3 anxiety attacks a day. Couldn’t leave home. Then this happened. - Project UNWD Ep 66

Project UNWD (Real People. Real Stories.) · Oct 23, 2026 · 55m

Kait is a wife, a music lover, and a creative who once backpacked Scotland alone at 19.

But her story didn't start where you'd expect.

She had anxiety and depression for most of her life.

A few years ago, she was diagnosed with POTS. Its symptoms feel just like anxiety.

Soon she was having three anxiety attacks a day.

Shortness of breath. Dizziness. Lying in bed shaking, with a mask over her eyes.

Some days she couldn't make it from her bed to her computer.

She carried a bag of crisis supplies everywhere. Then she stopped wanting to leave the house.

Doctors told her it was just anxiety…