After the worrying footage - Lihi Griner explains: "I thought this was the last time I would see my face while it wasn't paralyzed"
After worrying followers with footage of her ambulance evacuation, the reality TV star responded to criticism regarding her dramatic documentation. She explained why she filmed herself: "I said: maybe I'm dying, there needs to be a record," and hit back at critics: "Drink some water."
Lihi Griner (41) uploaded a series of particularly worrying stories on Tuesday as she lay terrified and crying in an ambulance following a panic attack. As expected, the star received a flurry of concerned messages, as well as quite a few raised eyebrows from users who wondered why someone being evacuated in an ambulance would choose to pull out a camera and document themselves. This morning, Griner decided to share another series of stories to explain exactly what happened.
"I wanted to say thank you to everyone for the concern and empathy. I received so many messages from people who go through panic attacks and gave me all kinds of advice," said the star. "Understand, I am being treated and take medication. I haven't had a panic attack in over two years."
Griner assumes the trigger was related to family health events that have affected her recently:
"As much as I knew it was a panic attack, I said: maybe it's not, maybe I'm on my way to a cardiac event. Lately, a lot of things have happened in my family: heart attacks, catheterizations... Apparently, it got into me and I started thinking it was happening to me. I started imagining things, that my face was paralyzed."
The fear was so tangible that Lihi entered a survival mode and decided she had to document everything, just in case the worst happened: "I left my camera on while the ambulance was on the way, which took about six minutes, and those were the longest six minutes of my life. I documented it because I said: maybe I'm dying, there needs to be a record. I was alone."
Regarding the harsh criticism she received for the documentation, Lihi clarifies that it was not uploaded in real-time to chase likes: "They wrote to me: 'How are you filming yourself at a time like this?' The truth is that it was a video for my husband and my manager to tell them what I was going through. We uploaded it three hours later. My manager said: 'It's good that people will empathize, because there is a lot of talk about anxiety.' It was entirely for my family. I filmed it because there was a chance this was the last time I would see my face while it wasn't paralyzed. It was a nightmare. Anxiety feels like the end."
After six nerve-wracking hours in the ER, which caused her to miss a production shoot, the test results came back and managed to calm her down. "Everything is fine, thank God. I felt that I was in a safe place."
In conclusion, Lihi did not forget to send a small jab to those who accused her of chasing attention: "And to all the kind souls – for attention? Seriously, drink some water."
