does anyone else feel like their breathing is never “normal”?
idk how to explain this but sometimes i feel like i have to “manually” breathe
like if i don’t focus on it, it feels wrong
and when i do focus on it, it gets even worse
it’s like i can’t win
i’ll be sitting or laying down and suddenly my breathing feels off
not enough air, or too shallow, or just weird
and then my brain starts overthinking it
and boom… anxiety kicks in
the scary part is it feels so physical
like something is actually wrong with my lungs or heart
i’ve checked everything and it all came back fine
which honestly just made it more confusing
one thing that helped me a bit was realizing this is actually pretty common with anxiety
and instead of trying to “fix” my breathing, i started trying to relax my body first
like slowing things down, distracting my focus, grounding myself
it’s not perfect but it made those moments less intense
just wanted to see if anyone else deals with this
i also wrote about what helped me in a simple way here if anyone wants to read it
https://medium.com/@elorashe23/i-thought-something-was-seriously-wrong-with-me-a69c6f083337