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Spring 2006 —
I've decided to start writing about panic.
I've experienced so-called "panic attacks" intermittently over the last two years. In the last couple of weeks,
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[I suspended writing at this part of the sentence. During a couple of weeks in late March-early April {2006,} I felt panic every day.]
I believe, hypothetically, that speaking of the illness — giving a name to the monster — can help to dispel its power. In reality, I have spoken with few people
It is this liberation I want to attempt. Openness
A quotation attributed to the filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock has him advising against exposure of the "monster." Once you show the monster, the suspense is disipated.
The [complementary opposite:] if you want to dispel the suspense -- the tension -- maybe it's a good idea to show the monster.
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