DEBORAH GIBSON - PANIC ATTACKS WRECKED GIBSON'S SUCCESS

PANIC ATTACKS WRECKED GIBSON'S SUCCESS

Pop star DEBORAH GIBSON suffered such debilitating panic attacks during her 1980s heyday, she even found walking down the street difficult. The Only In My Dreams singer conquered her anxiety in the early 1990s, but was so nervous at times, she was convinced she'd die. She says, "All of a sudden, I'd get a rush and a dizzy spell and a feeling of hyperventilating. "Just to walk down a street was difficult. I would have to touch a mailbox or a lamppost to ground myself. I remember saying, 'I feel like I'm going to die.' "For a long time, everywhere I went I had to carry paper bags to breathe into."