Anxiety

If you have felt anxious for a long time or you’re frequently anxious, you may experience additional effects in your mind and body, such as:

*problems sleeping
*depression
*lowered immune system, which might make you more susceptible to certain physical illnesses
*smoking or drinking a lot, or misusing drugs to cope
*a change in your sex drive

You might also have difficulty with everyday aspects your of life, such as:

*holding down a job
*developing or maintaining relationships
*simply enjoying your leisure time

www.mind.org.uk
www.anxietyuk.org.uk

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This album collects a series of works I recorded whilst dealing with particularly heightened states of Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The final piece is a field recording of a blackbird singing, my favourite sound and the one thing that has helped me distance myself from intrusive thoughts.

The initial album was scrapped in early 2015 due to intrusive thoughts about the quality of my music, and I released a few of the tracks as an EP. I have more recently returned to the material and constructed an approximation of how the album would have sounded. It is missing one intended piece, 'Don't Fall Asleep', which was released on my 2021 album All Roads Lead to Polesworth.

released May 4, 2015