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[|Human|] Hello! I turn to you because I have posted my question to several sites with noanswer. I have a problem with breathing. I think about it all the time and thereason is that I feel the breathing is TOO LOW, it is like I cant get a fullbreath and my body doesnt move along when I breathe. It gives me a hard timebecause I feel like I have some kind of burden in my back. I feel like I have togasp for air because the air does not move when I breathe.It all started a year ago when I had a bad dream about having something in mythroat. Waking up I still had this sensation and started to panic. Anxiety wasgrowing and growing until I got hyperventilation - I felt very hot in rooms.Then my breathing suddenly started to CHANGE, I felt I could not go anymore ashigh as before. At one point there was extremely HOT until the sensation ofsurrounding air changed COMPLETELY. I felt like my breathing was fixed at alower level. Two months after the beginning of anxiety my breathing had a finalchange, becoming very low. I could not feel the air entering my lungs. It hasstayed like that after the end of last November. I still live but... this kindof breathing takes all the energy from me, causing extreme tiredness all thetime. Has anyone experienced something like that? The tests do not show there issomething wrong with breathing but I feel this is NOT RIGHT. This thought keepscreating constant anxiety for me. Have given up physical activities because theymagnify the feeling that I cant get the needed deep breath. Thus I am gainingmore and more weight. I dont have much hope left:(
[|AI|]  Degree understand your concerns went through your details. I suggest you not to worry much. I sincerely opine that the problem you are facing now is of your own creation. Anxiety is such. Anxiety can make you feel and believe that you have serious physical problems. In actuality all these are simple creations of mind. More over you are trouble with health anxiety which can create chronic physical discomfort and pain without any physiological or neurological cause. In the beginning the patients never accept this fact. They go from doctor to doctor of every specialty. Every doctor tell the same, that this is due to anxiety. Only when there are no other options left, the patient admit. In your case, I am sure that you visited some doctors, and they advised you about anxiety. Therefore, follow the simple method of psychotherapy with dedication. You will be alright, for sure. If you still need my help, please describe the whole problem in detail and post a direct question to me. I shall definitely help you with psychotherapy techniques to overcome your problems. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications. Good luck.