“Some days it appears like I am sinking, caught in a fight-or-flight state I am unable to escape,” the 19-year-old wrote in a weak TikTok publish, whereas additionally sharing her “scary” signs.
Alabama Barker is opening up about her psychological well being.
In a current TikTok video, the 19-year-old — who’s the daughter of Travis Barker and ex Shanna Moakler — detailed her struggles with “extreme” well being anxiousness, together with the “actual and scary” signs she experiences.
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“I have been fighting extreme well being anxiousness, and it is one thing I do not speak about sufficient,”
Alabama wrote within the publish’s caption. “It is extra than simply worrying it is a fixed battle with my very own thoughts. Some days it appears like I am sinking, caught in a fight-or-flight state I am unable to escape.”
“My signs are actual and scary: dizziness, head strain, eye floaters, gentle sensitivity, derealization, and excessive fatigue,” she continued. “I’ve low iron, I am unable to drive, I keep away from automobiles, and I miss out on regular issues folks don’t even assume twice about. Even when docs say I’m okay, I do not really feel okay.”
Alabama went on to elucidate why she determined to speak in confidence to her followers about her struggles.
“I am sharing this as a result of well being anxiousness is invisible,” she mentioned, “however very actual and nobody ought to really feel alone in it, that is one thing I felt was necessary to share we’re all on this collectively!”
Alabama’s video featured photographs and clips of herself within the hospital, together with footage of her checking her vitals on pulse oximeters. Her publish was set to a TikTok audio of a poem about anxiousness written by consumer Josie Balka.
“Nervousness and I do all the pieces collectively. That sounds higher than saying I do all the pieces with anxiousness, however I do all the pieces,” the poem reads partly. “We get up and fall asleep collectively. We predict everybody hates us collectively. I hate us collectively. Nervousness and I do all the pieces collectively. We’re roommates. We reside collectively. Though some days it does not really feel very similar to dwelling. It feels extra like unease and discomfort, and struggling via conversations, and questioning for those who mentioned an excessive amount of or too little or the fallacious factor. It does not really feel like dwelling, it appears like floating besides closely and starvation with no urge for food and butterflies, however unhealthy ones, it appears like I am dying, and anxiousness agrees.”
In keeping with the Cleveland Clinic, well being anxiousness impacts 5 to 7% of adults, and presents itself in two problems: somatic symptom dysfunction and sickness anxiousness dysfunction.
Per the Cleveland Clinic, somatic symptom dysfunction (SSD) is “a psychological well being situation by which an individual feels considerably distressed about bodily signs and has irregular ideas, emotions and behaviors in response to them.” In the meantime, these with sickness anxiousness dysfunction (IAD), also referred to as hypochondria or hypochondriasis, “worry that they’ve a severe medical situation or that they’re at excessive danger of turning into sick.”
Alabama has opened up about her well being previously.
In August 2023, the rapper shared a TikTok, by which she slammed body-shaming trolls, taking particular intention at a slate of unflattering paparazzi pictures launched on the time. Alabama then addressed her weight achieve, saying she’d been recognized with a “thyroid drawback and an autoimmune illness.”
For those who or somebody wants assist with psychological well being textual content “STRENGTH” to the Disaster Textual content Line at 741-741 to be linked to a licensed disaster counselor.
