Your healthcare provider may ask you questions to determine if you have astraphobia. Sometimes, anxiety symptoms are related to another mental health diagnosis.

Your healthcare provider might ask if you’ve experienced:

Anxiety lasting six months or longer.

Avoidance of thunder and lightning, even in movies or pictures.

Extreme fear or panic when you see lightning or thunder.

Immediate dread or distress when you know a thunderstorm is in the weather forecast.

Panic that interferes with your life, even when you know you are safe.