Feels like asthma attack

[Mindfulness4]

I have health anxiety and I've been really scared ever since I've been getting funny breathing symtpoms. I know it's normal for people to feel like they are manually breathing can't get about breath or their chest gets tight but for me IT FEELS LIKE I CANT TALK when I get these wierd breathing sensations. I get out of breath out of no where and focus on my breathing freak out and it feel so hard to speak. I tried to google to see if anyone felt that way but I haven't seen it anywhere. It also is hard to drink and eat.

I found one site that named those symtpoms as part of differentiating panic from asthma. Normally people with asthma can't talk or eat or drink. I was so upset when I saw this aw feeling like I'm have that episode and think I'm gonna die from asphyxiation.

I got tested for asthma (I freaked out during the whole thing in a closed machine with a mask on) I'm hoping they got the testing right but they said I don't have asthma. I also went to the hospital and called an ambulance once or twice about it and they didn't think it was asthma. So ugh why am I still afraid it is? 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[hac82]

It's anxiety. Anxiety can tighten your throats and cause talking problems and swallowing problems. I saw a woman on YouTube who experienced talking problems when having anxiety attack. Your not alone. Eating a drinking is also affected. Your not gonna die for asphyxiation. When it happens you need to find either a coping strategy or do something busy which will focus your mind on something else i.e. Hoovering or something that needs a lot of focus ie fixing something, cleaning something. Hope this helps

[Mindfulness4 in reply to hac82]

Thank u so much