One of the many fun and entertaining things Adored Wife deals with is anxiety. The line between "anxiety attack" and "panic attack" is a little fuzzy and the two probably shouldn't be rigidly separated, at least in AW's case. A panic attack seems to be more intense, but they're probably generally synonymous.
The really weird thing as AW explains it is that she's not necessarily anxious about anything, although if there is something specific going on then her brain will usually latch on to that as a focus for the stress. But she's perfectly capable of being edgy and nervous without anything circumstantially bothering her at all.
When the anxiety is kicking in it's generally a bad idea to startle her or make loud noises or even be in the same room breathing. One of the accommodations the family has had to make is that when "Mama's feeling nervous," it's best to be quiet. Graphics Magician, in particular, isn't good at being quiet and often gets fussed at when all he's doing is being his normal annoying high-energy twelve year old self. AW would be the first to tell you that she feels guilty about this but when you're in the middle of a panic attack it's hard to think rationally.
Oh, and when someone is experiencing an anxiety attack you definitely shouldn't come up behind them and poke them in the shoulder, jump back until the twitching stops, then step forward and poke them in the shoulder again. Or at least I would imagine this is a bad idea.
Hope all's well out there, friends, and God bless.
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