breathing.

@Emma34 that is one of my biggest fears , is passing out. i hope that never happens to me

@kayla. Awww no I don’t mean to scare you, passing out is also one of my biggest fears as well and that’s why I panic when I feel faint. I meant to say like if you do pass out your body will automatically readjust. I hyperventilated many times and didn’t pass out (thank God) so don’t worry about it. I just finished hyperventilating now 😂 so don’t get scared of my comment. Just wanted to let you know that your body got you by God’s will and anxiety (as bad as it feels) is a normal response.

@Emma34 i know what you meant ❤️. feeling faint is the worst it’s so scary & aw im sorry i hope you’re better now!

@Monii but i always think what if it’s not anxiety & then that just makes it

@kayla. worse*

@kayla. Did you get a chance to check your lungs first with a doc to make sure? Regardless, anxiety DEFINITELY makes you feel like you can’t breathe when you are already breathing. This is something I also suffer from time to time so I totally understand how scary it is. It’s like the most uncomfortable sensation. One thing you can do is breathe in slowly from your nose and breathe out slowly from your nose.

@Emma34 i do feel better now

@kayla. Me too what if is a blood clot in my lungs what if is my blood pressure ? but then I m like whatever let’s see and wait we will find out if is that or not and the sensation goes away I hate ocd so annoying

@Monii I also had the fear of blood clot in my lungs 😭especially because I was on a 12 hour plane ride a few months ago and convinced myself I had a blood clot that went to my lungs and ended up in the er for nothing. What I learned is that if you do have a blood clot, it’s not going to be just shortness of breath but other symptoms that you will know something is wrong and it won’t go away. There will be like severe pain and feeling faint, etc. if you jus feeling shortness of breath with no other symptoms it is most likely anxiety especially if you can speak cause if you can’t breathe for real then you can’t speak.

@Emma34 Yes I get those thoughts when I flying as well yes there’s always other symptoms with a clot I never had one but I learned that from the doctor is hard living with ocd I don’t understand why we have to suffer so much

@Tea and Honey i hate it.