Marriage and Mental Illness. The Anxiety Disease. Charles Scribner's Son N-1. In our own research into the subjective experience of the spontaneous panic attack, we found that many people with Panic Disorder can experience a various sensations moving through their body - either before or during the actual panic attack. These sensations can change from one 'attack' to the next which only adds to the confusion people feel.
Dissociation can include depersonalisation and derealisation.
The fear of having a spontaneous panic attack leads to panic disorder. While the experience of spontaneous panic attacks can be minimised to a large degree, the development of panic disorder, and the secondary conditions can be prevented.