nearly_there
09-01-06, 15:27
Hi Everyone,
This is the first time I've asked a question on here; so go easy. My old chat room closed down as the Dr that ran it retired and all the ex-sufferers moved on. So thank god for finding this place / you guys! Plus that one was an American site; much nicer to know you are all closer to home!
Anyway, I am struggling to get over 3-4 years of General/Health Anxiety and feel like I have really set in stone a pattern of Mouth / Chest breathing for life. No matter how positive I feel, how much relaxtion I try and do, I always end up chest / mouth breathing.
First panic attack on the tube after big alcohol fuelled session, slowly down hill from there onwards.
I have almost conquered the Mouth thing - I sneezed through my nose for the first time I can remember back in Dec 05 (Seriously - I always sneezed through my mouth and thought nothing of it!) Now I generally breath through my mouth, although awake every morning with my mouth wide open and a really dry mouth; so it's obviously not 2nd nature yet.
Anyway, anyone have the same?
Anyone any practical advice / support to get out of this evil habit?
Also, any thoughts on this: Bearing in mind the thing about Mouth sneezing and mouth breathing for as long as I can remember. Do you think that this effectively was a major cause of my anxiety; mouth breathing made me almost guarenteed to become anxious at some stage????
I feel like I have always been very posistive about things/life etc; it really is the chest breathing that I struggle to control, then, when the pain and adrenalin follow, it is too late. If I could control the chest/HV, then the rest would be stopped before it starts.
I really believe that for me Mouh/Chest Breathing/HV is the cause more than (but not entirely) the effect.
Thanks in anticipation.
James
Nearly_There
This is the first time I've asked a question on here; so go easy. My old chat room closed down as the Dr that ran it retired and all the ex-sufferers moved on. So thank god for finding this place / you guys! Plus that one was an American site; much nicer to know you are all closer to home!
Anyway, I am struggling to get over 3-4 years of General/Health Anxiety and feel like I have really set in stone a pattern of Mouth / Chest breathing for life. No matter how positive I feel, how much relaxtion I try and do, I always end up chest / mouth breathing.
First panic attack on the tube after big alcohol fuelled session, slowly down hill from there onwards.
I have almost conquered the Mouth thing - I sneezed through my nose for the first time I can remember back in Dec 05 (Seriously - I always sneezed through my mouth and thought nothing of it!) Now I generally breath through my mouth, although awake every morning with my mouth wide open and a really dry mouth; so it's obviously not 2nd nature yet.
Anyway, anyone have the same?
Anyone any practical advice / support to get out of this evil habit?
Also, any thoughts on this: Bearing in mind the thing about Mouth sneezing and mouth breathing for as long as I can remember. Do you think that this effectively was a major cause of my anxiety; mouth breathing made me almost guarenteed to become anxious at some stage????
I feel like I have always been very posistive about things/life etc; it really is the chest breathing that I struggle to control, then, when the pain and adrenalin follow, it is too late. If I could control the chest/HV, then the rest would be stopped before it starts.
I really believe that for me Mouh/Chest Breathing/HV is the cause more than (but not entirely) the effect.
Thanks in anticipation.
James
Nearly_There