Enter Shikari Frontman Reflects On Struggle With Anxiety Disorder

(TeamRock Radio) Enter Shikari frontman Rou Reynolds has shared his experiences of general anxiety disorder. He recalls "surviving on adrenaline" as he suffered from insomnia, exhaustion and experienced a severe panic attack last year.

He says on Twitter: "It's strange to think that this time last year I'd only slept six hours this week. I was halfway through 12 weeks of insomnia and general anxiety disorder.

"After suffering from exhaustion I had the nastiest panic attack of my life and I was hospitalized, forcing us to cancel our Download warm-up show. At its worst, some mornings after failing to sleep at all once more, I'd get up feeling utterly distraught and just burst into tears - and the months that followed became some of the most strange and difficult of my life."

Reynolds continues: "I don't remember Download festival at all. I was a shell of a man surviving on adrenaline. Even had vitamin shots to the arse. I've never felt further from the little cockpit of one's mind. I felt detached, inept and scared." Read more here.

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