Nate Byrne, an Australian weather presenter, suffered a panic attack during a live broadcast on Tuesday morning. “Some of you may know that I occasionally get affected by some panic attacks, and actually, that’s happening right now. Lisa, maybe I could hand back to you,” he said.
Show hosts Lisa Millar and Michael Rowland then stepped in. Byrne has previously written about his struggles with panic attacks, including his first experience occurring live on television. “As I stood there trying to make it sound like I wasn’t slightly puffed (probably not a great look for breakfast TV, I thought), all of a sudden, my body started tingling, my heart rate rose and I realized I was drenched in sweat.
” He said that the experience “completely reshaped my understanding of mental health.” His openness about the issue garnered support from his coworkers. “Nate wrote a great piece on the ABC online website about this, and I reckon we might re-up it, put it on our socials, so you can have a bit of a read because it’s fantastic that he has been so open and transparent about it,” Millar told viewers.
Following a brief hiatus, Byrne returned to the program and was met with understanding and support from his colleagues. “Sorry if I gave anybody a bit of a scare,” Byrne said. Millar responded, “You’ve been very honest before about getting panic attacks on air and it’s great for people to know that it can happen to anyone.
” “Panic attacks can be very frightenin.