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If you suffer from Anxiety and Panic Disorder like I do, you will find there are times of reprieve and there will be times it feels it’s never going to let up. It’s a roller coaster ride and sometimes we feel like the ride is completely out of control and there will be days that we feel ‘grounded,’ we were able to exit that ride for what ever reasons. Anxiety and panic attacks are as unpredictable as life and the story I continue to share, my husband’s health.
I’ve been writing about a diagnosis my husband received in March, he was diagnosed with Pulmonary Hypertension and possible heart failure. I don’t want to make this story about me but when a loved one is ill it becomes about both of you because it affects each person differently.
My husband doesn’t suffer from Anxiety or panic disorder but he is human and suffers from fear right now. When I see he’s struggling to breathe or he asks me questions about his health- questions to which I have no answers, I know he’s scared and needs reassurance. I’ve been trying to be strong for my husband, I can’t let him down. My husband needs me emotionally and physically so I decided to go outside of my comfort zone and begin power walking again; something I haven’t done in over a year. I obviously don’t leave if he is having a hard time, I wait until his breathing…
