Once In a While Meltdown

[Wildcard]

You make very valid points- so much so that I have begun to feel my resolve weaken. However, let me make one more attempt to explain myself:

"When the squirrel heard a noise, it panicked into the underbrush."

I'm using 'lose her mind' as a descriptor for the way she exited the room. Can you give me an example of how you would reword that part?