A runner—who ran at the colligate level—struggled with panic attacks.
At first, he thought they were a symptoms of a physical health problem. But after a year of tests, he decided to try therapy, and eventually medication, and things got better.
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Mental Health Series: Panic Attacks – Delaney
A teenage runner who started having panic attacks while struggling with an eating disorder and depression.
The panic attacks affected their training and racing.
Mental Health Series: Panic Attacks – “Ann”
A non-runner who struggled with panic attacks during college in the 80s.
Mental Health Series: Panic Attacks – Emily’s addendum
A runner—who ran at the colligate level—and creative who struggles with night terrors and panic attacks.
This is an addendum to her first survey.
Mental Health Series: Panic Attacks – Emily
A runner—who ran at the colligate level—and creative who struggles with night terrors and panic attacks.
Mental Health Series: Panic Attacks – Kami
The first story in the panic attacks series comes from my friend Kami. She experienced her first one in 2004. She thought she was having a heart attack and when it was over she didn’t tell a soul.
Later, when she off-handedly mentioned it to her doctor, he was awkward about it. Read about her experience with panic attacks and how she’s managed them.
Introducing Mental Health Series: Panic Attacks
Because of the obviously lack of stories out there about runners and panic attacks I wanted to start a series on the topic. I hope to create a place for people to share their story and read about how others experience and manage their own panic attacks.
Required reading / watching: NYT Opinion | I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike
A piece by Lindsay Crouse (video by Lindsay and Alexander Stockton) with Mary Cain about Mary’s experience in the Nike Oregon Project with Alberto Salazar and the dark side of running girls and women face in the sport.
On Moving to Boulder, Colorado
On my move to Boulder and some reflecting on my running career from about 2011 to now.
Lauren Wallace reflects on the Olympic Trials, her 2016 season
I talked with my good friend–and track wife–Lauren Wallace Misenti, after my she read my last blog post. Lauren ran at UC Davis, graduated in 2013 and ran professionally until 2017 before retiring from the track. Her event was the 800-meter run. Anyway, the blog post I’m referring to was inspired by a caption I…
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