panic attack

noun

, Psychiatry.

1. an intense attack of anxiety characterized by feelings of impending doom and trembling, sweating, pounding heart, and other physical symptoms.

panic attack

noun

1. See panic disorder
   an episode of acute and disabling anxiety associated with such physical symptoms as hyperventilation and sweating See also panic disorder

Example Sentences

There was one book that changed me forever, a book that felt like the intellectual equivalent of taking 10 deep breaths during a panic attack.

From Washington Post

I’ve had so many panic attacks in these last few months while trying to get everything completed.

From Washington Post

Eventually you’ll find that early physical symptoms of a panic attack don’t trigger more fear.

From Popular-Science

Many of these are pulled from scientific research on panic attacks specifically, but the same principles apply to preventing general bouts of anxiety—and more long-term spirals into stressful thinking patterns.

From Popular-Science

Some pointed to health issues as a result of their work environment, ranging from panic attacks to stress-related hair loss.

From Digiday

“I got a panic attack in the Theory portion,” he told me recently.

From The Daily Beast

It is a tranquil moment, and my afternoon panic attack seems like ancient history.

From The Daily Beast

My tranquil training afternoon in room 107 is quickly morphing into a panic attack.

From The Daily Beast

She goes through with the wedding, but a week she later has a straight-out-of-Girls STD panic attack.

From The Daily Beast

I am a pretty nervous person, and I was fighting a panic attack as I waited for the literary icon to arrive.

From The Daily Beast

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