Fact #186000

Frankie Sandford : I've always had anxiety and I think, back when I was really suffering, people didn't know about anxiety and depression. I genuinely believe if that was me now maybe it wouldn't have escalated into me hospitalised when I was. That was kind of a bit of God-send for me going into hospital because it just gave me time to check out and check in with myself and to understand what mental health was. You can feel like it controls you and that's what had happened to me. I felt I had control over it at one point and all of sudden I didn't. For me, knowledge was the key to understand what's happening to your body physically when you're having a panic attack.
Source : interview on Verified Views podcast, May 2019)