.As a young adult functioning as a cashier at Target throughout rush hour, Cindy Portillo would have a hard time to catch her breathing spell as her palms ended up being sweaty as well as her heart raced. Back then, she could possibly not name what was actually occurring: an anxiety-induced anxiety attack. It was actually just at 21, after years of sensation in this manner and performing her personal investigation that a medical professional diagnosed her with stress and anxiety disorder. "I feel like I'm the only one in my family members that has actually ever before experienced anxiety," Portillo says to Refinery29 Somos. "Within my loved ones, they didn't definitely know how to aid me, besides informing me that I needed to go to church extra, or even acquire closer to The lord and also would aid. But it didn't. I merely needed additional assistance.".