I really hope someone can help me.

For most of my life I've suffered with anxiety and depression - it's stopped me from doing lots of things and now I've got to the point where I have no ambitions in life. Anxiety makes me think that if I don't worry about something bad happening, something bad will happen. This means that for the last 12 months I have been in a permanent state of fear about being ill - I've caused myself no end of pain and I suffer from IBS, TMJ syndrome etc.

I cannot even think of getting in a car, train (or God forbid) a plane without thinking the worst. I manage but I really feel life is passing me by.

I worry constantly about my health - I shook with fear this week because I thought I'd got to go to the Dentist. (In fact I think I have been grinding my teeth in the night).

Is this really all down to anxiety - it's truly stealing my life.:(