Panic Turns Into Action

In a conversation today, the line was said, "Panic turns into action." This was an amazing thing to hear. Panic always turns people into stone. We don't know what to do, which choice is wrong, and we become paralyzed by our options and our ignorance.

But this line added a new concept to this issue. How do you turn panic into action? Why would your mind do that and what exactly does it do? Well, when you know that something has to be done, then any choice is better than no choice. And really, it is an assumption that only one choice is wrong. Sometimes it's not the choice you make, but its execution that makes it good or bad.

Panic is a massive energy shot. It's adrenaline and blood rush and oxygenation. It shouldn't paralyze you; it should motivate you. Actually, it makes more sense to turn panic into action than to use it as inaction.

How might your characters turn panic into action? How do they explain or understand it? How do they deal with the consequences that result?