ngl when i saw the shimmering at the edge of my vision, i thought i was dying. scotomas creeping in, that wavering line getting bigger, and my first thought was stroke. idk, couldn’t tell anyone because it sounded insane but i was genuinely terrified for like twenty minutes. turns out it was aura (of course). my doc said it’s textbook. but here’s what nobody warned me about. the fear doesn’t just go away after you know what it’s. even now when i get the prodrome signs i’m like… okay is this just aura or is something actually wrong. so real question: does that panic part settle down? like did you stop being scared every time once you figured out what it was? or is that first-time terror kinda permanent. asking because i’d rather not white-knuckle through every warning sign for the next 15 years.