Aamir Khan’s Daughter Ira Khan Opens Up About Having Anxiety Attacks: Feels Like Impending Doom

Mumbai,
May
1
(PTI)
Superstar
Aamir
Khan’s
daughter
Ira
Khan
says
she
feels
“helpless” after
experiencing
anxiety
attacks
“almost
every
day”.
Ira,
who
had
shared
her
clinical
depression
diagnosis
in
2020,
took
to
Instagram
on
Saturday
night
and
posted
a
lengthy
note
detailing
her
struggles
with
mental
health.

“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,” she
wrote,
adding
that
she
suffers
from
“palpitations
and
breathlessness”.
“Plus
crying.
And
it
builds.
Slowly.
Feels
like
impending
doom.
This
is
what
mine
feels
like…”
the
24-year-old
said.

The
theatre
director
said
she
gets
anxiety
attacks
mostly
at
night
and
is
unable
to
sleep
as
she
tries
to
identify
her
fears
and
talk
herself
down.
“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…
It
feels
pretty
helpless.
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.”

Ira
said
talking
to
her
boyfriend,
celebrity
fitness
trainer
Nupur
Shikhare,
has
helped
her
manage
anxiety
attacks.
“Life’s
full
of
variables.
If
you’re
trying
to
be
mindful,
remember
to
take
them
all
into
account.
Hang
in
there,”
she
added.
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