Panic Attack Test

Take this brief check-in to explore sudden episodes of intense fear, panic-related physical sensations, fear of another attack, and avoidance or behavioral change.

About 90 seconds. Answer based on the past month. This educational self-reflection tool is designed for adults and cannot diagnose panic disorder or determine whether physical symptoms are medically safe.

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Safety check: Are you currently having thoughts of killing yourself or seriously harming yourself?
Urgent medical check: Are you currently having new, severe, or unusual chest pain; severe trouble breathing; fainting; confusion; sudden weakness or numbness; difficulty speaking; or symptoms that feel meaningfully different from prior panic episodes?
Your Cornerstone Check-In Results

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What Your Responses May Suggest

Your Pattern at a Glance

Your answers were grouped into several areas so you can see where different experiences appeared most strongly.

Attack Experience
Sudden fear, perceived loss of control, catastrophic fear, and altered sense of reality.
Physical Sensations
Heart, breathing, dizziness, trembling, temperature, stomach, and sensory symptoms.
Fear & Avoidance Cycle
Fear of recurrence, avoidance, escape planning, reassurance, and behavioral restriction.

What Stood Out in Your Answers

    Your Everyday Impact Matters

    You indicated that these experiences are creating meaningful stress or difficulty in at least some areas of your life.

    This matters more than achieving any particular score. You do not need a diagnosis or certainty about what is causing the pattern to seek support.

    Your Suggested Next Step

    Talk With a Therapist

    Where Would You Like to Go From Here?

    I'd Like an Evaluation

    Panic-like symptoms deserve assessment of the attacks, ongoing fear and avoidance, physical health, medications, substances, sleep, trauma, and other possible explanations.

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    I'd Like Support

    CBT and exposure-based treatment can help change catastrophic interpretations, reduce fear of physical sensations, and restore activities restricted by panic.

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    This check-in is an original educational self-reflection tool. It is not a validated panic assessment, diagnostic instrument, medical examination, crisis evaluation, or substitute for professional care. A high result does not establish panic disorder, and a low result does not rule it out. A panic attack can occur without panic disorder and may occur with other anxiety conditions, trauma, depression, substance use, medication effects, sleep loss, thyroid or metabolic problems, cardiac or respiratory conditions, or other medical causes. Panic disorder generally involves recurrent unexpected attacks plus at least one month of persistent concern or maladaptive behavioral change. A clinician considers attack timing, expected versus unexpected episodes, medical factors, substances and medications, avoidance, agoraphobia, safety, functioning, and alternative explanations. New, severe, or unusual physical symptoms require medical evaluation rather than assumption that they are panic.