Aamir Khan's daughter Ira Khan reveals suffering anxiety attacks; 'It feels helpless'

Aamir Khan is one of the most sought after actors in Bollywood. Over the years, he has managed to win the hearts of the audience with his exemplary performance on the silver screens. While the actor has been garnering all the attention for his upcoming film Laal Singh Chaddha, his daughter Ira Khan recently grabbed the headlines after she took to her social media and opened up on her struggle with anxiety.

Ira Khan opens up on her anxiety attacks

On Sunday, Ira Khan took to her social media handle and shared a mirror selfie, in which she was seen donning an off-white dress. In the post, Ira revealed that she gets anxiety attacks.

She wrote "I've started getting anxiety attacks. I've had anxiety. And I used to get overwhelmed. And have crying fits. But I've never had anxiety attacks before. It's the difference between panic and panic attacks. Anxiety versus anxiety attacks. As far as I understand it (anxiety attacks), they have physiological symptoms. Palpitations, breathlessness. Plus crying. And it builds. Slowly. Feels like impending doom. This is what mine feels like. I do not know what a panic attack is like."

Further talking about her therapy and how she is going through the situation, Ira added, "It's a really crappy feeling. My therapist said if it's become regular (context, I had 1 or 2 over 2 months versus almost every day now), I needed to tell my doctor/psychiatrist. In case anyone needed words to describe how they're feeling and this can be of any help.
It feels pretty helpless. Because I really want to go to sleep (it usually happens at night for me) but I can't because it won't stop. I try to identify my fears, talk myself down. But once it's hit you, I haven't found a way to stop it. You kind of need to ride it out. So far. That's what I've figured."

Ira continued, "But while it's building, talking to Popeye and breathing has helped make it not come to an attack. At least for a few hours. It also depends on if I get re-stressed by another stimulus later.Life's full of variables.If you're trying to be mindful, remember to take them all into account. Hang in there."

Further, she concluded that the picture she posted was after a long shower that she took after the anxiety attack that she recently faced.

As soon as the post surfaced online, netizens extended their support to Ira. One of the users wrote, "Take care Ira" and another wrote, "Don’t worry half of us sails in the same boat. You are brave enough".

One other user wrote, "Hugs and love to you. Take care of yourself."

Image: Instagram@khan.ira