Scott Peck in his book, The Road Less Traveled (1) says that "life is difficult". He wasn't kidding. For those of us with panic attacks, that may be the understatement of the year. The question is, is life worth it. Most things worth doing are difficult. Love, work, family, friends, faith, and school are difficult. And they are meaningful. Many things that are difficult, when we're done with them we feel great.
How does this relate to panic? Panic suffering is particularly painful because it seems like meaningless suffering and can make life feel like it's not worth it.
Life is sometimes difficult, yet panic can be our friend and help us make our life meaningful and our life worth living.
(1) Quote from: The Road Less Traveled, M. Scott Peck, MD, A Touchstone Book, 1978