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Mary Malmros wrote:
I'm not prone to them myself, but that's not what I have been told a "panic attack" is. AFAIK a "panic attack" is a period of heightened anxiety that is sudden and that either has no cause, or is all out of proportion with whatever caused it (e.g., a panic reaction at not having enough quarters for the laundry, or something like that). It doesn't have anything to do with your response to a situation of real threat.
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I am prone to them - and that's about right. And frankly for me it's less about anything spiritual and more about frankly stubbornness.
I tend to have panic attacks related to new things. I was planning on visiting a new dojo while I was visiting my parents in CA. I knew that was likely to cause panic. I built in the time before I left and stubborned out the leftover anxiety. I knew it wasn't rational. No amount of spiritual training is going to stop my body from increasing my heartrate, sending my thuoghts racing and everything else that happens.