Larry Green: Panic attacks, antidepressants and postmodernism

What is at stake in a panic attack? Loss of one’s mind; loss of self; loss of one’s soul. It doesn’t really matter what we name it — mind, self or soul — the loss that is feared is the most profound possible.
Experientially the sufferer feels like they are losing their anchorage or going to pieces. If he or she manages to shut down this massive explosion of nervous energy, then they find themselves depressed — no longer the person they took themselves to be.
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