Ira Khan, Aamir Khan’s daughter opened up with her anxiety attack on social media while sharing her mirror selfie

Ira Khan always updates on social media, from sharing up with her victories, happiness, sadness, relationship etc. On several occasions she has opened up with her battling with mental health and recently she shared about her panic attacks and further in the caption, she said, “I’ve started getting anxiety attacks. I’ve had anxiety. And I used to get overwhelmed. And have crying fits. But I’ve never had anxiety attacks before. It’s the difference between panic and panic attacks. Anxiety versus anxiety attacks.”

On continuing “As far as I understand it (anxiety attacks), they have physiological symptoms. Palpitations, breathlessness. Plus crying. And it builds. Slowly. Feels like impending doom. This is what mine feels like. I do not know what a panic attack is like. It’s a really crappy feeling. My therapist said if it’s become regular (context, I had 1 or 2 over 2 months versus almost every day now), I needed to tell my doctor/psychiatrist.”

Adding that she was “feeling pretty helpless,” Ira Khan said, “Because I really want to go to sleep (it usually happens at night for me) but I can’t because it won’t stop. I try to identify my fears, talk myself down. But once it’s hit you, I haven’t found a way to stop it. You kind of need to ride it out. So far. That’s what I’ve figured.”

“But while it’s building, talking to Popeye and breathing has helped make it not come to an attack. At least for a few hours,” she said, talking about her boyfriend Nupur “It also depends on if I get re-stressed by another stimulus later. Life’s full of variables. If you’re trying to be mindful, remember to take them all into account. Hang in there,” Ira Khan added in the caption.

She also said that the selfie she shared was taken after a long shower following an attack. “Showers are a beautiful thing. More on that later,” she wrote concluding the note.