Panic Disorder from the Inside Out

An OSU Master’s candidate in Public Health and a writer/communications
specialist for NAMI Ohio, Rachel Gearinger has experienced panic attacks
since early in her undergraduate career.  One of the anxiety disorders,
panic disorder is typified by recurrent uncontrollable panic attacks
which can cause those afflicted to shake, pass out, have symptoms
similar to those of a heart attack, and, in Ms. Gearinger’s case, even
suffer from depersonalization and derealization (feeling “out-of-body”),
etc. In addition to defining and discussing her experiences with panic
disorder, Ms. Gearinger will tell how she combats and lives with her
disorder.Co-Sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the Friends of the Athens Public Library.