Learn the surprising reasons why one writer's solution for anxiety attacks was carrying a banana with her everywhere she went for a year.
dig my thumbnail into my upper right thigh for distraction, feigning normalcy in the salon chair. I'm walking a mental tightrope above a staggering canyon of anxiety, which threatens to grip my ankles and drag me down whole. “Just a trim please,” I say through shallow breaths, maintaining a poker face despite inner chaos. Mid-haircut, I'm on the brink of having a panic attack—until I remember the banana I’ve stashed in my bag for whenever anxiety strikes.
For well over a year, during one of the worst bouts of anxiety I’ve ever experienced, my defense was a tropical fruit. The immediate soothing effect of the banana was borderline unfathomable—so much so, I had a feeling it couldn’tbe the result of the fruit's biochemistry . If it was that simple to knock out a panic attack with a piece of fruit, everyone would toss out their anxiety medications and start making smoothies instead.
Over time, the supportive connection between potassium and heart health may have a ripple effect on mental health. A 2023 study of more than 500 people in China found thatmedium one contains about 400 mgUncovering this wealth of research made me feel at least 10 percent more normal for carrying a banana around as a mental-health tool—and yet, it's worth noting that none of these studies point to the immediate effects of eating a banana on a panic attack.
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