Can Beta Blockers Really Prevent Panic Attacks on Stage?

You can develop an aversive reaction to having a panic attack on stage, right? And if you can, so if you can either prevent that or give yourself some sense of control over it, then maybe you actually don't experience the full-blown anxiety. So I think what emotional body arousal does in a situation like that is it doesn't define the emotional experience itself. What it does is amplify it. It's kind of like, and this is why many medications that are designed to, for example, animal studies by studying behavior, put animals in challenging situations.