 [ Symptoms ] what can i say to a friend while she is having an anxiety attack  my friend has generalized anxiety disorder and she has panic attacks pretty often once or twice a week typically and when it is the worst daily they get bad and it is pretty scary i was wondering what i can dosay to her that will stop the anxiety attack or make it less bad so she does not have to leave class she has a fear of throwing up that is often what causes the panic attacks even when she just has a stomachache she freaks out she is on treatment but it can only help so much [ Disease ] let her know that what she is afraid of is not the worst thing in the world everyone gets sick and if you can get her to understand getting sick in front of everyone will not kill her and she would not be the first she probably will not get sick have her imagine what she is most afraid of and the most likely resposnse of those around her chances are she has visions much worse than reality and can understand that