RURAL HALL, N.C. – The ongoing pandemic has been very hard on people across our state and country, and it’s had a major impact on mental health. 

What You Need To Know

  • Ashleigh Beaver, 30, ended up in the ER in July 2020 because of severe anxiety and panic attacks

  • She sought out professional help

  • Beaver achieved her goal of becoming a real estate agent, and now understands how to cope with her anxiety

Ashleigh Beaver, 30, hit her breaking point in July of 2020 when she ended up in the emergency room because she could not eat or drink due to severe anxiety and panic attacks.

Beaver started hysterically crying in the ER because she was ashamed of herself for being in this situation.

“I just absorb what’s around me and so like the world kind of going into hysteria. I just started absorbing it all,” she explained.

Beaver said she didn’t want to ever leave her home, and didn’t want her husband to go to work because she wanted to be around him for support.

Going to the ER ended up becoming a big turning point for her because the doctors and nurses assured her that she was not alone.

She knew she needed to seek professional help and do things to help her cope with anxiety.

Beaver also made it her goal to overcome things that used to be stressful, like baking with her young children, and made them into enjoyable activities. She also began journaling and walking outside to help cope as well.

“It made me feel like I was able to take power back in a situation where I just felt powerless, and that’s such a small situation, but taking that and being able to apply it to other things that are more overwhelming,” Beaver explains. “It became a way that I was able to process my emotions, but also focus."

Beaver came such a long way, and she’s now a real estate agent, which was a dream of hers that she never thought she could accomplish.

She emphasizes to all out there going through a hard time that you can turn your life around and make it into something positive.