#panic attack

• Acrophobia — An irrational, pathological, and persistent fear of heights or high places, manifesting as severe anxiety, panic attacks, vertigo, and dizziness.
• Aerophobia — A pathological, intense, and irrational fear of air drafts, fresh air, or flying. In psychiatry, it is classified as a specific anxiety disorder; in neurology and infectious diseases, it represents a severe clinical symptom found in the terminal stage of rabies, where an air draft triggers painful muscle spasms.
• Agoraphobic — A person suffering from agoraphobia, characterized by a pathological, obsessive, and uncontrollable fear of open spaces, crowded public areas, or situations from which escape might be difficult or help unavailable during a panic attack; as an adjective, relating to or exhibiting agoraphobia.
• Agoraphobia — A severe anxiety disorder characterized by an intense and persistent fear of open spaces, crowded public places, markets, or situations where escape might be difficult or embarrassing, or where help may not be available in the event of a panic attack. It frequently leads to severe avoidance behavior.
• Amaxophobia — A specific and irrational anxiety disorder characterized by a pathological, persistent, and unjustified fear of riding in or driving a vehicle (car, bus, train). Affected individuals experience intense anxiety, palpitations, or panic attacks during travel.
• Androphobia — An anxiety disorder characterized by an irrational, pathological, and persistent fear of men or a deep aversion to the presence and characteristics associated with masculinity. This structural psychological mechanism often leads to intense panic attacks and severe social avoidance behaviors, being triggered, in most cases, by severe emotional traumas suffered during childhood.
• Anemophobia — An anxiety disorder of the phobic type, characterized by an irrational, persistent, intense, and unjustified fear of wind, drafts, air currents, or storms. Affected individuals experience severe anxiety, panic attacks, or obsessive tendencies to structurally isolate themselves in closed, secure spaces.
• Anthropophobia — A severe and pathological anxiety disorder manifested by an irrational, obsessive, and uncontrollable fear of humans, human society, or social interactions. This clinical phobia goes beyond normal shyness, causing the affected individual to completely isolate themselves from the community to avoid panic attacks and acute psychological distress.
• Arachnophobia — A persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of spiders or other arachnids, representing one of the most common specific animal phobias experienced by humans worldwide. This anxiety disorder triggers extreme emotional and physiological reactions, such as panic attacks, heavy sweating, and severe avoidance behaviors, even at the mere sight of a picture or the anticipation of a spider's presence.
• Arachnophobia — A pathological, intense, persistent, and irrational fear of spiders or other arachnids, representing one of the most widespread specific animal phobias identified in the human species. This anxiety disorder dictates severe neurovegetative reactions, such as immediate panic attacks, palpitations, and an uncontrollable urge to escape, triggered not only by physical contact but also by images, simulations, or the mere anticipation of a spider's presence.
• Astraphobia — A specific anxiety disorder manifested as an irrational, pathological, and persistent fear of thunder and lightning, found in humans as well as some animals. This phobia triggers reactions disproportionate to the actual danger, causing severe behavioral changes such as self-imposed isolation, obsessive checking of weather forecasts, or acute physical manifestations of panic during storms.
• Astrophobia — A pathological, irrational, and persistent fear of stars, celestial bodies, constellations, or the vastness of outer space. This specific anxiety disorder can manifest through panic attacks, vertigo, profuse sweating, and a compulsive urge to avoid looking at the night sky or space-themed images, often being associated with the fear of the unknown, darkness (nyctophobia), or absolute void.