Unable to take a deep breath

[Heebyjeebies]

Does anyone else find it almost impossible to take a satisfying deep breath when they have bad anxiety? I get this every now and again and it lasts a few days then goes and it's really scarey. I have to make myself yawn before I can expand my chest enough and it gives me a panicky breathless feeling.

Heebie

[Meg]

Yes this is usual .

Well done for finding your way of dealing with it . Often peopel find it harder to breathe out

Meg
www.overcominganxiety.co.uk
You cannot conquer fear until you have learned what it is you're afraid of. The enemy is ignorance. Vivian Vance

[Tracy68]

Hi Heebie
Yea i can't always take deep breaths and they land up being quick and shallow, can be very freaky at times.
Tracy
x

[nomorepanic]

Hiya

Try this post

Reverse panic

Nicola

[FAN]

think its cos we breath wrong i know i get it

fan x

[henri]

hi heebie,
i get that all the time and i hate it, it's so scary. i try doing an abdominal breathing exercise - you basically lie on your back and put one hand on your stomach, one on your chest. breathe through your stomach (you can check you are doing this because the hand on your stomach will rise while the hand on your chest will stay put). try and breath in and out slowly.
anyway, at the very least this will calm you down and might allow you to take a proper deep breath.
hope that helps!
henri x

[Heebyjeebies]

Thanks everyone and I'll try that Henri. Got some of that Rescue Rememdy that I saw mentioned in a post and that did seem to take the edge off last night.

Heeby

[delta]

Hi heebie
Yes I get this all the time
I would second what henri has said, mouth breathing can me the problem worse.
D