My cat can sense my panic attacks somehow!

This is very odd and I have no idea how it's even possible. 

I suffer from panic attacks sometimes. When it happens and I'm not in public (it's easier to deal with at home), there are no outward symptoms. I just try to sit quiet and still until it passes. I don't breathe fast or make a noise or anything like that. Basically, I just act normal. People around me can't tell it's happening.

However, if I am in the same room as my cat and I start to have a panic attack, my cat somehow knows. Just today, I had one and he was sitting across the room from me. I was on my couch with my computer on my lap kind of lounging behind it so my cat could only seem my legs. A panic attack came on and I didn't do anything different, but my cat at that moment let out a loud meow and ran to me from across the room then climbed onto my keyboard, sat on his butt with his legs straight out  facing me and hugged me with both arms while pressing his face into mine. 

He has done this before. He will lay on me and hug me, pressing his face and body against me harder than usual and touching my face and hair with his paws and my panic attack just lifts! Once I start to feel better, he usually rolls off me and goes to sit on the floor and take a bath or sleep or whatever.

Has anyone else experienced this with their cat? How does he know!?? I wonder if he can smell the adrenaline rush or something! I've lived with other cats since I've begun experiencing panic attacks and none of them acted this way. 

So cute.  Now you can claim the cat as a therapy pet and take it everywhere!  Glad he is able to help with your panic attacks.  I know they can be scary, my sisiter gets them.

Such a darling little angel! You're lucky you have such an amazing cat! Do register him as a therapy cat that way he can fly with you! 

This is an old post, so IDK if you'll ever see this, but the exact same thing happened to me last night. I had never had a panic attack before and started to feel really weird last night - shortness of breath, pounding heart, rushing adrenaline, complete panic. My sweet cat, who I am very close with, started to BUG out. He was staring at my very intensely, meowing a meow I've never heard before. He then came rushing over and sat on me, looking deep into my eyes, touching my face with his paw (like he used to as a little baby cat!). I completely think your cat knew and was trying to calm you! I spoiled the heck out of mine when I got home from the hospital.

My cat can sense when I do not feel right. During panic attacks, I hyperventilate. He was about to be put down when I came to the pound, labeled as a dangerous biter. He had been passed down from neighbor to neighbor, biting each one until the last neighbor called animal control. I saw him kneading on the bars of his cage and had to take him home. He does not like to be bothered, but will initiate affection when it suits him. Three years later, I began having olfactory hallucinations ( like diesel fumes filling the house). I'd lie on my back and breathe through the mouth, in a panic. Bob, as we call him, did come to my chest, purred and rubbed his chin against mine. As if he wanted to comfort me. A few weeks later, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. After surgery, chemo and radiation therapy I am in remission. And Bob morphed into a big lap cat. He also has appointed himself my back heating pad for a week, every month, as I lay on top of an electric heating pad. I think that people, in general, do not give cats credit where it's due. In 16 years, this once aloof and dangerous beast evolved into a loving, gentle companion. With him and my understanding husband, I do not have to face panic on my own. I have no doubt your sweet feline can sense your panic attacks and offer you comfort.  Also, while I do not like to disappoint, I know that therapy pets do not get any privileges from airlines. Sorry. I worked as a flight attendant for a decade, ending in 2000. I am happy to have found this forum and its nice denizens.