When I am freaking out about something - what I do is Freeze. I am afraid to take a step forward or backward, I just stand there and my mind races, I feel flush or like I'm going to pass out. I let the world go on around me until I feel safe enough to at least find a place to sit down and try to calm myself. I take xanax and to me it's like a rescue inhaler for an asthmatic.. I will take a pill and within 10 minutes I am able to carry on.