“I think the worst!” How to manage anxiety and intrusive thoughts
Happy Place31 Okt 2025

“I think the worst!” How to manage anxiety and intrusive thoughts

Fearne’s anxiety and OCD have been pretty loud recently, so she wanted to find a bit of solace in listening back to some other people with their own experiences of feeling anxious, low, having panic attacks, going through therapy, and accepting they’ll never be fully ‘fixed’...

In this episode –


-Musician Perrie Edwards explains why she brings her therapist to work with her


-Actor Will Poulter’s taking a personalised approach to his OCD


-Comedian Julian Clary reckons age and perspective have calmed his anxiety


-Broadcaster Vogue Williams chats about medication and catastrophising


-Musician YungBlud talks through learning to like yourself


-Writer Natalie Lue explains how to recognise what’s beneath the anxious thoughts


Listen to the full episodes here:


Perrie Edwards


Will Poulter


Julian Clary


Vogue Williams


YungBlud


Natalie Lue

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