Why does Holden have a panic attack after meeting with Kemper?

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In the final episode of Mindhunter season 1, after his meeting with Kemper, Holden escapes the hospital room and is having something like a panic attack. I understand that Kemper has threatened to kill him but since he is out of the room and safe, the panic attack (in which he sees fragments of his life) seems a bit overreacting.

Is there a deeper meaning in this panic attack rather than just his being afraid of Kemper killing him?






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Does Holden have a panic attack?

But then I worry so much that I don't have to go.\u201d Later in the novel, Holden has a panic attack. By writing Holden's feelings of disassociation, nerves, constipation, diarrhea, panic attacks, repetitive thoughts, rooted in traumatic events and repression, Salinger shows us the model of anxiety writ large.

What happened to Holden in the hospital?

After his visit with Kemper, Holden woke up in a hospital bed, struggling to breathe. The doctor told him he'd had a panic attack. When he calmed down, the doctor explained that he may be prone to future attacks and gave him a prescription to help him calm down.

Why is Holden Ford in the hospital?

What does have some semblance of truth though, is Holden's physical reaction to the stress of his job. As Mindhunter's second season opens, Ford is strapped to a hospital bed having suffered severe panic attacks (brought on by his close encounter with Kemper).



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