Viral video of man having panic attack.

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Casey Throwaway (yes, that is his real name) decided to make a video of himself undergoing a panic attack to educate people that anxiety is real. I think it took a lot of courage for Casey to make this video and he is to be commended for his willingness to “run naked in public.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ND4sFkp_E

Here is the article from The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/16/panic-attack-video-casey-throwaway_n_7600032.html

8 thoughts on “Viral video of man having panic attack.”

    • It’s distressing there are so many cynics on Youtube saying he was faking. I have suffered panic attacks and while I didn’t cry, they are incredibly scary and debilitating. I thought i was losing my mind or dying. My panic attacks were at their worst when I was suffering C-PTSD and earlier, when I “tried on” narcissism in my 20s. I felt dissociated all the time, and those feelings of unreality led to my panic attacks. I don’t believe this guy is faking. Some do react with tears, like this man.

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      • I feel that most people, when they say someone is “faking” it (or that it’s not real), comes down to a lack of education about mental health disorders.

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  2. I don’t have panic attacks very often, but when I do, they are hellish. There are certain things that I know are likely to trigger them, which I avoid as much as possible, but they sneak through sometimes despite my best efforts.

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    • I don’t have them as much as I used to but don’t put me in an elevator. Ever. That’s sure to set one off. I always take the stairs, even if it’s many flights. People look at me like I’m crazy, but better they think I’m crazy then I feel like I’m going insane or dying.

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      • I have severe claustrophobia, and being stuck in a small space is pretty much guaranteed to give me a panic attack. I had to have an MRI years ago, and I had a full-blown panic attack when they put me in that stupid tube. I had a screaming fit and they had to call the whole procedure off. (They still billed me for the MRI, even though I didn’t actually have one.) For weeks afterward, just thinking about being in that tube would make me freak out.

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