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The reason Sergej (name changed) consulted me for help was because of his panic attacks while driving. During the anamnesis, he reported he could no longer drive a car or truck for more than about 15 minutes, which of course resulted in significant limitations in Sergej's life.
He used public transportation whenever possible, rode his bike, or had his wife drive him.

When he sat behind the wheel for longer than 15 minutes, he felt sick, his heart raced, he had a strong feeling of pressure in his chest, and felt like he was about to faint at any moment. The first panic attack occurred around 2011, when Sergej was 27 years old.

During the course of our work together, I searched for possible causes based on the written documents and our conversations.

The biological meaning of the panic attacks in the subconscious:
The biological meaning of the panic attacks for Sergej's system was not to drive a car anymore, at least not for longer than 15 minutes. Because the panic attacks caused him such severe discomfort to be unable to drive the car for longer than 15 minutes at a time.

There must have been a corresponding connection to cars somewhere in his life story or the life stories of his ancestors.

We quickly found out about a very stressful event his father had experienced before Sergej was born: Sergej's father owned a bus company in Russia. While transporting a new bus, his father was attacked on the way home. The bus was stopped shortly after setting off, his father was dragged out of the vehicle and a knife was rammed into his chest. His father survived the attack by the narrowest of margins. The knife missed his heart by just a few millimeters and he was in a coma for several weeks afterwards. Sergej's father was 27 years old at the time of the attack; Sergej's mother was pregnant with him at the time.

According to biological decoding, our brain stores everything that could be useful for survival. On the one hand, this can include experiences from our own childhood. On the other hand, we also carry the experiences of our ancestors within us; experiences from stressful situations in particular are passed down within the family.

In Sergej's case, he or rather his subconscious mind received the information to avoid driving himself from the age of 27 onwards to prevent Sergej from getting into such a life-threatening situation. On closer inspection, Sergej's symptoms showed significant parallels to the situation his father experienced.
It was like placing two identical templates on top of each other.

Father's attack
-Father fell into a coma.
- Attack took place shortly after starting the journey; short time = 15 minutes? Sergej could not find out the exact time.
- Stab wound to the chest.
- The father was 27 years old at the time.

Sergej's panic attacks
- Sergej feels like he is going to black out.
- Panic when he sits behind the wheel for longer than about 15 minutes.
- Strong feeling of pressure in his chest. Heart palpitations (biological meaning, among other things: when the heart beats quickly and strongly, you feel you are still alive).
- Panic attacks began at the age of 27.

By finding the cause and resolving this emotionally, there was ultimately no longer any reason for his system to react with panic attacks when driving— and he was able to drive normally again without any symptoms.

 

Note from Ingmar Marquardt:
According to the 5BN, the conflict content here was probably a frontal fear/powerlessness conflict, i.e., on a psychological level, a great fear of something coming at you from the front that you cannot avoid.
The affected tissues (gill arches, thyroid ducts) probably did not cause any noticeable symptoms due to the usually short activation period and/or were not discussed further in the conversation.