I'm not sure if I can classify what I sometimes get as "panic attacks".... I am a very anxious person in general, but sometimes when things get very very stressful (or when I perceive them as being very stressful), I'll sort of... snap.

The reason I'm not sure if it's a panic attack is because I've read up on the symptoms, and mine seem to mild for that. Granted, they're never "mild" for me, but... well, if I may describe the worst of them:

Basically it'll build. Generally something outside of myself has to trigger it, and it's often a parent putting a ton of stress on me over something I should have done/should be doing (not that they have any clue of the effect it has). I'll start crying, getting freaked out, and it'll spiral downward from there.

My worst "attacks" have left me sobbing, sometimes screaming, curled up as tight as my body can make itself on the floor. The worst one was when I was alone in the house, wandering from room to room and desperately trying to, as best I can describe it, "escape" from the anxiety and fear... but it was sort of everywhere. ^.^ Not fun, obviously. By the time the "attack" has peaked my mind can feel totally detached from my body, and I'm emotionally and mentally numb.

I haven't experienced this in a month or two, thank goodness, so I'm not sure if I should even be asking, but... it'd be nice to know what's actually going on. Thank you all SO MUCH for your responses.