X Factor: Katie Waissel wants panic attacks taken more seriously @ Unreality TV

Katie Waissel has complained that people don’t take panic attacks

seriously enough and said that she wants to raise awareness of the incidents.

The 24 year old singer, who was eliminated from The X Factor last night, was talking about an incident which occurred in Topshop last month, when she fainted after a panic attack

and the press accused her of attention seeking behaviour.

During an appearance on This Mornring, Katie was asked to clear up some of the press rumours and she told Ben Shepherd and Holly Willoughby:

I was actually really ill that day and I suffer from panic attacks. I think panic attacks should be taken a little bit more seriously, I’d love to make people more aware of how many people do suffer from them.

Waissel also denied reports that she had rowed with Cheryl Cole on Saturday, because she didn’t want to sing The Kings Of Leon anthem, ‘Sex On Fire.’ She added:

The papers have said so much over the past few weeks. Cheryl has been an amazing mentor and all of the judges are wonderful so no that wasn’t the case at all.

And on why she has been so badly received by the public and the press, Katie concluded:

I don’t know, I’ve honestly got no idea. I tried to keep my head down and get on with it each week and I wanted to show people it doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from, you just keep your head up, smile and just fight through it.

Were you glad to see Katie go last night? Leave your comments below.

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I vote for Katie on this one
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Panic Attacks Can Stymie Public Speaking | Help & Teach Our Children

It is often observed that many people’s top ranking fear is not death but having to speak in public. The joke is that these people would rather be lying in the casket at the funeral than giving the eulogy. Public speaking for people who suffer from panic attacks or general anxiety often becomes a major source of worry weeks or even months before the speaking event is to occur.

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A good joke... unless you are a sufferer!

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She's worth £10m and has outsold The Beatles...So why is SuBo still terrified of stardom? | Mail Online

Let's just say that Miss Boyle, the endearingly scatty singing sensation who was discovered on Britain's Got Talent 18 months ago, has not exactly let fame go to her head.

Take, for example, the £300,000 'dream home' she has bought with some of the £10 million she's already raked in.

She may have kitted out the newly-built detached house in her hometown of Blackburn, West Lothian, 'all posh', as she puts it, with wall-to-wall Ikea fittings, a smart docking station for her iPod and a grand piano in her living room.

But her new quarters have remained largely uninhabited by the 49-year-old spinster. Instead, SuBo  -  as she is known to her millions of fans around the world  -  is to be found most evenings less than a mile away in the dingy terraced council house where she has lived all her life.

While smart enough, her new home would be far more fitting for, say, a successful young executive couple than the most successful recording artist in the world currently.

Even so, the fragile Susan admits she is yet to feel truly comfortable there. Family friends say she has panic attacks when left alone at the new house at night and worries that her beloved cat Pebbles has not settled in.

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Looks like fame and fortune doesn't help to cure panic attacks

Homeless veteran of Persian Gulf and Iraq wars is back from the brink | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Breaking News for Dallas-Fort Worth | Dallas Morning News

About 3,700 homeless veterans nationwide served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, according to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans in Washington, D.C.

Experts expect those numbers to grow because of the lag before many veterans actually turn for help. Tammy Wood, a program manager at Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System, said besides housing, many veterans need jobs and mental health services, including treatment for addictions.

Officials stressed that help is available for veterans – and that they hope more are willing to seek the assistance they need.

Glass said he lived in his Jeep or hotel rooms and stayed at relatives' homes after he was discharged from the military in 2004 because of alcohol and other drug-related charges. He then worked odd jobs and tried to avoid people – all while experiencing more nightmares and panic attacks.

"I thought I was going crazy," the 40-year-old said.

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On the day we remember the fallen...

A BRISTOL defendant refused to travel 35 miles to court to be sentenced for harassment – because he has a fear of public transport.

The judge issued a warrant for Williams to be arrested and brought to court in a custody van.

Addressing a group of students observing court procedure from the public gallery, the judge explained: "Mr Williams advises that he suffers from anxiety and panic attacks if he has to travel on public transport.

"He says he is currently on medication for this, prescribed by his GP, so he is not coming.

"Uh uh, no good! He has had a month to work out how to get here.

"He is going to have a bigger panic attack in the dock when he does turn up. I have issued a warrant not backed for bail that says he is a wanted man and requires all constables to arrest him on sight."

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Sounds like the law is unsympathetic to panic attack sufferers as well...

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As filmmakers, veterans find creative outlet - SignOnSanDiego.com

The struggle for former combatants attempting to integrate into civilian life can include depression or survivor guilt, panic attacks or substance abuse — anything to blot out the images of dead friends or strangers playing through their minds like pages in a picture book that won’t stop turning.

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Knowing the cause of your panic attacks doesn't always help to cure them

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"127 Hours": Film Causes Panic Attacks at Film Festivals

For Danny Boyle´s film "127 Hours" you need steady nerves. During early screenings, viewers fainted, vomited and had panic attacks.

Shown at the Telluride Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival two months ago, people fainted and panicked during an arm-amputation scene. One viewer even had a seizure. Screenings in October evoked the same reactions.

“I would prefer that people not pass out; it’s not a plus. We don’t see a particular publicity value in it,” Fox Searchlight co-president Stephen Gilula said.

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They don't want people to pass out but sounds like vomiting or having panic attacks is all right!

New Details Emerge About Katy & Russell's Wedding | PerezHilton.com

“One of the cutest things is that Russell rode into the ceremony on an elephant, but there was another elephant walking beside his because apparently they’re fraternal twins and can’t be separated or else they’ll both have panic attacks.”

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A couple of elephants having panic attacks sounds seriously scary!

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X Factor News Update: Has Katie really, finally, truly lost her marbles? : X-Factor : Specials

Word has it that after a series of panic attacks following the terrible of ordeal of having to sing for her survival last Sunday night, Katie's been spluttering hysterically into her pillow, and wouldn't even get out of bed earlier in the week.

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Not very sympathetic are they?

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Workplace Bullying: Don't Let it Destroy Your Current (and Future) Employment -- DETROIT, Nov. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --

Workplace bullying tactics can range from the covert (behind-the-back sniping) to the blatant (public humiliation or physical abuse), but they are unquestionably harmful in all forms, often with alarming consequences.  Victims of bullying report decreased workplace productivity, loss of confidence, debilitating anxiety, panic attacks, clinical depression and even physical illnesses as a result of being bullied.

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Yet another cause of panic attacks

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