If you would mind sharing what a panic attack feels like? My teenage DN is struggling in general. Poor relationship with her mum. Always been a little attention seeking. Recently she has been having panic attacks at school. Yesterday she had one in front of me. She was bent double, crying and seemingly hyperventilating, her leg was shaking. She seemed quite rigid. Grandma was pretty terrified. It looked very traumatic However, something seemed off to me. I held her wrist and took her pulse during the attack without her knowing. It was steady and regular. I comforted her, encouraged her to breathe and she seemed to come around fairly quickly (8 minutes from full on meltdown to back to normal, giggling about how 'embarrassing' all was). After, when we talked, she gave me what seemed like a well practised, medical dictionary definition of how it felt: she couldn't breathe, her hands went cold, her face was numb, she couldn't hear anything. I know that she heard me though because she did everything I instructed her to do. Everyone else in the room was utterly beside themselves with worry. It scared me, but I think I was scared because something nagged at me that it wasn't real. I feel awful for saying so but I want to get her the help she needs. If these attacks are a cry for attention, I'm scared she will up the ante if we ignore it. If it's real, then obviously I need to get her some help. I would really appreciate any input. I'm also sorry if any part of this seems insensitive. I just want to help.