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“A lot of people who go to therapy have a traumatic event that’s happened, but there’s another pocket of people where there wasn’t a specific event that brought it on and I was one of those people,” she began.<\/p>\n
“I just assumed panic attacks were normal and that everyone kind of suffered from the same level of anxiety and panic,” Rebecca added, explaining that the lack of public discussion about it had left her unaware how serious the issue was.<\/p>\n
“When something’s not openly spoken about all the time, you think: ‘Everybody has that, everybody has bad days, so why wouldn’t there be days where you wake up and feel anxious?'” she explained.<\/p>\n
“It wasn’t until I spoke to my husband – my boyfriend at the time and [others who] told me: ‘This isn’t normal.'”<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n Rebecca says that talking therapy might not be the right fit for everyone, but that it “definitely worked” in her case, arming her with the knowledge of how to deal with anxiety should it reoccur.<\/p>\n She has now revealed that she hasn’t had a single panic attack since starting the therapy.<\/p>\n “I still feel reall, really anxious but I know the right techniques now [to ward them off],” Rebecca, who also tragically miscarried a baby last year, explained.<\/p>\n “I feel like if I address the anxiety it doesn’t feel like a cloud and a thunderstorm that’s going to build up.”<\/p>\n She added that she sees it as “massively” important to remove stigma from mental health struggles, with the aim of ensuring no-one has to suffer alone.<\/p>\n Rebecca also praised the “bravery” of Emma Raducanu for speaking out after she was forced to retire from Wimbledon\u00a0back in 2021 with “breathing difficulties” and “dizziness” when she was 18 at the time.<\/p>\n It was speculated that she’d had a panic attack on the court, with ex-pro John McEnroe explaining he thought things might have become too much for her.<\/p>\n Emma later made a Twitter (X) statement admitting that the tense moment “caught up with me” – and Rebecca has declared her an “absolute superstar”, adding that the world could benefit from being more “open and honest” about struggles behind the scenes.<\/p>\n
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