Every year, in late October/early November, I have a period where I feel so extremely anxious that I’m practically frozen. It doesn’t really abate throughout the day, and builds and builds and builds over a few days until I have a huge panic attack, and suddenly I feel much better. The best way I can explain it is like when sexual tension or arousal builds and builds until it’s discharged in orgasm. Whenever I’ve mentioned it to anyone, they always say that it’s just stress, but it’s happened at the same time every year for the last few years, no matter what was going on at the time (even when there was nothing stressful at all going on). I do have some anxiety most of the year, but it’s only this time of the year that it’s really acute. Does anyone else have “that time of the year” for anxiety?
(Also, does anyone know how to induce a panic attack so I can start feeling better?)