According to the Health Service Executive, at least one in every ten individuals suffer from occasional panic attacks. Panic attacks occur as a result of a combination of psychological and physical symptoms. During a panic attack, individuals may experience a shortness of breath, chest tightness/pain, trembling, perspiration, nausea, dizziness, hot flushes, cold sweats, tense muscles, nausea, a sense of a loss of control, among other symptoms. Panic attacks often occur out of the blue and are frightening; sudden feelings of terror and sheer panic ensue. Many individuals often misinterpret their symptoms as a heart attack. Hundreds of thousands of people enter accident and emergency departments each year searching for confirmation of self-diagnoses
