... had panic attacks atschool. She also had panic attacks at home, at the grocery store, at the laundromat, at the bank, in theshower, and in bed. She had a panic attack when my father came to ... thevagina’s hand, talk to it for a while. How do you do, vagina? Would you like some herbal tea? Butthe vagina is businesslike and gruff. An impatient vagina, a waiting vagina. A real bureaucrat ... SMITH Muses, Madmen, and Prophets Anxiety once paralyzed Daniel Smith over a roast beef sandwich, convincing him that a choice between ketchup and barbeque sauce was as dire as that between life and death....