In Treatment
I was watching the second session with Walter that Paul has on In Treatment and even though my therapist said that the industry feels that Paul’s therapy is spot on – I beg to differ. The discussion is centered on Panic Attacks – of which I’m an expert. Walter keeps saying over and over again that his episodes are not panic attacks because they never happen under duress and Paul never addresses this and as a matter of fact refutes that the Panic Attack is not happening under stress.
This is a case of bad writing and bad research. Panic Attacks happen sometimes YEARS after the stress occurs. They happen in a moment of perhaps you might even call ease – that is when the body allows the sum toll of what took place to express itself. Panic Attacks are more lethal because they happen when you least expect them – not as a direct consequence but rather as a delayed stealth bomb. Most people who suffer Panic Attacks think they are going crazy because there is not cause and effect in real time.
This is not addressed even once in this session with Walter who is obviously having Panic Attacks, who HAS obviously had Panic Attacks his whole life. Not once, does Paul talk to him about the fact that this is not something that happens in the moment of stress, but many if not most times, much later.
A serious oversight if you ask me.