I see what you're saying. My therapist told me that during the times I get panic attacks I should look at it as though I'm viewing myself panicking from the window of a train. I acknowledge that I'm panicking but like a train, pass on by. It's so much easier said than done but I'm doing my best

Now I'm thinking of a song called "Trains and winter rains" by Enya. "Every night is the same. One more night, one more train." It really spoke to me because night time brings about a lot of anxiety in me (ironically because of all the anxiety I had to endure for the past year in particular, when it became more severe...so in a way I was traumatized by my own anxiety).

I'll keep this in mind more often and practice it.