Breathing weird

[anxietymadman123]

It’s so crazy my symptoms one minute I’m okay the next I’m literally struggling to breath, it was so bad tonight, I had to step outside abs take deep breaths, sometimes I wish I wasn’t alive with these feelings I find it impossible to love life anymore

[FearIsALiar]

I think you are very focused on it. You won’t stop breathing though. It’s a natural thing our body knows how to do. Even when we are sleeping!

I know how you feel. Anxiety is a pain...

[kama24]

You are not alone. I've lived with anxiety (fear) for most of my life. About 8 wks ago I kept waking in the wee hrs, short of breath. Now I seem to make it until wake up time. I wake trying to get a breath. If I yawn every 10 min. I seem able to get a breath. I too am so fed up with this and nothing seems to do away with this fear. I do hope you feel better soon.

[Jeff1943]

Anxietymadman123, you've had this breathing difficulty for some time I know. So I presume you've seen a doctor and had your lungs and heart checked. If not do talk to your doctor about this, it will bring you much needed reassurance.

Breathing is something we don't have to worry about: it's controlled by the involuntary nervous system. In other words, we don't control our breathing, our brain does it for us. Automatically. In fact if you tried to stop breathing you wouldn't be able to hold back your breath for more than a couple of minutes. And yet, as you have discovered, breathlessness is one of the most common symptoms of anxiety disorder.

So when you next feel it remind yourself that it can do you no harm. Simply accept it for the time being: the less you stress and obsess about it the less it will trouble you.

Our problem is, with health anxiety we seize on the slightest thing and magnify it out of all proportion.

So stay calm and don't let over sensitive nerves mislead you. Whatever other problems you might have, breathlessness due to physical disorder isn't one of them.