I know what you are talking about. I get like that alot. When I'm talking to my friends and i'm in the conversation I feel like my mind is somewhere else. It feels like your mind seperate from your body and you get this very weird feeling...almost dizzy. I'm not sure it's because of my breathing because it happens when I'm just breathing normally.

I get this a lot...it's almost like i'm looking at myself or something...i am always able to maintain "normalcy" but i get it so often that i am able to roll with it. It's not my breathing i know that...it's just weird.

I sometimes feel like I won't be able to talk when I am in nervous situations....or my words come out all jumbled....but I am getting better so hang in there!! You are not alone!

I get myself to the point where I actually physically cannot speak. Someone will ask me a question and before I would have had the answer but at that point just couldn't think of the words to use so that it actually makes sense! Then because I'm so aware that this person is waiting for me to respond, the left side of my face starts twitching and it starts getting hard to breathe like someone is wrapping their arms around my chest and throat. I've always had this all my life and it was pretty obvious throughout school but it never got sorted out...I could go days without speaking. Trying to open my mouth to speak and nothing comes out, the whole classroom looking at you and people labelling you as an attention seeker but it is so real and hurts because there is so much inside that wants to get out.

yes... all the time. i tell myself i am zoning out. but why? no answers.

Yep, get it all the time, it goes along with my feelings of unreality that i get and it can freak me out a lot. Dont have a solution as of yet so hang on in there. xx

Yep! The only thing that helped was "breathing one more breath out than u take in" ie if u count to 5 when u breathe in, exhale on count of 6..it does help. The theory behind it is, we all keep stale air in our lungs, when anxious this increases, we dont exhale enough. We actually build up that stale air during the day/night..til u do have difficulties breathing, cant get air in, feel dizzy..all about the oxygen flow..try it now..it really helps..x

Some days it's just hard enough without talking to keep my breathing nice and deep and rhythmic but then when I start talking I find myself breathing more shallow and choppy... gets me a little light headed. I used to have it where I wouldn't be able to focus on someone else talking and I had to strain really hard to pay attention then when I would reply I just felt like I was getting off topic. Especially when I was trying to look someone in the eye I felt all spacy.