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Does anyone worry about breathing....Sometimes I will just be sitting here at my desk and all of a sudden I feel like I can’t breathe...so I will try to take in deep breaths and yawn. My chest feels really heavy...then I start think maybe I’m having a heart attack, and the more I think bad thoughts the worse the attack gets. Then my heart will feel like it's beating really fast, and I will just start to feel all these new pains! Then my throat will fill like there is a string rapped around it. It’s the weirdest feeling ever! I almost feel as if I worry about my breathing all the time...like I pay too much attention to it, and I just wait for it to happen!

I have been doing the same thing. I will suddenly think that I am not getting enough air or my chest feels tight. I get all the same symptoms you have. I want so badly to stop thinking the way I do and right now it feels impossible. I am sorry that you are going through this. I wouldnt wish this on my worst enemy!

Yea it's definitely frustrating! The worse part is when I am driving somewhere...and all of sudden there it is again. I just wish there was something to make it go away! I sometimes can’t even focus on what’s going on around me because I’m so focused on my breathing...It definitely interferes with my daily life.

I get that all the time.. yet every time i freak out and think omg this time it may really be a heart attack which is my biggest fear... im trying to just realzize its a panic attack but i cant fully yet.. hopefully soon though

It's like a relief to know that Im not the only one dealing with this. I really hope and Prey that everyone with this disorder can find the strength to overcome it.