ITV Loose Women's Denise Welch felt she was 'going to die' as she shares health woes

Denise Welch talks about her experience with panic attacks

Loose Women's Denise Welch bravely bared her soul concerning the terror of her panic attacks, confessing she believed she was "dying".

The panel was back in business on Wednesday (August 14) dissecting a variety of hot topics. During the broadcast, host Kaye Adams turned to Denise, alongside Brenda Edwards and Frankie Bridge, for their take on being honest about health woes.

The conversation was sparked by an Australian weather reporter's live on-air confession of his panic attack. ABC News' Nate Byrne made headlines with his raw admission, imploring co-host Lisa Millar to take over with the words: "I'm actually going to need to stop for a second."

He further explained: "Some of you may know that I occasionally get affected by panic attacks and actually that is happening right now." Kaye's query into personal experiences and openness sprung from this incident.

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Denise Welch shared her panic attack experience (Image: ITV)

Denise, opening up about the affliction of panic attacks, shared: "Mine would come completely [unexpectedly] from nowhere. Not even thinking about anything and you would think that you were choking and dying," reports the Mirror.

Nate's and Denise's candidness prompted an outpouring of reactions across social platforms formerly known as Twitter.

One concerned fan commented, "I can't help thinking that having a panic attack on TV could possibly affect your TV career."

One viewer praised on Twitter: "#loosewomen I think that the guy with the panic attack did the absolutely right thing by explaining what he was going through. Well done lad."

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Another chimed in, saying, "Panic attacks are horrific. Wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy."

Discussing her own experiences, Denise elaborated further: "My analogy is always you're driving on the motorway and you nearly have a crash. And your heart is racing manically."

She continued, "You pull over to the side, you don't have a crash and after a few minutes you've calmed down. It's like that but it never goes away."

Loose Women airs weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV.

ITV Loose Women's Denise Welch felt she was 'going to die' as she shares health woes

ITV Loose Women's Denise Welch felt she was 'going to die' as she shares health woes

ITV Loose Women's Denise Welch felt she was 'going to die' as she shares health woes

ITV Loose Women's Denise Welch felt she was 'going to die' as she shares health woes

ITV Loose Women's Denise Welch felt she was 'going to die' as she shares health woes