I remember, she's an emetophobe.  It's scary to watch people go through a panic attack! I've had panic attacks too, in public-- people don't know how to deal with me when that happens.
A boy in high school hopped on his bike and tore into my driveway, throwing himself on the grass, screaming that he was having a panic attack. His first impulse was to go somewhere safe-- my house. But I couldn't deal... I'd never seen one before and ended up screaming at him to knock it off, which actually he did. I think he was shocked out of it by my reaction.
I started having panic attacks in my 30s, usually in doctor and dentists' offices. I had a bad one in the waiting room of a state human services waiting room. It was the 3rd time I'd been there in a month, because the free doctor kept never showing up. The third time I sobbed maniacally, and finally a nurse came immediately and I told her I was just there for an ativan Rx, which she brought out promptly!  I never went back and I never saw that absentee doctor ever!! Human services, indeed. *grumph*
~nelly~
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