Macilent Frame

Girl with a Phobia

One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do was learning to deal with an inconvenient phobia: stairs. Yes, stairs. In high school, I was diagnosed with panic disorder. I would have panic attacks daily. My first and worst panic attack happened while climbing a flight of stairs. From that day forward, I was terrified of going up any staircase. I knew it was ridiculous, but that’s the horrible part of having a phobia. Over the span of several years, I came to realize that it was the change in heart rate that I disliked, and taught myself not to notice it anymore.