9 easy steps to simulate a panic attack.

One more from YouTube -- featuring Grover from the Muppets! Good information, and funny. Those Muppets are pretty damn cute.

More panic on YouTube.

Here is a vid by a guy talking about recent panic attacks in his life, with the description "a panic attack sandwich with a filling of drunk."

An informational video about panic disorder. A student project.

Acupressure for Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Palpitations

Here is the first in a series of videos about dealing with panic by a guy named J.P. Diamond.

Nifty, artful vid about panic.

A self-described "rant" about panic.

Another guy talks about his experience of panic.

What panic looks like.

This is a YouTube video of a girl "trying to control a panic attack at 6am."

Looks nuts, huh? Trust me, panic feels as crazypainful as it looks.

Blogs by panickers, part 2.

Welcome to the new Blogger publishing application, which allows me to use a nifty, colorful typeface for blog entry titles.

Now, to business. Here are some other blogs and blog entries by people talking about panic attacks, panic disorder, or anxiety:

This post on a blog called Child Wrangler 2, by Jen, "a 22 year old nanny in college," talks about a panic attack she had while trying to travel by airplane.

This is one blogger's story of his first panic attack, which occurred when he was just 12, and at a Cyndi Lauper concert with his dad and some friends.

This post, by blogger and nursing student Not Nurse Ratched, opens:

My life is in a downward-facing slant lately, largely as a result of intractable anxiety. I had no idea I had the capacity to be one of those people who are totally slain by panic attacks; had I considered the possibility, I probably would have assumed I would not be taken in by the idea that I was dying and that I would sort of blow the first one off and never have them again. That has not been the case, and I'm reduced to being a basketcase slinking around the edges of my life, constantly grabbing my wrist to see if my pulse is tachy or skipping beats (usually yes to both, propranolol notwithstanding). I had no idea what hell true anxiety problems were. They have taken over my life. I am now almost constantly petrified with terror that I will have another bad panic attack.

This is a look at anxiety and panic by Yet Another Heather, a Southern gal.

Nightlight is an intelligent, honest blog chronicling one woman's ongoing mental wrestling match with panic disorder.

From the blog Random Ramblings comes this post, which begins:

I am agoraphobic not as bad as some people I have read about, but still pretty bad. I haven’t left the house to go anywhere but church and the grocery store in months. Today I have an unavoidable appointment. I am breaking out in hives, and couldn’t sleep last night. My heart is racing and I am having a major anxiety attack. I know it’s pathetic. It’s so stupid, especially since not even seven years ago I was outgoing enough to move to a new state by myself and completely start my life over.

This is a discussion by London author Martin Millar of his agoraphobia.

Remember, you are not alone!

Blogs by panickers, part 1.
One of the cool things about the rise of the blogosphere has been the way it can show panic sufferers just how not-alone they really are. There are tons of blogs by people who have panic attacks. Some focus on panic disorder, or on the blogger's overall mental health. Others discuss panic occasionally, as part of the bigger narrative of the blog. In recent months I've bookmarked a slew of these blogs, and I feel like it's time to start highlighting some of the sites I've found in a series of posts. This will by no means result in an exhaustive list of blogs featuring tales of panic, but does promise to show just how many people there are out there dealing with the same kinds of problems you might be dealing with.

My Brain: My Friend, My Enemy is a fascinating blog detailing one 30-year-old guy's dealings with panic since it became part of his life early in 2005.

Confessions of a Hypochondriac is by Leila V., a woman who writes snappy, entertaining prose, and suffers from anxiety and panic (as best I can tell without reading her entire blog).

Skittles' Place is by a 50something Michigan-based grandmother who deals with panic and depression (but has apparently overcome agoraphobia).

This blog post, from Where The Sidewalk Begins, deals with the blogger's experiences with panic attacks.

This post by the author of the Calacirian blog uses an elaborate Lord of the Rings analogy to discuss the writer's panic and depression.

That's just the beginning of what's out there, in terms of blogs by panic sufferers. More to come soon.