“I was completely frozen. I couldn’t see clearly”: After a Scary Panic Attack Jennifer Lopez Made a Big Change in Her Life
Jennifer Lopez is an actor and a singer. Therefore, one can only imagine the workload she is always under. If one does not prioritize their health in such a busy schedule, it can take a toll on that person eventually. The “hustle culture” and being on grind constantly which promotes taking breaks as being lazy isn’t correct. Taking a break once in a while in respect to a healthy work hour to balance things out can go a long way and people don’t even realize that.
Similarly, Jennifer Lopez did not prioritize resting until and unless she experienced the worst panic attack ever.
Jennifer Lopez’s health scare
In her newsletter, On the JLo, she revealed a scary incident in her 20s. The pop star endured a serious stress-induced panic attack but she did not have any name of the condition then. The fear of the unknown scares everyone, thus, it scared her even more. Jennifer Lopez shared she was partially paralyzed while she experienced the panic attack.
“went from feeling totally normal to thinking about what I needed to do that day and all of a sudden I felt as if I couldn’t move. I was completely frozen–started to scare me and the fear compounded itself. Now I know it was a classic panic attack brought on by exhaustion, but I had never even heard the term at the time.”
JLo’s busy schedule and tremendous workload got to her. People when their 20s think they are invincible and nothing can stop them. But one should start caring about their health from an early stage to avoid complications in the later half of their lives.
“There was a time in my life where I used to sleep 3 to 5 hours a night. I’d be on set all day and in the studio all night and doing junkets and filming videos on the weekends. I was in my late 20s and I thought I was invincible. Until one day, I was sitting in a trailer, and all the work and the stress it brought with it, coupled with not enough sleep to recuperate mentally, caught up with me.” Jennifer Lopez wrote.
Thus, it is clear how important it is to balance things out. Too much of anything can be harmful. Since then Jennifer Lopez has taken some serious steps to battle exhaustion and consulted various medical experts to help her find the solution.
What was the big change that Jennifer Lopez made?
It is no secret that the lady is 53. But the fitness freak singer wasn’t always this way. The said incident in her 20s made this way. Since the incident, the doctors have advised her to get sleep, loads of it, and also requested to cut out caffeine from her routine completely. These simple steps along with a healthy workout routine and adequate stress load can work wonders on a human being, Jennifer Lopez is living proof of it.
“I asked the doctor if I was going crazy. He said, ‘No, you’re not crazy. You need sleep…get 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night, don’t drink caffeine, and make sure you get your workouts in if you’re going to do this much work.’” She wrote on her journal.
Thus, the secret to her aging like a fine wine is a lot of sleep. Sleep is indeed a wonderful thing, Jennifer Lopez, therefore, refuses to compromise on her sleep to this day. She tries to get 10 hours of sleep daily. Sleep can do, what many expensive anti-aging creams fail to do. Her philosophy on “pro-living vs anti-aging” recommends to people what she had to learn the hard way.
Source: MARCA
