ND
ONE IN TEN PEOPLE SUFFER
FROM ANXIETY.
MOST MENTAL ILLNESSNESS IT IS
TOUGH TO TALK ABOUT.
ALICIA PERKINS IS SHARING HER
PRIVATE BATTLE IN A PUBLIC WAY.
SHE HAS WRITTEN A BOOK HOW
RUNNING HAS HELPED HER DEAL
WITH ANXIETY.
SHE IS JOINING US RIGHT NOW.
THE BOOK RUNNING HOME,
AVAILABLE AT BOOKSTORES THROUGH
YOUR WEBSITE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THIS DETAILS YOUR JOURNEY
WITH ANXIETY AND IT STARTED IN
CHILDHOOD.
TELL AUS BOTHER THAT.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK I
RECOGNIZED IT AS MUCH IN
CHILDHOOD.
I'M SURE THERE WERE MOMENTS I
GAVE MORE PAUSE THAN OTHER KIDS
AND OVER THOUGHT A FEW THINGS
BUT I WAS PART OF THE
GENERATION TOO, TO SAY YOU'RE
FINE, SUCK IT UP, GET OVER IT.
IT DIDN'T REALLY -- I DIDN'T
PUT A NAME TO IT UNTIL AFTER I
HAD MY OWN KIDS AND STARTED TO
KICK COG NIZE WHAT I'M PEOPLING
I CAN'T CONTROL AND IT IS
GETTING OUT OF HAND AND BEING
MORE MATURE AND AWARE OF IT
HELPED ME TO GET TO THE POINT,
I DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIKE THIS.
I NEED HELP.
THE THA IS SOMETHING, YOU
TALK ABOUT ANXIETY THAT WAS
REALLY DEBILITATING AND
AFFECTING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY'S
LIFE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT YOU SAY
SHE HAS IT ALL.
SHE IS BEAUTIFUL, SHE HAS TWO
BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, A HUSBAND
WHO IS A BIG LEAGUE BALLPLAYER.
TELL US HOW HARD THIS WAS FOR
YOU.
I GOT TO THE POINT, I'M SUCH
A TYPE A AND WANTED TO CONTROL
THE SITUATION.
NO MATTER WHAT I DID I COULDN'T
STOP OVER THINKING IT.
MY THERAPIST CALLS IT A DOUBLE
NOOSE AFFECT.
TO EXPLAIN IT'S LIKE WHEN GLEN
WOULD GO OUT OF TOWN, I WOULD
BECOME SO OBSESSED WITH THE
IDEA SOMEONE WAS GOING TO COME
HURT THE KIDS AND I WHEN HE WAS
GONE.
THE LODGE CAL SIDE, YOU LIVE IN
A SAFE COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE AN ALARM SYSTEM.
YOUR PARENTS ARE NOT FAR BUT
THE ANXIETY SIDE SAID WHY NOT
YOU?
PEOPLE KNOW YOUR HUSBAND IS
GONE.
IT WILL SPIRAL BACK AND
FORTHTH.
I COULDN'T EAT, I COULDN'T
SLEEP.
MY MOM HAD TO SLEEP IN THE SAME
BED WITH ME WHEN THEN WAS ON
THE ROAD FOR YEARS AND I WAS
LIKE, THIS IS EXHAUSTING.
YOU HAVE USED MEDICATION AS
MANY PEOPLE DO, BUT SOMETHING
ELSE HELPED IN COMBINATION WITH
THAT.
HOW DID YOU LATCH ONTO RUNNING?
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU
DISCOVERED IT?
I WAS ALWAYS RUNNING.
I RAN IN HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE
SPRINTS BUT TWO MILES A DAY, IT
WOULD WARRANT HAVING A GLASS OF
WINE AND NOT FEELING BAD ABOUT
IT, BUT ONE DAY I KEPT RUNNING
AND EXPERIENCED A
QUINTESSENTIAL RUNNER'S HIGH
AND RELIEF OF ENDORPHINS AND
ABLE TO FUNCTION AT A NORMAL
LEVEL.
IT WAS ASTOUNDING SO I WAS LIKE
I HAVE TO TRY THAT AGAIN.
I WENT AGAIN AND SAME AFFECT.
IT JUST KIND OF BECAME MY
RELEASE.
AND YOU HAVE A BLOG WE HAVE
A LINK TO AS WELL AS YOU HAVE
THE BOOK.
YOU ALSO HAVE AN EVENT, YOU AND
YOUR HUSBAND ARE VERY ACTIVE IN
LOCAL CHARITIES BUT THIS IS
PRETTY COOL.
TELL US ABOUT THE JULY 1st RUN
THAT HELPS CHILDREN'S MENTAL
HEALTH CAUSES.
IT IS 15 SPOT K.COM.
THIS IS OUR FIFTH YEAR, BUT
THIS YEAR WE'RE HAVING A POST
RACE PARTY ON TARGET STATION
WITH GB AND THEN WE'RE STARTING
AT THE U THIS YEAR, WHICH IS
SPECIAL TO US BECAUSE WE BOTH
WENT THERE.
A BUNCH OF REALLY AWESOME
THINGS.
YEAH, THE BENEFICIARY IS NEAR
AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
I JOINED THE BOARD AND THEY ARE
TRYING TO PROMOTE CREATIVE
INNOVATIONS IN MENTAL HEALTH,
ESPECIALLY IN YOUTH SO ANYWAYS
WE CAN GET MOHR EDUCATION OUT
THERE, GET PEOPLE BETTER
EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH IT AND
RECOGNIZE THE SYMPTOMS IS
MONUMENTAL AND IT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN AND THE CONVERSATIONS
NEED TO HAPPEN YOUNGER SO THE
KIDS HAVE THE TOOLS TO DEAL
WITH IT YOUNGER.
WE HAVE A RINK TO THE RUN,
YOUR BLOG, INFORMATION ABOUT
THE BOOK AS WELL.