Paint it Blue

I read somewhere that the Wilco song "Spiders (Kidsmoke)" is what a panic attack sounds like inside your head. I'd have to agree, except the song should be about three hours long.

My first panic attack was in early 2009. I was driving to work at Popular Woodworking Magazine in the pitch-black rain. Those days I was up at 5:45 a.m. On the road by 7 a.m. A…