My Panic Attack Solution

okay, so me and my boyfriend get into fights sometimes. not fist fights or anything, but sometimes we will argue real bad and then ill say something to make him feel bad, then he will start to cry really hard and then he starts breathing really hard and starts to have like some kind of panic attack or something? i dont know what it is because it happened one time and i thought he was going to die. it only happens when he starts to cry really hard though. does anyone know what this is? its kind of scaring me.

Panic attacks are very sudden, discrete periods of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms.[1] The onset of these episodes is typically abrupt, and may have no obvious triggers. Although these episodes may appear to be random, they are a subset of an evolutionary response commonly referred to as fight or flight that occur out of context. This response floods the body with hormones, particularly epinephrine (adrenaline), that aid it in defending against harm.[2] Experiencing a panic attack is said to be one of the most intensely frightening, upsetting and uncomfortable experiences of a person’s life.