Facing your fears: Leila goes to the gym

Introducing our new online series ‘Facing your Fears’ where you, me and the rest of the Psych-She team will be facing our fears together. In this first episode, we follow Leila Danjoux on a solo trip to the gym .

Everyone constantly says that exercising is good for the mind, and something we should be getting involved in to look after our mental health. Sometimes, when we don’t have a gym buddy on standby, we have no option but to go alone. This is something that women are battling as 76% of women uncomfortable exercising in public.

Come with me as I go to exercise to see if it is as anxiety inducing as it may feel in our heads.