Re: Does this sound familiar to any of you
Originally Posted by
Greg316
I’m an avid golf player and typically play golf about 2-3 times a week. I played golf last Thursday, last Friday and then went and played again on Sunday. When I played last Sunday I played with a new friend and had a massive panic attack, started seeing stars, felt flushed and had a massive fight or flight reflex on hole 3 (30 mins in).
I chalked it up to “one of those things”
And today I went to play golf again, and the same thing happened at the same time!
Your brain (amygdala) remembered that you had a panic attack on hole 3. It associated the situation with 'danger' (albeit not a real one) which triggered the fight or flight response. It's that simple.
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