The Great Escape

Dr Sian Williams' guest on today's edition of Life Changing takes us into the often lonely and overwhelmingly anxious world of agoraphobia.
As a bright adventurous sixteen-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'd 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.
She talks to Sian about her challenges, and about the seemingly innocuous purchase that made a Life Changing difference, enabling her to stop her phobia defining her life.

Producer: Tom Alban