Panic Attatck

As part of our opening we thought it would be important to show the boys unconfort in his new, strange environment and therefore decided that upon realising his situation the boy would have a panic attack. In order to make this convinsing we decided to research the symptoms of a panic attack online, after looking round we found these to be the clearest and most commom symptoms.

1. Rapid heart beat, pounding heart or palpitations
2. Sweating
3. Choking sensations or lump in throat
4. Smothering or shortness of breath sensations
5. Chest pain or discomfort
6. Nausea, bloating, indigestion or abdominal discomfort
7. Dizziness or unsteadiness
8. Feeling light-headed
9. Derealization (feeling unreal or dreamy)
10. Depersonalization (feeling outside yourself or like you don't exist)
11. Fear of losing control or going crazy
12. Paresthesias (numbness or tingling sensations) in face, extremities or body
13. Chills or hot flushes
14. Skin losing color
15. Blushing or skin blotches
16. Urgently needing to urinate or defecate
17. Inappropriate/Disturbed thoughts
18. Muscle pain, especially in neck or shoulders

Out of these we felt that the most likely symptoms to be able to recreate appropriatly are: Sweating, Chest pain, Rapid heart beat (sound) and Dizzeeness (hand held camera work)