Yes, absolutely. It can start happening regularly after the first time because you anticipate it. You start fearing it will happen again. What you need to do is MAKE yourself go to that area. If you don't, you will start avoiding it, and this can happen with other areas as well. In other words, if you have a panic attack in a certain place, and it happens more than once, your mind starts fearing it just as soon as you visit that place again. I used to be like this in grocery stores and movie theatres after I had a horrible panic attack in both places. But I had to force myself to keep going. Sometimes it was all I could do not to run out the door! But if you stick it out, you'll find you are no more likely to have a panic attack in that spot as anywhere else.
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