Anxiety is one of the world’s most common mental health disorders, and it can be a dark and crippling force for anyone who’s unlucky enough to cross paths with it.

But those who do learn how to manage it, rather than magically make it disappear.

And in doing so, it helps to think of anxiety not just as a static and universally “bad” condition, but rather something that is forever in flux. What’s more, it can even come with some unexpected positives.

And it’s important to remember these silver linings now and again, rather than get lost in a vortex of worry (which, as someone who suffers from anxiety, you will be prone to do anyway).

And so it is for Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen, who has revealed that she suffered from debilitating panic attacks and suicidal thoughts early in her career.

“I didn’t feel like I could share my panic attacks with anyone,” Bündchen tells PORTER magazine in a new interview. “So I’d suppress it, and the more I suppressed it, the bigger it became.”

Gisele Bündchen reveals the one very important positive from her battle with anxiety