I had a panic attack while doing a presentation at the end of my first year of university. It was the worst sensation I had experienced in my whole life.
Basically, my body and mind suddenly believed, for no obvious reason, that I was facing a very dangerous situation and that I needed to escape or fight for my life.
It felt horrible. But what was worse than the sensations in my body, was the meaning I gave to those sensations. I was losing control, I was failing, and something was wrong with me.
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