Tenille, 18, SA

My paranoia caused mini panic attacks and almost lost me my boyfriend.

I've been with my boyfriend for over a year now and it's been great. But, for a while there, it wasn't. I suffer from extreme paranoia and it almost destroyed my life. I was paranoid that once he cheated on me, that he was doing things behnd my back and i once thought that he was going to get shot throgh my bedroom window.

We would fight alot about the things i 'thought' he was doing and one day things got so intense in one of our fights that all i could do was yell, scream and hit my bed because iit felt like the only thing i could do anymore. My boyfriend had to hold me down and calm me down. He would say random words like giraffe, cupboard, juice etc. I had to repeat these words until i calmed down. Then, he recommended i see headspace.

He stayed with me, after everything i put him through and i am still with him today. I'm extremely grateful for his support along with the help from headspace, otherwise things would have only gotten worse.