The 23-year-old journalist from Austin, Texas talks about living with anxiety, the experience of having a panic attack, and why "it's better to cry outside than it is to cry inside."
Laura runs the newsletter Mental Health Day, which can be found at tinyletter.com/mentalhealthday.
She is on twitter @laura__thomp (two underscores).
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