Yesterday was one of the worst days I've had in recent memory, not because of any event that happened, but I was just so down the entire day. I ended up cutting myself before going to bed. I tried going to bed early, around 2 am after posting my previous post on Reddit, but I could feel as the hours passed this slow-building anxiety that wouldn't let me fall asleep. At around 5 am, I for some reason really started to freak out, but I don't think it was a panic attack.

 I was unable to breathe fully and correctly, and my hands and legs became really numb like I had been sitting on them wrong. This really started to affect me so I tried standing up and walking around for a second, but I realized I really couldn't feel my hands well at all, so I tried shaking them. 

Basically, I was hyperventilating, I couldn't fully take a deep breath, and trying to get feeling in my hands and feet, and I really started to cry a little but I don't know why. I've had this happen before like 8 months ago, this is the second time this had happened to me. It took maybe 20 minutes to calm down enough to be able to go to sleep, which I feel asleep like at 5:30 - 6 am. I used the 3-3-3 method, which did help me calm down a bit.

I tried researching the difference between anxiety and a panic attack, but I really don't think the latter happened as I really didn't feel like I was going to die as people report with panic attacks. I feel like it was brought on by the stuff I posted about recently bouncing in my head, but I would really appreciate some kind of input as to what happened to me, it would be greatly appreciated.