Panic Distress
Dimension 326 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Panic Distress measures acute fear and alarm expressed through panic sensations, catastrophic threat appraisal, and bodily arousal that feels overwhelming or dangerous. It encompasses sudden terror, fear of imminent harm, and intense distress linked to attacks, pain, or physical symptoms.
evidence final name · Pain Impact
Minimal Panic Distress
Expressions activating this band show little to no acute fear or panic content and may instead reflect neutral, administrative, or broadly positive engagement language. The proxy is effectively at floor level, with panic distress not meaningfully expressed.
Moderate Panic Distress
Expressions activating this band convey episodic panic-like fear, bodily alarm, and distressing physical sensations such as chest awareness, dizziness, butterflies, or sudden panic. The experience is emotionally upsetting and often includes worry that pain or health problems will not improve.
High Panic Distress
Expressions activating this band convey pronounced fear of impending catastrophe, trembling, autonomic surges, and alarm focused on pain, attacks, or serious physical threat. The experience is marked by anticipatory dread and fear that symptoms signal worsening danger or possible death.
Severe Panic Distress
Expressions activating this band convey overwhelming terror centered on severe attacks, crisis states, and intensely frightening bodily sensations. The experience is acute, incapacitating, and disruptive, with panic or pain felt as terrifying and life-interfering.
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Minimal Pain Impact: Expressions show no meaningful pain impact content. The proxy is effectively absent. Expressions activating this band are unrelated to pain impact.
Moderate Pain Impact: Pain impact is experienced here predominantly in its cognitive and anticipatory form. Expressions reflect apprehension, concern, and expectation of negative outcomes. This is the first band where pain impact becomes detectable. Expressions activating this band likely reflect anticipatory or cognitive pain impact.
Intense Pain Impact: Pain impact is experienced here at a level consistent with formal clinical assessment and disorder-relevant measurement. Unlike the band below, where pain impact was characterized by the cognitive and anticipatory form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band likely reflect pain impact at a clinical or disorder-relevant level.
Peak Pain Impact: Pain impact is experienced here predominantly in its cognitive and anticipatory form. Expressions reflect apprehension, concern, and expectation of negative outcomes. Unlike the band below, where pain impact was characterized by the clinical form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band likely reflect anticipatory or cognitive pain impact.