Breathing

[Bethanie17]

Have anyone ever struggle to breathe the whole day 😫😫🤔🤔 like it’s just hard...u can feel it every minute of the day

[Jessielove]

Every day😥😥😥😥

[Hidden]

Hello Bethanie17

This is common when you have anxiety , you are hyperventilating and it feels really unpleasant and then the more you focus on it the worse it feels and it is like a vicious circle

Try some breathing exercises for anxiety , if you go on You tube and put Breathing exercises for anxiety a wide choice of different one's will come up and I am sure you will find one that suites you

Best practising them when you are not having the issue till you get the hang of them and once you have you can then put them into practice when you are suffering and hopefully it will help

Take Care x

[Miniwheats in reply to Hidden]

Agree with lulu-1. The breathing exercises seem trite at first, but they help significantly. With practice and after a number of days, the idea to stop and breathe correctly will come to you when you feel your symptoms start, and it will control your hyperventilation whereas the idea may never have popped into your head otherwise. It also helps to exhale all the way out as much as you can when your breathing is off kilter in order to empty your lungs, and then start breathing slower and deeper. This is because sometimes are lungs are overinflated due to the shallow breathing and it makes us feel like we need more air, and then we try to take in more air but we can't cause there's barely room left in the lungs to accommodate it- and that makes us feel short of breath and even more anxious and the cycle continues.

[aldebaran21 in reply to Miniwheats]

Hello miniwheats, I have been having a lot of anxiety lately after quitting smoking. After doing the type of exercise you recommend I feel a lot better, but I still feel not quite there, I hope this will pass soon. Thanks a lot for your advice 😌.