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Hi everyone! I wanted to know if anyone had the same feeling like I do. When I feel stressed I start feeling like something has their hand around my neck choking me. Every time this happens something bad happens after words. Am I bugging, or is their something evil following me. Writing this makes me feel like I am sick in my head, but hay this is about sharing right. I just feel sick and tired everyday.

Are you talking about a lump in the throat feeling? That is VERY common with anxiety and I get that at times. It makes me feel like I have a turtle neck sweater on sometimes when I don't. I hate that feeling. I've heard what causes it but frankly I can't remember!

I am glad that I am not the only one because I thought I had some magical premonition gift. Every time I feel it I guess I sabotage things to go wrong, I don't know. Now you have me obsessively thinking about what causes it. Help! I'm a mess and I first need to know that I am not psychic about bad things happening because mostly I am right. Maybe I am just psycho and I say that with a smile because I know my mind is on overload and I think up the weirdness things and make it real. This choking feeling is my greatest challenge and I feel nauseous too. I am glad I can share.

OH man am i an expert on this.one time i even tried to swallow and couldnt. i freaked out and woke up my bf thinking i was dying. it is part of anxiety i realized.it islike a muscle spasm in your throat. its scary and feels awful. take it easy. yourefine.no evil spirits.

I get it all the time!:D When I do I stretch out my neck and move my head around, that seems to work, and I stop thinking negative thoghts before they really start going. I've even not been bale to swallow before and that's scary, bu tthen I calm down and am able to breath and swallow normally. I just recently went to acting auditions which was scary enough getting there but on the ride over my nose started actting up and my stomach went haywire, so just remember to stay calm, breathing exercises help alot. No one is ever alone. When I got to auditions everything was fine and calm so if I can face my fears so can you, but you have to stop thinking everything bad or awefull will get you, BECAUSE IT'S NOT. Just keep telling yourself "I'm going to be fine" "nothing bad is happening right now, so I'm fine" "I'm nervious but it will pass" like a montra, just keep saying it and soon you'll belive it, but give it a few weeks at least. hope this helps.

I suffer from an overactive gag reflex. Just remember our throats don't have a brain. They don't know what to feel unless we tell them. Keep telling yourself it's nothing. It's not even happening and it will go away. This is just a dirty trick played on us by our minds.

I know what you are feeling-I always think of it like a collar around my neck, not too tight, just enough to bother me!!!

I have TMJD so when I get stressed it is all in my
upper back, shoulders and neck/head area.

My throat gets tight and it gets hard to take a
relaxing breath. I get it right below the chin
in the front of the neck area.
Definitely try rolling your head slowly like
Lucinda says to do in the relaxation cd-that should help

Thanks Everyone! The feeling is annoying more than everything, and if I could just get rid of that feeling my battle if half won.

I also had this years ago and got to the point of believing I couldn't swallow a pill or I would choke. It was my anxiety and nervousness and worry. It went away when I calmed down and stopped focusing on it, and now laugh about myself actually believing I was going to choke. After all, I was eating food and never choked! Oh what we do to ourselves with our thinking sometimes. It is good though to have things checked out by your doctor first.