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Why Panic Attacks Create Cycles of Avoidance

I started having panic attacks in grocery stores after my divorce and now I order everything online because I'm terrified it will happen again in public.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Trauma response is generalizing to safe environments and shrinking the world of possibility.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Stress and the nervous system?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.