I am trying to find the correct term to describe a certain experience that occurs for me. I keep wanting to call it an anxiety attack, but thats not right. From what I've read, and those who suffer anxiety attacks please feel free to correct me if I am wrong, they are quite debiliating and scary. My experiences are debilitating but I dont think they are anywhere near that of an anxiety attack.

Allow me to describe one of these experiences in order to better illustrate what I am talking about. Usually, it's triggered by reading or hearing something. I start feeling nervous, my hands get shakier and sometimes start sweating. I sometimes feel like I want to be sick. Sometimes, anger comes in to. I just get overwhelmed by these feelings, that I either have to cry it out, or punch my tackle dummy that I made.

I refer to these experiences often in my journal writing as mild anxiety attacks. But that label doesn't seem to sit right with me. Plus, I dont want to offend someone with my ignorance about anxiety. I wonder if perhaps "dysthymia" attack would be more appropriate since thats what I've been diagnosed with.

I asked my T this same question, and she said to go with whichever works best for me. Sorry if I seem to be rambling, or asking about a tiny detail that really does not need to have such worry put into it.