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29/08/2026 2:12 pm
Sometimes the panic attack itself isn’t the only difficult part.
Afterwards there can be another question sitting quietly in the background: What if it happens again?
On the bus. At work. In a shop. While driving.
Some people say that this anticipation eventually became more limiting than the attacks themselves.
Has that been true for you? What changed once you started recognising the pattern?