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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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dks07
dks07
ok so i've been dealing w/ bad neck and throat tightness to the point where its hard to eat and breath... ive had numerous testing for my anxiety symptoms and everything comes back negative thank god!.... but this morning it seems much tighter than usual even wheni tilt my head up i feel the strain of tightness, and it makes it hard to breath so i get nervous also i have a lot of phlem that makes it seem like its clogging the left side of my throat ha anyone delt w/ this and am i ok?
deleted_user
deleted_user
this is a new symptom for me after 10 years of anxiety I have just started to feel what you are describing and also had it checked out by a dr. and nothing... My tongue feels sore from tensing it which in turn makes me think it's swelling which it isn't and makes me feel uncomfortable in my throat and neck... it's all about you tensing up... somehow we have to find a way to not focus on it anymore and let the muscles relax... you won't choke though I promise. you can even try to take an ibuprophen to relax your muscles a bit... but yes I know what you are talking about... I'm feeling it right now just writing about it ahhh
deleted_user
deleted_user
I feel this all the time. I know that my neck is hurting because I am so tense but my throat is what usually gets me going. It starts to feel tight making me think my throat is swelling up, which then makes me think that I can't breath. It's all apart of the anxiety and I agree with lilpeep that you just need to relax yourself and everything will be fine.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I feel that too. Especially on my really anxious days. I am sitting here right now and the muscles are so tight I feel like I have a huge lump in my throat.
deleted_user
deleted_user
This post is take directly from the book of Dr. Claire Weekes on eating.
"You need not worry about trying to swallow; simply keep chewing. The swallowing will look after itself as the food is carried backward. And it will eventually find its way backward in spite of your nervous resistance. If you keep chewing, the food will eventually disappear."

Here is another on lump in the throat...
"Some nervous people complain that they feel a constant pressure in the throat or that they have a "lump stuck in the throat", which they keep trying to dislodge by swallowing. Some say that their throats seem "swollen inside". These patients are convinced that there is something seriously wrong with them. Once again we are are merely concerned with muscular spasm of nervous origin. We call this globus hystericus, which means hysterical lump. IT, TOO, WILL VANISH WITH RELAXATION AND ACCEPTANCE, although in the meantime it can be so aggravating that the person afflicted finds it difficult to believe that such a definite feeling of pressure can be only a spasm. It is not always easy to convice him of the origin of the "lump", and he is reassured only after the doctor has made a thorough examination of his throat"

I had mentioned to you before about the book by Dr. Claire Weekes. If you would like to read more I have been posting excerpts on my journal pages, starting with Sunday Nov. 18th. Good luck to you.