I have, and still do.
I can hum a few bars on my experience if anyone wants to hear it.

My ex would get them occasionally; it's nothing I could ever understand. I assume one's mind has to be pre-disposed to it; such as always being on edge that something can go wrong? I really don't know.

Not really, that is what is awful about it...they can come from out of the blue. For sure you can set yourself up for one, e.g. I have a presentation coming up, what happens if I choke, if my voice quavers, if I shake, if I look like a fool, if I get fired, etc.

...but...if you are sitting in the middle of a front pew in church and suddenly one hits, then maybe the next time you make sure that you sit on the end in the back, and near an exit in a restaurant, and take the stairs instead of the elevator, and, and, and....

Sounds rough :(

Scary when you see it happen especially if you can't recognize it. My plumber and I sneaked out for a long lunch while the boys were working on my job. As soon as he entered the fwy, he froze and almost couldn't pull his truck over to the shoulder. When he stopped, he looked like he just walked out of the shower with hands shaking uncontrollably. I had not idea what happened. I had to drive us back.

Panic attack, or seizure? My best friend has seizures--come out of nowhere. We've been on the golf course before and he has one, and while I can see it happening, he's still trying to grab his club and go hit. It sucks watching him go through that, but I know he just needs to ride it out for usually a minute or so, then he's ok--just exhausted and a little disoriented.

Dentist....that's why I go with sedation dentistry. Good night, teeth fixed, wake up and go home.

Not sure what it is. According to him, its a panic attack. He was completely alert, just couldn't move his arms and looked like if he saw a ghost.

Sure is what it sounds like

I get them every so often. They suck!

Lorazepam and Lexapro keep it in check.

I agree, Lorazepam and Remeron for me, they make me "normal". I only use the Lorazepam as needed. Also Klonopin as a longer acting drug. But I use the benzos very sparingly, like yesterday when my blood pressure and anger went thru the roof because of the friggin Audi dealer that told me the could not even look for the front end noise I have because my tires were not OEM and that they needed to be replaced and aligned. Hell, they did the alignment 2K ago and the tires do not even have 4" on them. This is why I need Lorazepam.

Just in case anyone wants to hear more. It's actually pretty interesting. I like that he's not presenting meditation in a new age, hippy way.

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I didn't watch the video. Too many BTDT's to see it. I avoid anything that reminds me of one.

Are you mad? Mexican = Margaritas - Pizza = beer!

But seriously... I don't know if they were/are panic attacks but I have had three 'episodes'... only way I could describe it would be an extreme claustrophobic feeling that freaks me out. Twice in fairly spacious hotel rooms where I felt the walls closing in so I got dresses and went outside for 10-15 minutes, took some deep breaths, then I went back to the room and went to sleep. Once after minor surgery at home... that one was pretty sever and my wife chalks it up to the anesthesia/pain meds but I dunno about that.

Harris is advocating for meditation which has several benefits and is the practice of being present and present only. I think he is correct in calling out the prevalence of varying degrees of anxiety and depression (...) in people today. Learning to first recognize those feelings and then modulate them is a massive advantage and could be the difference between existing and living. Maybe meditation is a tool that could facilitate avoiding, minimizing or getting away from medications.

So very true.

(on both counts)