means we can tell those stories like no one else. |
| 0:24.5 | We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative. |
| 0:28.6 | So whether you want an insightful take on music right now |
| 0:31.3 | or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music, |
| 0:36.1 | check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:39.9 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:43.8 | You're about to listen to the latest series of Life-changing. |
| 0:47.8 | Episodes will be released weekly wherever you get your podcasts, but if you're in the UK, |
| 0:52.6 | you can listen to the latest episodes first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:58.5 | Hello, I wonder whether you've ever felt a rising sense of panic. |
| 1:03.9 | That feeling when you think you might have left the oven on, or you're late for an important meeting, |
| 1:08.5 | or you're told to give a presentation at the last minute. |
| 1:11.5 | Your heart beats faster. Your hands get sweaty. Your thoughts become jumbled. |
| 1:17.9 | Panic is a normal response to something threatening, and usually temporary for most of us. |
| 1:24.8 | Not for Angela. Something happened at work to Angela, which affected her not just in the short term, but for more than three decades. And it was a rather unusual decision that helped start to shift it. She's here. Hello. Hello, Bill. Thank you so much for writing to us and also for coming into the studio because I know that presents a number of challenges for you. |
| 1:49.4 | Yeah, absolutely. |
| 1:50.2 | Which we'll talk about in a sec. |
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