Chapter 1 - Panic Attacks and You (Part 1 - Unmasking the Trick)

Question 1

Agoraphobia

Answer 1

An anxiety disorder that causes people to fear and avoid places or situations where they might feel trapped or unable to escape

Question 2

Symptoms that I’ve experienced:

• Palpitations (Accelerated heart beat, Pounding heart)
• Trembling/Shaking
• Feeling dizzy, unsteady, lightheaded, or faint
• Fear of loosing control or going crazy
• Fear of dying

Answer 2

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Question 3

Panic Attack

Answer 3

A discrete period of intense fear or discomfort, in which symptoms develop abruptly and reach a peak within ten minutes.

Question 4

I have experienced multiple panic attacks

Answer 4

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Question 5

Panic attacks have caused me to:

• Worry about having additional future panic attacks
• Worry about what a panic attack implies about me or might do to me.
• Have a significant change in my behavior because of the panic attacks, and fears of more attacks.

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Question 6

I have experienced panic attacks “out of the blue”

Answer 6

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Question 7

I do avoid going into certain situations, or engaging in certain activities, in an effort to avoid having another panic attack

Answer 7

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Question 8

There are situations or activities in which I will only participate if I can try to prevent a panic attack by bringing either a trusted companion, or certain objects that reassure me, such as a cellular phone or a water bottle.

Answer 8

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Question 9

There are, have been activities or situations I did not avoid which I experience(d) a great deal of anxiety and fear about having a panic attack.

Answer 9

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Question 10

I do NOT experience and fear of situations in which:

• I am exposed to unfamilar people
• I receive attention from others
• I make some kind of presentation or performance for an audience

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Question 11

I do NOT fear that I will act in an embarrassing or humiliating way in public situations. (I slightly do, but very minor. I learn from my mistakes)

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Question 12

I do NOT avoid public situations in order to avoid anxiety

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Question 13

I do NOT become highly anxious when I am actually in a public situation

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Question 14

The type of situations or objects I avoid are:

• Heights
• Elevators
• Driving
• Sun (Daytime)
• No vitamins on me
• No food on me
• No water on me

Answer 14

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Question 15

I fear these situations only when I have to face them.