Thread:The Demon In Me/@comment-25376269-20180704203955/@comment-25376269-20180705152913

KillerZ wrote: Ok, reached that part. Lara is in the restaurant with Cahalane and has an attack. she at first tries to belittle it:

''“Thank you, but it’s fine,” she said. “I’m getting help. It’s silly.”

confirming she gets help. than after professor keeps insisting if she ok and it's not something to be ashamed of she says:

''“I’m very grateful. You helped enormously,” she said. “I have a problem with anxiety. I’ve been diagnosed. I have coping strategies. It was the noise.”''

The word diagnosed is the key word here, it confirms that she has talked with professional doctors who have diagnosed her and have given her those instructions on how she could lessen her attacks in daily situations. Professional help does not mean padded rooms and straight jackets, it can also mean weekly or monthly talking sessions. As you said, I think that "help" it's just the diagnosis(and I think she is speaking evasively, with an excuse ready just to drop the topic). In the book she doesn't ever take sessions and doesn't need them.