Robin Meade said she would experience panic attacks before each show.
Before her husband persuaded her to seek treatment, she allowed this cycle to continue for two years, and she helplessly acknowledged that she had almost lost her confidence. \
She was eventually diagnosed with a corneal ulcer, which required surgery and may have resulted in blindness.
Hours spent amid those harsh lights had left her eye in excruciating discomfort. Eye drops were useless, and devices simply made it worse.
She was isolated in darkrooms for weeks off-air without knowing when her eye would start to function normally. This would have been disastrous in the past, she said. Even the mere thought of “what may be” had been paralyzing.
She tried methods to keep herself in control after years of stress and frustration, yet she still allowed her thoughts to wander. She would eventually learn how to be present, thankful, and unpopular.
Without going into a panic, she can stop and consider that she is more than only this experience, job, or eye.
She eventually went back to work, initially just for an hour and subsequently for two. And it’s all her panic attacks’ fault. They showed me how to manage curveballs and keep progressing.
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