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Have you ever felt like you are walking on a tightrope?

Maybe you look around you and it seems as if there are some people who seem able to walk that tight rope so well, they seem steady and confident, they are practiced at balancing, they walk in the light.

I sat down with a friend, Chris, he had spoken openly earlier in the year about his struggle to overcome Body Dysmorphia Disorder throughout his teens and early adulthood.

Sometimes we find ourselves ‘in the doldrums’, spiritually it’s a place that’s feels flat, calm, a bit empty and quiet. We can find ourselves missing previous times of spiritual excitement, passion and adventure, it’s a hard place to navigate. What can we do to help ourselves whilst we wait for the wind to pick up again, how do we keep our strength up so we are ready to move forwards again when the time is right?

Maybe you are well acquainted with the feeling; perhaps panic attacks have somehow, somewhere become a regular part of your life. It may be that you have spent a late night or two googling “what does the bible say about panic attacks?” or “bible verses about panic attacks” in a bid to reconcile your very real faith and your very real experience of anxiety.

A poem by Holly Wilson