Panic attacks are dramatically abrupt bursts of acute anxiety that feel life-threatening but are not. They build into a crescendo of fear within minutes, but what they lack in duration they make ...

She also wrote in her book Miranda’s Daily Doses of Such Fun: “Life during times of acute anxiety has been like wading through treacle and on bad days getting to the end of the street to post ...

When a patient’s anxiety manifests as persistent fears about their health, it can make them difficult to treat.