Is this anxiety?

I have a weight on my chest and sometimes feel like there's something stuck in my throat. I don't suffer from asthma and I'm just wondering if anybody else experienced these symptoms?

[RasAlGhoul]

Yes i do experience these symptoms, its like the beginning of Anxiety symptoms, you can get rid of them easily

[Hidden]

How do you get rid of them?

[RasAlGhoul in reply to Hidden]

Just try and get busy with something, go out.

Usually going out helps me get rid of this and if i keep going out and changing my routine it goes.. Just stay busy and enjoy your time and don't think about it.. Because sometimes i would be busy and not having any of these symptoms then i remember that wow where did they go? and few seconds later i get them backk..

[Hidden]

I'm the same... Is it normal to not believe it's anxiety? I've seen counsellors, trained professionals, psychiatrists, they've all diagnosed me with GAD (Generealised Anxiety Disorder) but I don't see it's anxiety

[Agora1]

Hi highlander08, it is normal, at least it was for me. I fought the diagnosis of anxiety for years. As afraid as I was in finding out the truth of a life threatening disease, at least I'd have some credibility when telling others what I had and they would understand. With anxiety, it is like it's non existent to others capability to even remotely understand what it is like. I think some people feel it is a sign of weakness and those are the ones that tell you to put your feet up, relax and it will go away. Ugh.... or the person who comes back with "oh yeah, I am anxious too". You want to scream because this isn't feeling anxious, this is anxiety disorder which is totally different. It takes over our lives, our minds and our will power. It's not until we believe the doctors as well as accept the anxiety that we can start the healing. It will happen for you highlander as it did for me once you turn the negative thoughts around. My best to you.

[Hidden]

Hi Agora1! I'm so glad you managed to turn everything around. I don't know how I'm supposed to accept the fact it's GAD though. The more I tell myself it is, will I believe it?

[Agora1 in reply to Hidden]

highlander, it doesn't happen overnight. When the time is right, it will happen.

[Hidden]

Sometimes I have moments where I'm able to accept my anxiety and depression and I don't let it dictate me. But, others I'm like this

[Agora1]

It's a beginning highlander, one step at a time. The idea is to get to the point where you have some control in not letting anxiety escalate. It's not that it won't come at times, but it's how you will address it. It will become more short lived.