Lorenzo Bevilaqua/ABC(NEW YORK) Dr. Jennifer Ashton's anxiety attacks started to happen after she had a severe allergic reaction to a food. "I had a couple of episodes where I thought mistakenly that I had eaten that same food that I was allergic to," said Ashton, ABC News' chief medical correspondent and a board-certified OBGYN. "And even though I was not having any true physical symptoms of an anaphylactic reaction, once my mind went there, it was almost like a marble rolling off the edge of a table." "I started to feel dizzy. I started to feel chest tightness. My heart was racing. I was short of breath, but objectively, I was not having an allergic reaction," she said. "And even though I recognized that I was having an anxiety attack, I was unable to stop it." Ashton spoke out about her own experience with anxiety during Mental Health Awareness Month to put a spotlight on a condition that is common but not always easily understood.
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(NEW YORK) May is Mental Health Awareness Month, established in the United States in 1949 by the Mental Health America organization, previously known as the National Association for Mental Health. It is a way to raise awareness and has continued the fight to break the stigma.
Millions of Americans are impacted, with many suffering in silence, and according to John Hopkins Medicine, about 1 in 4 adults aged 18 and older suffer from a mental disorder.
The COVID-19 pandemic complicated matters, forcing some to face the stressful challenges of lockdowns and isolation from friends, family, and co-workers. People faced a crisis, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration says calls to its Disaster Distress Helpline saw an 890% increase in April 2020, compared to April 2019