Welcome back to mood with Lauren Elizabeth. I'm Lauren Elizabeth and I'm recording this intro from

Europe. Yes, I told you guys we were going to do a little bit of an unhinged chaotic

just mood euro trip because everyone deserves to go on vacation and that includes both you and me.

So I'm taking you long on vacation with me. I've never done anything like this on the podcast before

and I'm not going to lie, I didn't like execute it 100% as perfectly as I would have liked to

because it's just really hard to remember kind of what to do but I really do think we got some

super fun and just giggly moments with my friends and then also ended up having just this awesome

kind of open and vulnerable conversation about traveling with your best girlfriends and

traveling in general and mental health and just all around I think it's a big mood booster but

I wanted to come on here for an intro to let you guys know that my best mood is that I'm doing okay.

I'm definitely getting through the trip and actually really really enjoying it. My worst

mood is that it has been really really hard for me and I'm not going to sugarcoat that in lie. I

think that I kind of posted a little bit on Instagram but I know it's so easy to go on Instagram

and see someone in Europe and on a beach and all this stuff but I mean I literally have not

traveled this much so far away and so long and so I've definitely been struggling with panic

attacks and anxiety but ultimately I feel and my fingers are crossed that I'm over the hump.

I have been enjoying parts of every single day. I think there's just been mornings and nights

where I'm more really really anxious and then obviously I had a few panic attacks before I left

which were scary because I really hadn't had them in a while. Yeah, I just like it really really

sucked but I think pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone can be good and I kind of talk

about it in the podcast later with my friends about how one of the main pieces of advice I got

before I left was to tell them how I was feeling and what was going on and not to just hide it and

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