"Paula had her first panic attack 6 months ago. She was in her office preparing
for an important work presentation when, suddenly, she felt an intense wave of
fear. Then the room started spinning and she felt like she was going to throw up.
Her whole body was shaking, she couldn’t catch her breath, and her heart was
pounding out of her chest. She gripped her desk until the episode passed,
but it  left her deeply shaken.

Paula had her next panic attack three weeks later, and since then, they’ve been
occurring with increasing frequency. She never knows when or where she’ll suffer
an attack, but she’s afraid of having one in public. Consequently, she’s been staying
home after work, rather than going out with friends. She also refuses to ride the elevator
up to her 12th floor office out of fear of being trapped if she has another panic attack."

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