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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Amy Reast

UNCOVERED: Mum suffered panic attacks for 30 years due to unusual phobia - Caught on Camera

Darcey Croft / SWNS

A woman spent over 30 years suffering a crippling phobia of overflowing baths brought on by a childhood trauma – causing monthly panic attacks.

Darcey Croft, 48, was just four years old when she witnessed the ceiling crash down on her mother while she was in the bath, causing the water to overflow.

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