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panic attack

noun

Definitions

  1. A sudden period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach…

    A sudden period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms.

    • There was a client who was critical of me a few weeks back and it set off a panic attack.
    • I think I had a panic attack last night, a sense of rising panic and impending doom – chest tight, short of breath, shaking.

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