Are anxiety attacks always when a person has shortness of breath? I’m trying to figure out if I’ve had an anxiety attack before. I know that I have really bad anxiety and it gets to the point where my mind is racing like no other and sometimes I’m just completely silent or sometimes I will cry and start freaking out and start sweating and heart rate goes up but I’ve never really hyperventilated.. My friend has anxiety and when she gets them she can’t catch her breath but I can’t say I’ve ever had that part of the experience. Thoughts?