Main content

The Great Escape

A traumatic experience at work left teenage Angela Tilley with a lifetime of agoraphobia, until she and her husband found a way to begin escaping her relentless panic attacks.

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

Available now

29 minutes

Last on

Fri 9 May 2025 16:30

Featured

  • .

Broadcasts

  • Wed 7 May 2025 09:00
  • Fri 9 May 2025 16:30

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Action Line

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Action Line

Information and support for issues covered in Life Changing.

Podcast