Panic Disorder

Imagine that you are sitting alone in your room. It is quiet, and you are calmly reading a book. Suddenly someone comes up behind you and yells “Hey!!” You become startled and frightened. A surge of adrenaline overcomes your body. Your heart begins to race, your legs to tremble, you have butterflies in your stomach. After a moment, those effects have passed, and your body feels normal once again. These are the same symptoms you …

…work, concentrate, or handle social situations. She notes that from time to time she does worry about when she will next have an attack, which can sometimes trigger some of the symptoms to begin, when pondered long enough. Currently, Jennifer is undergoing therapy in order to gain control of these attacks so she is more able to live her life and focus on what she needs to do instead of on avoiding the attacks themselves.