Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
Apr 3, 2026 · 14 min · 13 segments
In this episode, I talk about why panic attacks so often feel like they come out of nowhere when, in reality, there are usually hidden triggers building beneath the surface.
[gentle music] You're sitting there completely calm, and then out of nowhere, this whoosh hits you.
It's come completely all of a sudden, and you are sitting there all of a sudden overwhelmed with a racing heart rate.
This is the definition of you having a panic attack, but here is what nobody is telling you.
There have been hidden triggers firing below the surface that you didn't even know about, and today I'm going to help you understand what exactly those triggers are and what you can do to manage them.
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[gentle music] You're sitting there completely calm, and then out of nowhere, this whoosh hits you.
It's come completely all of a sudden, and you are sitting there all of a sudden overwhelmed with a racing heart rate.
This is the definition of you having a panic attack, but here is what nobody is telling you.
There have been hidden triggers firing below the surface that you didn't even know about, and today I'm going to help you understand what exactly those triggers are and what you can do to manage them.