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PANIC
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PANIC
Those who suffer from disorder find it's not easy to control
minutes of terror
By EVAN HENERSON
Los Angeles Daily News
Monday, May 15, 2000
"Panic" -- the word sounds like what actually happens: an
accelerated heart beat, sweating, shortness of breath.
For someone with panic disorder, an attack is worse than anything
we can dream up because it's precisely that person's imagination that
goes haywire.
When she has an attack, Liz, a former ex...
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