.As a teenager operating as a cashier at Target throughout heavy traffic, Cindy Portillo would have a hard time to catch her breathing spell as her palms became perspiring as well as her heart raced. At the moment, she could not call what was actually happening: an anxiety-induced panic attack. It was actually simply at 21, after years of sensation through this and also performing her personal research that a medical professional identified her with anxiety problem. "I think that I am actually the only one in my household that has ever experienced stress and anxiety," Portillo tells Refinery29 Somos. "Within my loved ones, they really did not actually understand exactly how to help me, besides telling me that I required to head to church even more, or even receive closer to God and also will help. But it failed to. I just needed even more support.".