Galloway panic attack rate: 1 in 300
Galloway estimates he has a panic attack roughly once every 300 speaking engagements, or about once every 2-3 years given his current volume.
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Jul 13, 2026
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Panic Attacks: Origins, the 333 Technique, and Expert Advice
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The final listener question — from an anonymous 30-year-old in North Carolina who ended up in the ER with a stress-induced panic attack — is the episode's most emotionally resonant. Galloway starts not with his own story but with structured coping tools: the 333 technique (identify 3 things you can see, 3 sounds you can hear, move 3 parts of your body) [1] — Scott Galloway "Galloway's panic attacks started at age 11 when he fainted watching a Holocaust documentary, likely inherited from his father who had petit…" 18:10 and Andrew Huberman's double-inhale breathing protocol, which he walks listeners through in real time. He then sets up his personal narrative with the origin story: at around age 11 or 12, watching a Holocaust documentary, he fainted in a semicircle of classmates. He links the condition to his father's petite mal epilepsy, framing his panic attacks as largely genetic. The fainting created a feedback loop — the anxiety of wondering whether he'd faint again in intense situations became its own trigger — and began shaping his behavior as an adolescent, including avoiding intense situations and struggling in movie theaters with his friends.
Panic Attacks Began at Age 11 — A Genetic Story
Galloway's panic attacks started at age 11 when he fainted watching a Holocaust documentary, likely inherited from his father who had petite mal epilepsy. That single fainting episode created a feedback loop of dread that followed him into his public speaking career.
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