Amber Gill suspects that she experienced a panic attack for the first time after watching an "uncomfortable" video about a caving accident on social media last night.
The reality TV star, 25, took to Twitter yesterday evening to ask her followers about the symptoms of a panic attack, with her questioning whether one could make you vomit.
She tweeted: "Can panic attacks make you physically sick? I just watched a caving video that make me so uncomfortable and then I was randomly sick? I'm so confused."
Amber had watched a video about John Edward Jones who became stuck and subsequently died inside the Nutty Putty Cave in Utah back in 2009.
Following her tweet, one follower said panic attacks used to make her sick and added: "Is it that Nutty cave accident video? [...] It made my chest feel tight. Horrendous."
The Love Island winner responded: "I'm so shocked I've never had a panic attack before. And yes, it was that video! As if it didn't come with a trigger warning or anything".
They weren't alone in having found such content to be uncomfortable viewing, with others taking to the platform recently to share their own feelings of discomfort.
One person responded to Amber by writing in a tweet: "I have literally just watched the same video. I had to pause before continuing as I knew I'd have a panic attack."
Amber replied to the follower: "I knew it was a fear of mine but I didn't think I'd have a full on panic attack and throw up over it. Blocking the word 'caving' from my account."
The NHS states that a panic attack can involve "a rush of intense mental and physical symptoms," which can include feeling faint, a racing heartbeat, nausea and chest pain.
There have been numerous videos about the tragic incident at Nutty Putty Cave in recent years, including on TikTok, where content about it has gone viral this month.
Jones visited the cave with a group on November 24, 2009. He ended up getting stuck upside down in a narrow part of it.
Despite rescue efforts, he suffered cardiac arrest hours later and died. It was decided that it was too dangerous to retrieve his body and the cave was permanently closed up.
A plaque was placed at the cave in memorial of Jones.
