Take Two Grateful Deads and Call Me in the Morning
THIS ISSUE: Good sound is good for us. My friend was in dire straits. What had been rare occurrences of panic attacks—one every year or so—had turned into a full-blown panic disorder that made it impossible for him to enjoy peace of mind.. If you’ve never suffered a panic attack, the idea of one—of being, in the absence of any real threat, suddenly overwhelmed by fear—can seem inconceivably strange. Try to imagine fear flooding your mind with such fierce momentum that you struggle to catch your breath, so convincing is the sensation that everything is spinning horribly out of control. Once that happens and the fear has taken over, it doesn’t matter if the threat is real or not. In fact, my friend says, that’s the scariest thing about it—no actual, external threat…
