As a kid I was very shy but tried not to let it get in my way and even did things to challenge myself.  In college I got a job as a news editor and broadcaster for a small (16-20,000 listeners) radio station to force myself to get better at speaking.  For the last 7 years I worked at Boeing and thought most of my anxiety was gone as I regularly gave presentations to my team and to high level executives. (I'm presently 32, btw)

My entire organization got laid off during the pandemic so I started doing a few things.

1. Applying for jobs and interviewing
2. Working on a movie discussion podcast (Movie Howl - be kind if you listen to it!) and a paranormal podcast that has yet to be released
3. Working on starting my own business - a retro gaming themed bar

A few weeks ago I started having stress dreams.  Essentially I was dreaming of trying to do impossible things or in situations that made no sense.  Unfortunately, I can't retain any memory from it.  Then I started having these little "attacks".  I would start to see these flashes of something and this tingling feeling travels through my whole body and nearly paralyzes me.  I've tried to remember what I see when this happens but I can't - even reciting details I see during the attack doesn't help, I even forget those when its all over.  

When I was in my late teens I got into a car accident.  I was driving along a country road lined by corn fields that were grown tall and probably too close to the road.  Someone ran a stop sign too close for me to stop forcing me to veer off the road and through a field.  The tingling fear feeling is basically the same thing I felt when I saw that car and realized what my two options were in that situation.

I've never experienced anything like this before and don't know if I need a doctor, a priest, or a psychiatrist!  I would really appreciate any insight anyone might have into this.  My partner on the paranormal podcast says this sounds sort of similar to panic attacks his wife has.  However, he says his wife's attacks feel like heart attacks and last a while.  Mine are only moments - maybe a minute - and just feel like dread.  Like the ground dropped out from under me and there is nothing below.  These flashes of unrecognizable memory - or flashes from my stress dreams - are what worry me the most.

Any ideas what's happening?  Just stress from too much going on?  Something else?