Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Freeman Daniel & Freeman Jason

Author:Freeman, Daniel & Freeman, Jason [Freeman, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Panic disorder

In 1837, just a few months after returning from his epic five-year voyage around the globe on the Beagle, the 28-year-old Charles Darwin began to experience a number of puzzling and distressing symptoms, including palpitations, breathlessness, trembling, nausea, faintness, and sudden fear:

I have awakened in the night being slightly unwell and felt so much afraid though my reason was laughing and told me there was nothing and tried to seize hold of objects to be frightened of.

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