The trigger that pushed me to go see a doctor is that when facing stressful events, in my case mostly for work, but previously also for school, I had/have what I now know is
anxiety attacks. The first event I can remember when this occurred is while on internship, I had to present a report to high executives in a big company and just couldn't do it. I had to get up and leave to throw up. This scenario has been going on since then, this was around 3-4 years ago.