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    Nov 21, 2021 4 minutes

    Letter of the Month

    Living With Anxiety

    I’ve lived with anxiety all of my life, caused by poverty, childhood sexual abuse, rape, marital abuse and stage 3 cancer for starters (“The Age of Permanent Anxiety” by Anna Rawhiti-Connell, November). My anxiety has been assessed by ACC as a 70 per cent permanent disability. Yet I can truly say that despite living with a severe anxiety disorder, every day of my life is full of joy and fulfilment.

    How could this be? Firstly, what Dr Mason Durie refers to as taha wairua: spiritual health. My Christian faith gives me trust that regardless

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