Anxiety

[Cameron12345]

Does anyone else get that feeling where they feel like they can’t breath and it gets so bad that you think you might die but not quite bad enough and then it lessens and starts over again and again. Also feels like this weird feeling in my chest and sometimes it’s like a shiver and tightness but it’s not actually there ugh.

 

[smilingsoul]

Absolutely. Its classic adrenaline. I had a therapist teach me how to "sit with it", and learn(slowly) that there's no actual danger. The waves of it are from renewed signals from your fear center in your brain to the adrenal glands over your kidneys that make the adrenaline. It happens in pulses, and if you can ride it out without scaring yourself more, it will lessen. I don't know if that's something you can teach yourself - but its apparently what is going on.

 

[Cameron12345]

Absolutely. Its classic adrenaline. I had a therapist teach me how to "sit with it", and learn(slowly) that there's no actual danger. The waves of it are from renewed signals from your fear center in your brain to the adrenal glands over your kidneys that make the adrenaline. It happens in pulses, and if you can ride it out without scaring yourself more, it will lessen. I don't know if that's something you can teach yourself - but its apparently what is going on.

Thank you, it’s just weird because it feels like I can’t breath but after a few minutes I feel completely normal and can breath and then it comes back about 10-15 min later and last about 10 minutes and I feel sick and then it goes away. It’s been going on since yesterday and when I take a vitamin b complex and magnesium it helps for a good 2hrs and then comes back in waves again ugh