Somatic symptoms of acute anxiety and panic reaction well described in Bhagavad Gita

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New Delhi, September 16,  2019:

The Bhagavad Gita, India Vedic Text (over thousands of years old) describes ten symptoms which Arjuna faced when he was indecisive facing a life event. These somatic and mental symptoms are consistent with acute panic reaction or acute anxiety.

The Bhagavad Gita is a 700-verse Sanskrit scripture that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata (chapters 23–40 of Bhishma Parva).

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The described symptoms are:

1. My limbs are giving way
2. My mouth is drying up
3. My whole body shudders
4. My hair is standing on end
5. My bow, the Gāṇḍīv, is slipping from my hand
6. My skin is burning all over.
7. My mind is in quandary and whirling in confusion
8. I am unable to hold myself steady any longer.
9. I only see omens of misfortune.
10. I do not foresee how any good can come from killing my own kinsmen in this battle.

Dr K K Aggarwal

President CMAAO and HCFI

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