The reason I mentioned the gym, Beanz is because Walrus has mentioned he is thinking about joining a gym. If you are thinking about joining a gym it suggests that you have a desire or need to exercise. It is just good for you, innit? When you are feeling dark thoughts, the first thing to do is think about exercise and then diet. The mind is a rotter, but the best way to help it is to make sure everything else is ticking over properly. There was an episode of Chatterjee where he helped a young girl with trauma and anxiety and it seemed to be about those things.

If people want to have kids then good for them, but I don't think that is the first thing you think of doing when dealing with feelings of impending doom. When I am feeling down I don't think 'I better go and make a baby'. If anything it would create a lot more stress. I cannot speak for Walrus, but part of my own anxiety is a lack of security. I work on temporary contracts and it's difficult to just get through life. Wages out here have stagnated for over a decade and things only seem to be going one way. The nature of what I do means this kind of permanent dislocation, a permanent discombobulation of the senses, a continual unease. Life is difficult. It's never easy.