Panic Attacks Aren't About Fear. They're About Being Left.
Most panic treatment targets fear. But panic and fear run on separate systems in the brain, with different chemistry, different circuitry, and different jobs. Understanding which one is actually firing changes what kind of help works.
Your Eyes Are Talking to Your Nervous System
Most people think about their eyes as the tools they use to see. What they don’t usually think about is that their eyes are part of their brain. Literally. In utero, the eyes separate from the same brain tissue that becomes everything else. The connection never goes away.