Valerie Bertinelli reveals scary health incident that left her weeping uncontrollably

Valerie Bertinelli recently suffered a terrifying anxiety attack.The former Food Network star, 64, shared an Instagram video on Sunday of her hand shaking, and opened up about the “scary” incident in her lengthy caption.“I’ve sat on this post for a day because it’s incredibly vulnerable and that’s always scary to share,” Bertinelli wrote.“But I’m posting because we’re all out here doing our best having a human experience and none of us want to feel like we’re alone in that.”“So I don’t know if you can tell from this video (and my heart is still beating a little rapidly as I write this) I had a really bad anxiety attack today,” she explained.

“I haven’t had one like this in a very, very long time.A few hours ago, I was weeping uncontrollably, and my heart felt like it was pounding out of my chest.

I couldn’t stop shaking.”The “One Day at a Time” actress said that she’s “taking a chance” by sharing her story of her anxiety attack, but she wants to reach other people who have dealt with similar experiences.“Gratefully these attacks have become much more infrequent, so this one took me a little bit by surprise today,” she shared.

“This is the after effect.As I’m going through the actual attack (lol attack is such an appropriate word.

My body and my mind feels like it’s actually under attack ).”Bertinelli continued, “I almost disassociate and am focused solely on calming down and finding any road to a more relaxed and peaceful body.Because I know it’s just my brain overthinking and catastrophizing but my body goes into overdrive and I have no control over it.

Hours later, as I’m doing my best to meditate and EMDR my way out of this, this is the after effect that I can’t quite seem to calm all the way yet.”“Anyone else experience an extreme anxiety attack, and then the after effects still take a bit to calm?” she asked her followers.“Tell me I’m not the only one out here and is there anyt...