Sharon* thought that she was dying. Although she was a young, happily married mother and part-time journalist, she was experiencing involuntary, intense fear. Her heart was racing, she was gasping for breath, and she feared that her life was slipping away. When the emergency medical team stabilised her and completed their diagnosis, Sharon was told that her physical health was fine, but she had suffered a panic attack...
In our biblical counselling ministry, we have heard this account, and similar ones, from men