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Darcy is sitting at her desk in her office one day when, without warning, her heart begins racing rapidly, she has a sensation of being "out of her body," and she experiences dulled vision and hearing, rapid breathing, and sweating. She thinks she is having a heart attack. Nothing she is doing seems to have caused such an episode. Her symptoms MOST resemble ______.

A. a phobic disorder
B. a panic attack
C. post-traumatic stress
D. an affective disorder

User Qedi
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Answer:

B. a panic attack

Step-by-step explanation:

A panic attack is a sudden episode of extreme fear, it usually happens without any warning. Some of the symptoms are shortness of breath, out-of-body sensation, sweating, dizziness, nausea, chest pain, etc. The person who is suffering a panic attack mistake their symptoms with heart attack symptoms.

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