u/Complex-Painter9718

hey, Since around March I’ve been dealing with this weird breathing sensation that’s hard to describe. It feels like my chest can’t get enough air or like I’m not getting enough oxygen. It’s more like my breaths don’t feel satisfying or complete. Sometimes I become very aware of my breathing and it starts feeling manual. I also noticed strong smells, perfumes, smoke, or certain air can suddenly make me feel like I can’t breathe properly or like my chest tightens.

The weird thing is that it sometimes improves temporarily while I’m eating . I push myself to walk around 5.5 km daily despite feeling it there, which makes me confused about whether this is anxiety-related or something physical.

A big thing that happened before all this was a choking incident at the end of December. Since then I developed a swallowing anxiety/hyperawareness issue where I constantly think about swallowing and food getting stuck. I move food around in my mouth with my tongue before swallowing, check for pieces in the back of my mouth, and became hyperaware of saliva and throat sensations. It feels like my brain got stuck monitoring swallowing and breathing after that incident. I also used to get these burps that would not come out, or more they were incomplete.

I also vape regularly and have been under a lot of stress the past months so I don’t know how much of this could be anxiety/stress related.

I was also born with a heart issue involving a narrowed /artery connected to the heart/lungs, but I had blood work and lung/heart ekg about 1–2 years ago and was told everything looked okay at the time.

I cant keep living like this, it is pissing me off and i want it stop. Is it anxiety? is it acid reflux? is it smoking damage, i have been smoking cigs for like 4 years daily and recently switched to dispoable vapes. I would appreciate any help

hey, Since around March I’ve been dealing with this weird breathing sensation that’s hard to describe. It feels like my chest can’t get enough air or like I’m not getting enough oxygen. It’s more like my breaths don’t feel satisfying or complete. Sometimes I become very aware of my breathing and it starts feeling manual. I also noticed strong smells, perfumes, smoke, or certain air can suddenly make me feel like I can’t breathe properly or like my chest tightens.

The weird thing is that it sometimes improves temporarily while I’m eating . I push myself to walk around 5.5 km daily despite feeling it there, which makes me confused about whether this is anxiety-related or something physical.

A big thing that happened before all this was a choking incident at the end of December. Since then I developed a swallowing anxiety/hyperawareness issue where I constantly think about swallowing and food getting stuck. I move food around in my mouth with my tongue before swallowing, check for pieces in the back of my mouth, and became hyperaware of saliva and throat sensations. It feels like my brain got stuck monitoring swallowing and breathing after that incident. I also used to get these burps that would not come out, or more they were incomplete.

I also vape regularly and have been under a lot of stress the past months so I don’t know how much of this could be anxiety/stress related.

I was also born with a heart issue involving a narrowed /artery connected to the heart/lungs, but I had blood work and lung/heart ekg about 1–2 years ago and was told everything looked okay at the time.

I cant keep living like this, it is pissing me off and i want it stop. Is it anxiety? is it acid reflux? is it smoking damage, i have been smoking cigs for like 4 years daily and recently switched to dispoable vapes. I would appreciate any help.