Valerie Bertinelli not too long ago suffered a terrifying anxiousness assault.
The previous Meals Community star, 64, shared an Instagram video on Sunday of her hand shaking, and opened up concerning the “scary” incident in her prolonged caption.
“I’ve sat on this post for a day because it’s incredibly vulnerable and that’s always scary to share,” Bertinelli wrote. “But I’m posting because we’re all out here doing our best having a human experience and none of us want to feel like we’re alone in that.”
“So I don’t know if you can tell from this video (and my heart is still beating a little rapidly as I write this) I had a really bad anxiety attack today,” she defined. “I haven’t had one like this in a very, very long time. A few hours ago, I was weeping uncontrollably, and my heart felt like it was pounding out of my chest. I couldn’t stop shaking.”
The “One Day at a Time” actress mentioned that she’s “taking a chance” by sharing her story of her anxiousness assault, however she needs to succeed in different individuals who have handled comparable experiences.
“Gratefully these attacks have become much more infrequent, so this one took me a little bit by surprise today,” she shared. “This is the after effect. As I’m going through the actual attack (lol attack is such an appropriate word. My body and my mind feels like it’s actually under attack 😅).”
Bertinelli continued, “I almost disassociate and am focused solely on calming down and finding any road to a more relaxed and peaceful body. Because I know it’s just my brain overthinking and catastrophizing but my body goes into overdrive and I have no control over it. Hours later, as I’m doing my best to meditate and EMDR my way out of this, this is the after effect that I can’t quite seem to calm all the way yet.”
“Anyone else experience an extreme anxiety attack, and then the after effects still take a bit to calm?” she requested her followers. “Tell me I’m not the only one out here 😬 and is there anything that you have also found to be helpful?”
“Anyway…this little bit of vulnerability is brought to you by someone who wants you to know you’re not alone. Love you 🤍,” Bertinelli concluded her message.
Followers confirmed assist for Bertinelli within the feedback part. A few of her followers who’ve had anxiousness assaults instructed Bertinelli that she’s “not alone.”
“Thank you for sharing raw vulnerability. It can happen even during the happiest moments. Grateful for your posts,” one fan wrote.
“Val you’re so brave to share… unexpected and scary as hell!” one other particular person mentioned.
A 3rd fan commented, “Aww I feel for you…you are only human.”
Bertinelli has been open about her latest well being points. Final month, she lower her arm after tripping on a stage.
“I would ask for hazard pay, but it was my own damn fault,” Bertinelli wrote on Instagram alongside a photograph of the nasty gash.
The TV character, who additionally known as herself a “klutz,” mentioned she was engaged on a “fun new project” when the incident occurred.
Her latest well being scare comes after she reportedly cut up from boyfriend Mike Goodnough after 10 months of courting.
“They are no longer in a relationship,” a supply instructed Individuals.
“There was something about him that I connected with that felt familiar. A comfort level. He felt like a kindred spirit,” Bertinelli beforehand instructed the outlet. “We finally said, ‘Why are we doing this? It’s going to be challenging because it’s long distance but why not? You only live once.”
Bertinelli and Goodnough created the “three-week rule” underneath which they wouldn’t go longer than that with out seeing one another, regardless of dwelling on reverse sides of the nation. They went pink carpet official on the 2024 Daytime Emmy Awards in June.
