Annabelle is in the grocery store when she notices her heart is racing, and she becomes very dizzy

She is shaking so that she is barely able to stand up, and she cannot seem to get enough air and begins to hyperventilate. Annabelle thinks that maybe she is having a heart attack or going insane. She was fine a few minutes ago.
Annabelle is exhibiting symptoms of a
a. factitious disorder.
b. panic disorder.
c. conversion disorder.
d. dissociative fugue.


ANSWER: b

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