panic attack
Example Sentences
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If the bedroom I shared with Camille had ever looked this messy, Dad would have had a panic attack.
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Ellis said his friends and housemates spoke Welsh "constantly" to each other, which led to him having daily nightmares and panic attacks that made it even harder to concentrate on his studies.
From BBC
Neurodiverse people can become overwhelmed or distressed when surrounded by large numbers of people, which can bring on sensory overload or panic attacks.
From BBC
The boy didn’t know much about panic attacks, and he wondered if they felt like when his feelings were so loud he couldn’t hear anything else.
From Literature
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I was haunted by the story of how she’d got her foot trapped, and I had panic attacks about getting stuck myself.
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