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• feeling of choking or smothering • chest pain • nausea/upset stomach • feeling dizzy or light-headed

• derealization (feeling like the world has become unreal) • depersonalization (feeling detached from yourself)

• fear of losing control • fear of being “crazy” • numbness or tingling feeling • chills or hot flashes

About 1.7 percent of teens and adults are diagnosed with agoraphobia each year.

A panic attack doesn’t usually involve all these symptoms at once. If at least four of them are present, then the episode is probably a panic attack.