.As a teen functioning as a cashier at Intended during heavy traffic, Cindy Portillo would certainly struggle to catch her breathing spell as her hands became sweating as well as her center raced. Back then, she could possibly certainly not name what was occurring: an anxiety-induced anxiety attack. It was actually simply at 21, after years of sensation through this and also doing her very own analysis that a medical professional diagnosed her with stress condition. "I feel like I'm the just one in my loved ones that has actually ever before experienced anxiousness," Portillo tells Refinery29 Somos. "Within my loved ones, they really did not actually understand just how to aid me, besides informing me that I needed to have to visit church extra, or obtain closer to God which would certainly help. But it didn't. I only required additional support.".