# @amandasteijlen on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJj1ND-pCct
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/63389128-amandasteijlen-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0134245519.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-12T16:24:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Amanda Steijlen (@amandasteijlen) — https://gondola.cc/amandasteijlen

## Caption

✨anxiety & panic disorder✨ although I went through some of the hardest years of my life battling with anxiety and panic attack attacks, the journey (and my SSRI) brought me to a place where I feel like I’m able to appreciate the little things in life so much more. 

I’ve been in such a good place for the last two years in my mental health journey but that doesn’t mean I don’t think about where I came from or put in the work to stay where I am. 

when I’m out on a road trip or experiencing a beautiful place or even just sitting in my house and feeling at peace, I have moments where I sit and remember the times where I could not be in a car or relax on my couch or explore a new place without having severe anxiety and panic attacks. I wasn’t able to sit and enjoy any moment anywhere because of my anxiety.

I just wanna be really open about my mental health journey because I didn’t really know anyone that was open with me about severe anxiety and panic attacks taking over their life and I just wanna let you know that things do get better. 

May is mental health month so a great time to speak on this. just because I’m a mental health professional doesn’t mean I haven’t battled and don’t battle with my mental health. 

I know not everyone is comfortable talking about their journey with mental health, but if you want to leave a comment with 💛 to show that people are not alone I think that it’s actually super meaningful 🫶🏼

#therapy #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #maymentalhealthawarenessmonth

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## Tags

mentalhealthawareness, maymentalhealthawarenessmonth, therapy, mentalhealth

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