There's more help about dealing with anxiety at BBC Advice. Anxiety and panic attacks are two different things, although it can be hard to identify the symptoms. You feel awkward, anxious, uneasy or nervous.
Penny (The Big Bang Theory) Penny is a fictional character on the CBS sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, portrayed by actress Kaley Cuoco. She is the primary female character in the series, befriending her across-the-hall neighbors Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons), two physicists who work at the nearby California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
Penny Hofstadter (nÃ©e Unknown) is the series' first and always main female protagonist. She lives in Apartment 4A with her husband Leonard Hofstadter across the hall from Sheldon Cooper, and Amy Farrah Fowler, who live in apartment 4B where Penny used to live.