Hello to anyone who reads this, im 19 and i am currently attending my first year at university and living in residence. I am not completely sure if i have a panic disorder because i have not been to a doctor yet but i have most of the symptoms and can relate to some of the stories. i honestly hate the feeling that comes over me and dont ever want to feel that way again, i feel like im going to faint and my body feels very light, its very uncomfortable. I had my first attack four days ago when me and two of my friends were talking about our fears and this feeling came over me like what i described plus my face got hot and fingers tingle. I am afraid to go to the doctors and i do not want another attack to come ive had about 8 in the past four days and i spent the whole day in my room and avoided all my friends because i didnt want to have an attack infront of people. This scares me how randomly it happened and i read peoples stories that have dealt with this for years, i certainly do not want this for years. How has people gotten rid of it? i havent told anyone about my symptoms yet except my boyfriend and he had no clue what i was talking about.