Discuss the following:
Q: I have spent the last nine years in hospitals, emergency rooms, and in my physician's office, and after all this time I was told my issues were "all in my "head" or that it might be my hyperactive imagination. After doing a lot of reading, I realized I had panic disorder. I was surprised and shocked because the symptoms that I read about fit mine almost exactly! There WERE other people in the world who had the same fears and worries I had. I still worry over my physical symptoms, and even when I know they aren't really true: I still feel that they are. Am I normal and do other panic people feel this way?