Dear Celine:

Good to read more from you. Last time I felt panicked, those physiological reactions involved, I noticed that if I reduced the panic element, that is, the escalation of the fear, that the fear itself has a time limit. I felt badly, I feared that I will faint or otherwise lose control, that is the escalation, fearing something worse. Somehow stopping the escalation leaves the fear be what it is.

Fear in itself is not pathological. Animals in nature feel fear and then go about their business, when the perceived danger is gone. Anxiety is fear that stays, that exceeds its natural time limit. It stays because of that escalation.

anita