.As a teen working as a cashier at Intended in the course of heavy traffic, Cindy Portillo would battle to find her breathing spell as her hands ended up being sweating and her heart dashed. At the moment, she might not call what was happening: an anxiety-induced panic attack. It was actually just at 21, after years of sensation in this manner and performing her very own study that a doctor identified her with anxiety disorder. "I feel like I am actually the just one in my loved ones that has ever experienced anxiety," Portillo tells Refinery29 Somos. "Within my household, they failed to definitely recognize exactly how to aid me, besides telling me that I needed to visit church more, or even get closer to God and also will aid. However it didn't. I just required additional assistance.".