Never | Occasionally | Half of the time | Most of the time | All of the time | |
… felt moments of sudden terror, fear or fright, sometimes out of the blue | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… felt anxious, worried, or nervous about having more panic attacks | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… had thoughts of losing control, dying, going, crazy or other bad things happening because of panic attacks | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… felt a racing heart, sweaty, trouble breathing, faint, or shaky | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… felt tense muscles, on edge or restless, or trouble relaxing or trouble sleeping | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… avoided, or did not approach or enter, situations in which panic attacks might occur | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… left situations early, or participated only minimally because of panic attacks | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… spent a lot of time preparing for, or procrastinating about (putting off), situations in which panic attacks might occur | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… distracted myself to avoid thinking about panic attacks | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… needed help to cope with panic attacks (e.g. alcohol or medications, superstitious objects, other people) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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