First time poster - hopefully I did this right. 

My anxiety has steadily gotten worse over the years, but one thing that I've always ignored as a part of my anxiety is freezing (for lack of a better word). Using a recent example, I was editing a photograph to post on my photography Instagram, and my friend suggested dodging the hair to accentuate the highlights. 

Often when I try a new thing like this, I wont even be capable of learning it properly. In this instance, it was something simple, but I felt a tightness in my chest and I couldn't comprehend how to do it, let alone even try. My brain screams *"I don't get it, I don't get it, I don't get it!"* and I am so debilitated I cant even attempt the thing I'm doing. Drawing, photography, any skill where imposter syndrome can take its hold, or even new mechanics in games with friends sometimes. My brain wont even let me try to learn what I'm trying to learn, it just screams "I don't get it" and shuts down.

Has anybody experienced something like this?