How do you guys deal with draining coworkers? Or how do you open up a conversation without making it feel like a confrontation? 

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TW: self doubt, anxiety attacks

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Before I say anything, I want to emphasize just how much I enjoy the job I'm currently working. I recently got promoted to a different department and it comes with all the promotion goodies (reason #1). The second biggest reason I took it was because of a coworker in my previous department who caused an uncountable number of anxiety attacks over the course of ten months. But now I have found another coworker in my new department that has the same, if not worse effect on me. 

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My gut tells me I'm being too sensitive and I'm looking too much into it because annoying coworkers are part of every job across the board. I'm the new kid at the table so maybe it's something I just have to get used to. But the anxiety attacks are happening again and it makes it so hard to enjoy what I'm doing. I've called off (making sure I have the adequate coverage based on our attendance policy) just to avoid dealing with this person and that makes me feel worse. 

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The stress of the work itself is almost nonexistent. It's only with one particular person and I'm having a hard time justifying bringing things up to a manager only because I feel like I'm making microaggressions out of molehills

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Any advice is appreciated. I really don't like calling off and I need better options