Anxiety Support Group

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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Out of breath!!

mistigale
mistigale
Does anyone else get out of breath easy? It only happens sometimes.
My counselor told me that people with anxiety are so in tune with their bodies that they notice EVERYHING! Some people can even hear the blood flowing through their body! Wow! Maybe that's what it is, I'm just noticing it more?? I don't know, just wondering :)
Bbircie
Bbircie
Yes...it happens to me all the time. I feel like I have no stamina whatsover. I used to run but now I can't do anything aerobic at all. I'm glad it's the anxiety and not my lungs.
WishKittie
WishKittie
I am only 120 pounds and 5'5 and I can hardly walk up 5 stairs without losing my breathe. I am not sure if its the meds or what but I def know what your saying the litlest things knock the wind right out of me. If I even attempted to run I think I would die of suffication.

But I think your right I think we are so intune with our bodies and we are so used to something not being right or feeling right that we notice everything more then people who dont have anxiety.

If you find a solution to this let me know :)

Take Care
deleted_user
deleted_user
This is my biggest symptom and the one I hate the most! Im 26 and though I have a few extra pounds I should be able to walk up more than half a flight of stairs without getting out of breath. Sometimes I even get out of breath just talking if Im excited or trying to explain something intense. Im sorry you all have this but it does make me feel better because Ive never really accepted that it was a symptom of anxiety. Ive had it blamed on anxiety and then when I went on meds and it continued it as blamed on the meds! It's the worst. I just want to go to the gym and be able to breathe!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
yes im in touch with my breathing and physical symptoms bigtime
i hate it i get clammy and feel my heart racing often.
deleted_user
deleted_user
People with anxiety tend to hyperventilate (I do) and it causes an out of breath/suffocating feeling. Learn tummy breathing (breathing from diaphragm). Very relaxing.
mistigale
mistigale
Kelly- Your so right! There have actually been times when I have caught myself holding my breath. Happens a lot when I am driving.
It is amazing that anxiety can cause so many crazy symptoms. I have had anxiety for about 5 years and I am just now HALF WAY coming to terms with many of the symptoms. It is just getting PAST the "what ifs".