Glamorous TV presenter opens up about the moment she had a panic attack live on air - and the one thing that led her to walk away from her dream job
- Brisbane 7 News presenter Katrina Blowers suffered panic attack three years ago
- The 44-year-old opened up about 'horrific' incident which happened live on-air
- From that day, she suffered daily anxiety attacks which affected her greatly
- Ms Blowers is now is sharing her story and experience in regaining confidence
A TV news presenter has opened up about the horrific moment she suffered a panic attack live on-air.
Brisbane 7 News presenter Katrina Blowers was preparing to read a news segment three years ago when she suffered a 'horrible' panic attack during her countdown.
'I could just feel my heart start pounding, I couldn't breathe properly, I honestly couldn't talk. I just wanted to get out of the studio and I knew I had another hour of live television ahead of me,' the now-44-year-old told The Courier-Mail.
'The only thing that kept me sitting in the seat was that I thought to myself, I don't want to become a YouTube sensation, I don't want to go viral.'
Brisbane 7 News presenter Katrina Blowers was preparing to read the hour long news segment three years ago when she suffered a 'horrible' panic attack on-air
At the time, Ms Blowers was going through a divorce and she said despite it being amicable it was a stressful time for her.
She continued to push through her stress as if everything were normal but eventually it came back to haunt her.
Within seconds of going live on that ill-fated day, Ms Blowers suffered the first of many anxiety attacks.
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'It was after that night I started to get anxiety about even going into work, about driving up Mt Cootha, going into the studio, everything felt like a trigger,' she said.
From that moment, Ms Blowers had to make a decision to walk away from her much-loved job or to 're-learn everything' to regain her confidence.
Ms Blowers chose the latter and has since come out better and stronger from her decision.
Three years on from the panic attack, she is comfortable in sharing her story and will be speaking about it the virtual Legends for Lifeline event on Tuesday.
Ms Blowers (pictured with partner Adam Pendlebury) has opened up about the panic attack she suffered live on-air three years ago
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