The number one thing NOT to do-unless those around your character having a panic attack are unsympathetic-is to tell said person to ‘calm down’. It can help them to calm down by regulating their blood sugar. J.K.Rowling was on to something when she wrote about eating chocolate after facing dementors: getting food into the system of someone who’s just had a panic attack is a VERY good idea. Panic attacks take a lot of energy and are very draining.
The person may also dismiss it as just just ‘having a moment’ or a ‘crying fit’. In some cases, a panic attack can hurt more than a heart attack. The heart palpitations can often be confused with having a heart attack. Especially if they’ve never had one before. The most important thing you need to know is that not everyone knows what’s happening the first time they have a panic attack. She cried harder, her chest growing tight as bile rose in her throat.
As if she’d just run the London Marathon. She clutched the steering wheel, her hands wrapped so tightly around it that her nails dug into her palms. She turned the key in the ignition, took a long, slow deep breath, then rounded the corner out of sight. Not drive, and she was still too close to what had happened. There was too much of a risk of someone walking out of it and trying to talk her out of her decision. She couldn’t stay near that damned house any longer. Her vision disfigured, as if she were looking through a fish-eye lens. Here’s an extract from one of my works in progress: They can affect anyone, whether they have anxiety or not.
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