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Understanding Panic Disorder: A Journey Through Anxiety
The experience of living with an undiagnosed panic disorder can be both isolating and tormenting. Amanda Stern's story exemplifies the struggle many face, echoing through her memoir, Little Panic: Dispatches from an Anxious Life. She candidly shares her childhood filled with anxiety, marked by a relentless fear of separation—especially from her mother. This unrelenting distress began in infancy, leaving her to grapple with invisible pain, which few adults around her could grasp or adequately address.