Erin Napier is opening up about her mental health struggles. On Wednesday, the star of HGTV Canada‘s “Home Town” shared a lengthy post on Instagram looking back on her health issues and getting candid how they’ve affected her. READ MORE: ‘Home Town’ Star Erin Napier Responds To Backlash Over Social Media Post About Husband Ben “This time of year, I feel the anniversary of illness so acutely.
These hospital photos were taken in 2014, at the end of my 10 year illness from (unknowingly) a perforated appendix,” she wrote. “My appendix has been gone along with the physical suffering for eight years now, but I’ve been learning through conversation with my friend who is a therapist that it left some deep ruts in my neuro pathways that have left me with an extreme fear and preoccupation with sickness, nausea in particular, ever since,” Napier continued. “My brain, without my permission, sets off on a fight or flight mission to save my life, when my life is not in any danger at all,” she said. “Panic attacks and spiralling thoughts come rushing in.
I’m relieved at least to have connected all these dots in recent months, brought to the surface by the constant upheaval and dread that came with living in a pandemic.” READ MORE: ‘Home Town’ Stars Ben And Erin Napier Discuss Life As A Family Of Four: ‘We’re Just Trying To Find Our Rhythm’ She added, “This is something you don’t know about me, but I don’t mind if you do.
It’s not bad or good, it’s just part of my weird brain and I’m trying to untangle it every day, even as you may see happy news and posts from me.
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