Am I Having Panic Attacks —
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How often the surge itself, the fear of the next one, and the avoiding have shown up in the last month — a screening-style read of panic, not a diagnosis.
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The science behind it
Panic is measured differently from generalised anxiety. Anxiety screens ask about a persistent background over a fortnight; panic instruments ask about discrete episodes — fast onset, peak within about ten minutes, a body in full alarm — and then about the two things that turn episodes into a condition: the anticipatory fear of the next one and the avoidance built to prevent it. That three-part shape is what this check follows, over the last month, with fifteen items written for MoodyWonder. It is not the PDSS, the PAS, or any licensed instrument. A high score is a reason to talk to a clinician, not a result in itself — and a first episode, or any episode with chest pain, belongs with a doctor before it belongs with a questionnaire. Read the full methodology →
This is a screening-style questionnaire, not a diagnosis. It reads how often certain experiences happen to you and compares that with other people; only a clinician can assess what it means for you. If the result worries you, take it to one.
What you get — free
- ✓Your three facet scores against other people's — the surge, the anticipation, the avoidance
- ✓Whether this reads as panic, as background anxiety, or as something only social situations set off
- ✓What a score at your level usually means, what it cannot, and the order to take it in
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Common questions
Was that a panic attack or my heart?
A questionnaire cannot tell you, and it should not try. Chest pain, a first episode, or anything that felt different from the last one is a doctor's question first. That is not us saying you are fine — it is the correct order. Panic and cardiac symptoms overlap enough that clinicians rule out the heart before they name the panic, and the people who get the best care are the ones who let them.
How is this different from the anxiety check?
Anxiety Check measures a background: worry, tension and avoidance running low and continuous across two weeks. This one measures episodes: something that arrives fast, peaks within minutes, and leaves you braced for the next. They are not the same thing and one does not imply the other. Plenty of people who have panic attacks would score unremarkably on a general anxiety screen, because between the surges they are not especially anxious. If both feel true, take both — the two results read differently side by side.
Why one month instead of two weeks?
Because attacks are sparser than background anxiety. A fortnight is long enough to sample a mood that runs every day, and too short to sample an event that might happen twice a month. A one-month window catches the pattern without asking you to remember a whole year. It also means one bad week weighs less here than it would on a two-week screen.
It only happens when people are watching. Is that this?
Probably not. Panic that arrives reliably in front of an audience — the meeting, the presentation, the party — and never when you are alone is usually the physical end of social anxiety rather than panic disorder, and the help is different enough that the distinction matters. The Social Anxiety Check looks at that directly. Panic disorder's signature is the attack that comes with no cue at all, including out of sleep.
Can this diagnose panic disorder?
No. It measures how often three facets have shown up in the last month and compares that with other people. A clinician decides whether it is panic disorder, whether it is something medical, and what would help. The useful news is that panic is among the most treatable things they see: the core techniques have strong, durable evidence, and most of the work is aimed at the fear of the next attack rather than the attack itself.
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