Valerie Bertinelli Posts 'Incredibly Vulnerable' Video: ‘Scary to Share’

Mar. 15, 2025

Valerie Bertinelli in 2024.Photo:Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock

Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock

Valerie Bertinelliis sharing a “vulnerable” experience with her fans.

In anInstagrampost on Sunday, Nov. 17, the Food Network alum, 64, told her fans that she had experienced an anxiety attack.

“I’ve sat on this post for a day because it’s incredibly vulnerable and that’s always scary to share,” theValerie’s Home Cookinghost wrote. “But I’m posting because we’re all out here doing our best having a human experience and none of us want to feel like we’re alone in that.”

Bertinelli — who recentlysplit from boyfriend Mike Goodnoughafter 10 months of dating — then went into detail, explaining what happened. “So I don’t know if you can tell from this video (and my heart is still beating a little rapidly as I write this) I had a really bad anxiety attack today,” she began.

“I haven’t had one like this in a very, very long time. A few hours ago, I was weeping uncontrollably, and my heart felt like it was pounding out of my chest. I couldn’t stop shaking,” she continued.

She said she was “taking a chance” sharing her experience, but wanted to because she’s “pretty sure I’m not the only one out here who has experienced this.”

Bertinelli went on to explain how during an anxiety attack, she dissociates and is “focused solely on calming down and finding any road to a more relaxed and peaceful body.”

Valerie Bertinelli in June 2024.Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

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She then asked her followers if she is the only one to experience these kinds of effects from anxiety attacks, along with what they find helpful to calm them down.

Bertinelli’s candid Instagram post comes after sheopened up to PEOPLE about the biggest changeshe noticed after she stopped drinking for six months.

“Even with life struggles and how life can be challenging, I find that it is easier to get myself clearer faster, about what I need to do and taking care of my life,” she said in July. “I feel good when I wake up in the morning. I’m not groggy. I’m not tired. I’m not: ‘What did I do last night?' "

source: people.com