Darcy is sitting at her desk in her office one day when, without warning, her heart begins racing rapidly, she has a sensation of being "out of her body," and she experiences dulled vision and hearing, rapid breathing, and sweating
She thinks she is having a heart attack. Nothing she is doing seems to have caused such an episode. Her symptoms MOST resemble
a. a phobia.
b. a panic attack.
c. posttraumatic stress.
d. an affective disorder.
e. a dissociative disorder.
b. a panic attack.
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