A panic attack is an episode of intense fear with an abrupt onset, lasting from several minutes to up to an hour. It has many mental and physical symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath ...

Panic complicates our lives and convinces us of imminent danger. We can learn to simplify the confusion of panic by implementing the skills of a simple acronym.

He and his wife are convinced he is having a heart attack. He could be-only, this time, the ER doctors tell him his heart is just fine. What he's having is a panic attack. Though no one should ...