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Originally Posted By DyGDisney Not saying I would have pushed past my daughters, saying there is that possibility. For those who have never had one, they wouldn't understand at all. For those who have, but don't think they would do this, maybe I wouldn't either. I don't know as I've never been in this situation. I'm just saying I don't know what I would have done, so I can't say I wouldn't. See, if my kids weren't panicking, then obviously they were okay. My kids are fine in enclosed spaces, thank God, cause even at my older daughter's age I was very claustrophobic.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Thank God my husband is not claustrophobic too, cause he can take my kids on NEMO when it opens
Originally Posted By BoyStory That's the exact nature of a panic attack- it defies logic. That's what makes them so horrifying to the person having them as well. Logical people have panic attacks as do people who in a normal state of mind are highly protective of their children. Panic attacks to not make you put your children in harms way- they simply cause you to prioritize differently than you would normally. But trying to explain a panic attack to someone who has never suffered from one is like trying to explain a sixth sense to "normal" people with only five; nearly impossible. I also thought it sounded like the pregnant woman was having a panic attack when I first read the OP. I know her behavior must have been really puzzling and annoying to everyone on board the boat and I'm very sympathetic to that. But I think having panic disorder myself makes me a little less judemental and more long-suffering of people and their "neediness". One can be a low-key, low-maintenence "mom/dad-of-the-year" type and if they're having a panic attack all bets are off due to the survival instinct which overrides everything in their "parallel universe" at the moment. Just my $.02
