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Panic
Sudden overwhelming sensation of fear / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the psychological condition, see Panic attack.
For other uses, see Panic (disambiguation).
Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety, uncertainty and frantic agitation consistent with a fight-or-flight reaction. Panic may occur singularly in individuals or manifest suddenly in large groups as mass panic (closely related to herd behavior).
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