any tips for helping partner to accept my anxiety?

[Mabel1981]

Anyone had experience of helping a loved one accept that anxiety/panic attacks are serious and disabiling, rather than a case of pulling yourself out of it. I know he cares but this has come on acutely and it's a bit more than his 'mans mans alpha male brain can comprehend at the moment x

[Annie0904]

My husband says he doesn't know what it is like himself because he has never experienced anxiety attacks but he does know how distressing it is for me and supports me fully. I explained it to him by saying if he can imagine a time when he has felt REALLY scared of something and the symptoms he felt at that moment, well that is how it feels for me more most of the time without anything happening. he seemed to understand it better then.