I havent been luckily bothered by this area yet. But I did do some research, since I noticed alot of posts about lighting, in particular flurorescent lighting being a major trigger factor or cause extreme discomfort to individuals with panic attacks. From what I have read, some of us, have the ability to "dissociate" or in layman terms to "trance" ourselves out during the day, by staring at the tv, out the window, etc., before the onset of a panic attack. Research has been done to indicate that flurorescent lighting induces a "trance" state for many, thus the discomfort, or triggers the flight syndrome for us to run, we need to escape. I have copied and pasted what I have found in this next paragraph-
Eventually, the reaction can be automatical, and the anxiety is triggered by a certain feeling or change in the body (e.g. that the pulse rate increases while watching TV). This can sometimes explain nightly panic attacks, which occur in the sleep and wake you up, since you are scanning your body for symptoms even while sleeping. Research on the so called dissociation, sort of a "separation from reality", shows that some persons have an ability to induce a "trance" state, i.e. to dissociate. It has been observed that many patients first dissociate and then panic. Once you have dissociated, many different symptoms can appear, such as feelings of unreality, tunnel vision, dizziness and strange bodily sensations. The symptoms or the trance are not harmful, but you are frightened into a panic attack. Most persons who can dissociate have had this ability since childhood (when they did not perceive it as strange). It is easy to go into a trance state, sensitive people can induce this just by staring at something. It can happen when watching TV, working by a computer screen or driving a car staring at the road ahead. Some persons are sensitive to fluorescent lighting. You can interrupt dissociation by stop staring or break the self absorption by telling yourself to stop. You need not have panic or anxiety since it is not dangerous with dissociation.
