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An Analysis of Uncued Panic Attacks in Panic Disorder continued
Jasmine Arthur-Jones and Bronwyn Fox
Cross correlations were performed on the energy descriptors. Three basic energy correlations emerged:
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Electric current and vibration (0.52) - Electric current and vibration (0.52); Electric current and vibration and hot prickly (0.45); Electric current and vibration and intense heat or burning pain (0.35); Electric current and vibration and white hot flame (0.22)
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Electric current and wave-like motion of energy (0.32); Electric current and wave-like motion of energy and vibration (0.45); Electric current and wave-like motion of energy and intense flow of energy (0.3) ; Electric current and wave-like motion of energy and rushes of energy shaking the body (0.33)
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Tingly sensation and creeping sensation (0.48) ; Tingly sensation and creeping sensation and wave-like motion of energy (0.47)
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Energy Descriptor vs Energy Movement
The major difference between a uncued panic attack and a limited symptom (anxiety) attack is that there is no energy movement in a limited symptom attack. Other Anxiety Disorder participants reported no movement of energy, just localised energy eg. tingling in a specific section of the body. Table 5. shows the distribution of energy movement experienced by Panic Disorder participants. Many participants experienced different energy movements on different occasions, and so the results reflect this fact.
Table 5. Distribution of energy movement experienced by Panic Disorder participants
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Energy movement through the body
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Panic Disorder participants
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Energy Movement 1. Energy moves from the base of the spine to the crown of the head
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25%
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Energy Movement 2. Energy moves from the base of the spine to the crown of the head and then radiates throughout body to fingers and toes
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17%
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Energy Movement 3. Energy rises from feet through the spine to the crown of the head
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31%
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Energy Movement 4. Energy rises from the feet through the spine to the crown of the head and radiates through body terminating in the stomach
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25%
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Energy Movement 5. Begins in the stomach region, moves to the base of the spine, through the spine to the crown of the head
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56%
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Energy Movement 6. Begins in the stomach region, move to base of spine, through spine to crown of head then radiates down through body to fingers and toes
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42%
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Space was given for participants to describe other energy movements that they may be experiencing. Only two participants described alternate energy movement. Correlation between 'energy' movement and 'energy' descriptors is as follows:
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Energy movement 1. had a high correlation to the following energy descriptors: electric current (0.21), hot prickly sensation (0.14), and vibration moving through the body (0.14).
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Energy movement 2.had a high correlation to the following energy descriptors: electric current (0.2), rushes of energy shaking the body (0.15)
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Energy movement 3.had a high correlation to the following energy descriptors: electric current (0.27), wave-like motion (0.33) and vibration moving through the body (0.21)
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Energy movement 4.had a high correlation to the following energy descriptors: electric current (0.3), hot prickly sensation (0.4), intense heat or burning pain (0.37), 'unusual' flows of energy (0.23) and vibration moving through the body (0.23)
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Energy movement 5.had a high correlation to the following energy descriptors: electric current (0.35), hot prickly sensation (0.22) and vibration moving through the body (0.16)
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Energy movement 6.had a high correlation to the following energy descriptors: electric current (0.14), rushes of energy shaking the body (0.14) and vibration moving through the body (0.16)
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All energy movements within an uncued panic attack encompass the movement of energy from the base of the spine to the crown of the head.
Location where Uncued panic attack 'energy' begins vs 'energy' movement
Other Anxiety Disorder participants reported these as where they felt localised energy. Many Panic Disorder participants reported experiencing 'energy' beginning from different locations at varying times, the results reflected this fact. Also, many Anxiety Disorder participants experience no localised energy.
Energy descriptor locations that are only experienced by Panic Disorder participants were base of spine (25%) and the stomach (56%). Correlation between locations 'energy' begins and energy movements for Panic Disorder participants showed location where energy begins is linked to particular energy movements. Energy movements defined above had correlations with locations as follows:
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Energy movement 1: base of spine(0.41), crown of head(0.2)
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Energy movement 2: base of spine(0.26), fingers(0.18)
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Energy movement 3:legs(0.63), toe (0.42), feet(0.25)
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Energy movement 4: crown of head(0.33), feet(0.36), toe(0.32), fingers(0.45)
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Energy movement 5: stomach(0.36), heart(0.34), shoulders/upper back(0.29),
abdomen(0.28)
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Energy movement 6: simultaneously(0.31), stomach(0.21), abdomen(0.23)
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All locations (where energy begins) correlate logically with the actual physical energy movement models giving a high degree of confidence in the correlation results. 
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