Hello,
My Aunt's father has been abusive to her and his other kids since they were little,he used to beat them up,send them to sleep outside in the cold,screaming and generally hardcore abusement for their whole lives,my aunt has been having moments in her life since years where she starts heavily breathing then dropping to the ground and starting to cry and completely lose control over her body.
my family are extremely religious and think this is a "curse" and whenever she has one of these moments they start spraying her with "blessed water" and reading quran to her,i myself dont believe in islam but im forced to act like i do because i dont want to get hanged,anyways i think she's having panic attacks based on what i saw but maybe it is something else?.
ill try my best to get her to go to therapy but i just wanna confirm if these are panic attacks or something else