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It's an ordinary day.
這是平常的一天。
You may be entirely relaxed, settling down to watch some TV.
你放松身心，專心地看著電視。
Suddenly you begin to feel scared.
突然你感到恐懼。
Everything around you is becoming unreal.
身邊的所有事物都變得不真實。
Your heart isracing, your head spinning, your hands tingling.
你的心跳加速，天旋地轉，手臂發麻。
An overwhelming sense of despair and anguish hits you like a wave.
一種歇斯底里的絕望和痛苦像海浪一樣侵襲著你。
What on earth is going on?
這到底是怎么回事？
If you have had an experience like this, it's possible you were having a “panic attack.”
如果你有類似的經歷，很可能你患有“驚恐發作”癥。
Some peopleexperience panic attacks in tense situations, such as before giving a speech.
一些人在緊張的情況下會經歷驚恐發作，例如在演講之前。
For others it comescompletely out of the blue.
有些則會在完全意外的情況下經歷。
But panic attack is a very real condition, and not at all the samething as just “getting flustered.”
但是驚恐發作是一種真實存在的健康問題，與所說的心慌完全不同。
What causes it?
那么這是什么引起的呢？
Panic attack begins in the oldest parts of our brain.
驚恐發作始于我們大腦里最古老的部分。
Before we had evolved rational thought, we still needed to be able to survive in the world.
在我們形成理性思維之前，我們仍然需要在在世界上生存。
The ability to either fight or flee from a dangeroussituation is perhaps the most basic behavior required of any animal.
戰斗和逃離危險或許是人和動物都必備的最基本的能力。
Panic attacks occur when the bodily systems responsible for dealing with dangerous situations kick in at the wrong time.
當身體系統對在不適當的時間里發生的危險情況作出反應時就會產生驚恐發作。
There is no danger in relaxing on your couch, and no real danger ingiving a speech.
在沙發上休息并不危險，演講也并不是真的危險。
But in some people, the “fight or flight” responses can be triggered accidentally.
但是對于一些人來說，會意外地觸發他們“戰斗還是逃走”的心理反應。
Heart rate increases, breathing becomes shallow, adrenaline shoots to your arms.
心跳加速，呼吸困難，腎上腺素直沖手臂。
These areuseful responses to have, if you really are in danger.
如果你真的處于危險情況之下，這些都是很有利的反應。
For people with panic attack, though, theycan be both confusing and terrifying.
然而對于有驚恐發作的人來說，他們會感到混亂和恐懼。
Several different therapies now exist for panic attack, from anti-anxiety medications to behaviormodification.
針對驚恐發作，有好幾種不同的治療方法。從抗焦慮藥到行為矯正。
So take heart-there's no need to panic.
所以，鼓起勇氣-沒必要恐慌。
