How to Alleviate a Panic Attack

Here's a really helpful video I found on how to alleviate a panic attack:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veyrL-OCdjM

Something I learned here that I think we need to bring into rehearsal (and here I'm pretty much only talking to Ashley) is the eye contact - the way we're currently doing it is a shoulder massage, but it seems that eye contact, especially in the more severe phases of the panic attack, would be really helpful in calming George down. And I think the text suggests that George does calm down: he's able to hose down the pig and start the fire before returning to another attack that ends his life. So with George here there needs to be a tension and release kind of situation with the panic attacks, and the techniques from this video will help with the release part of that.