Panic Attack, PTSD, Fear: Kashmiris Across Generations Speak Out on War Anxiety

Panic Attack, PTSD, Fear: Kashmiris Across Generations Speak Out on War Anxiety

“I vividly remember the first moment I felt the fear of dying," said Zehra, a 16-year-old resident of Upper Town, Srinagar. “I heard muffled explosions in the distance. It happened near our home. I panicked and ran upstairs, shouting, 'Are we under attack? Can they reach the city?'""Since then, I haven’t been able to sleep. I can’t sit alone," she said recalling the morning of 10 May when drone attacks rocked Srinagar amid cross-border shelling …