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04-08-2016, 04:11 PM
Woman shares brave post about what it's like to experience panic attacks
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LONDON — A British woman's post about what it's like to experience a panic attack has been shared thousands of times.*
Amber Smith from Rugby in Warwickshire shared two photos on Facebook, one of herself dressed up, with her makeup on, the second of her immediately after a panic attack.*
Posting the two pics to tackle the stigma associated with mental health, she says that while she physically looks "fine" she is "battling a monster" inside her head every day.
SEE ALSO: Try this simple trick to alleviate anxiety on the way to work (http://mashable.com/2016/01/14/stress-anxiety-commute-work/)
"Someone actually said this to me one day 'aren't you too young to be suffering with anxiety and depression? What do you actually have to be depressed about at your age?' Wow, just wow," she wrote on Facebook.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/panic-attacks/)
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LONDON — A British woman's post about what it's like to experience a panic attack has been shared thousands of times.*
Amber Smith from Rugby in Warwickshire shared two photos on Facebook, one of herself dressed up, with her makeup on, the second of her immediately after a panic attack.*
Posting the two pics to tackle the stigma associated with mental health, she says that while she physically looks "fine" she is "battling a monster" inside her head every day.
SEE ALSO: Try this simple trick to alleviate anxiety on the way to work (http://mashable.com/2016/01/14/stress-anxiety-commute-work/)
"Someone actually said this to me one day 'aren't you too young to be suffering with anxiety and depression? What do you actually have to be depressed about at your age?' Wow, just wow," she wrote on Facebook.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/panic-attacks/)
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