This week on the Anxious Truth, we're doing something a little bit more educational, we're

going right back to the basics with the signs and symptoms of panic and panic attacks.

Because I'm always amazed that the number of people in this community that say that

they were experiencing panic attacks and didn't even know what they were.

So let's get at it!

Hello everybody, welcome to the Anxious Truth.

This is episode number 280 of the podcast.

We are recording in December of 2023, in case you are listening from the future.

I am Drew Lins, a lot of creator and host of the Anxious Truth.

This is the podcast that covers all things anxiety, anxiety disorders, and anxiety recovery.

Now this week we're going to do something a little bit different.

We're going right back to the foundational concepts behind panic attacks and panic

disorder and agoraphobia.

We're going to kick off a four or five episode series called The Foundations of Panic.

Because I realized that when I started this podcast back in 2014, I jumped right into

the deep end of the pool and I assumed that I was addressing an audience full of people

who already kind of understood that they were dealing with things like panic disorder

or agoraphobia.

And as it turns out, that's not true, and I left a very large number of people behind

for which I'm really sorry and I'm going to try and make that up to you guys.

So we're going to do a four or five episode series that goes right to the very basics of panic

attacks, what causes them, why they happen, why they're not dangerous, what are the

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