The late Dame Deborah James revealed in her posthumous book that she suffered "periods of frequent, crippling panic attacks" that stopped following her cancer diagnosis.
The 40 year old mother of two passed away on June 28 after a valiant five-year battle with bowel cancer, during which time she raised awareness about the disease, as well as a jaw-dropping £7million for cancer research.
Extracts from her forthcoming book, How To Live When You Could Be Dead, have been published in The Sun, and the the latest details Deborah's suffering from panic attacks and anxiety for most of her own life - written in her own words.
Deborah revealed that she once suffered a panic attach in the changing room of a Karen Millen store in London’s Covent Garden, causing her to flee on to the street in her underwear.
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