bassetpower
09-14-2014, 08:39 PM
Hello everyone,
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I've never had anxiety issues the first 20 years of my life.. but after an incident of choking and having to give myself the Heimlich, I find myself constantly plagued with fears of choking or the sensation that I cannot breathe.
So far, everyone I've reached out to tells me "you're fine, just don't think about it and it will go away". Their advice is not useful as it's hard to ignore a physical sensation. So I thought I'd reach out in a place like this, where hopefully people will understand.
A lot of the research I have done says people generally have situation/social anxiety, I can't help but think my anxiety comes from the constant preoccupation with the thought of dying. I don't wanna die, I still got a lot of stuff to do in this lifetime.
I've been to the doctor, it's nothing physical causing my symptoms.. It's entirely in my head, which is the most frustrating and baffling part of it.
Again, thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope sharing with people who 'get it' will help me get a handle on this. I don't want to go on medication, but I feel like I can't beat this by 'thinking' myself out of it.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I've never had anxiety issues the first 20 years of my life.. but after an incident of choking and having to give myself the Heimlich, I find myself constantly plagued with fears of choking or the sensation that I cannot breathe.
So far, everyone I've reached out to tells me "you're fine, just don't think about it and it will go away". Their advice is not useful as it's hard to ignore a physical sensation. So I thought I'd reach out in a place like this, where hopefully people will understand.
A lot of the research I have done says people generally have situation/social anxiety, I can't help but think my anxiety comes from the constant preoccupation with the thought of dying. I don't wanna die, I still got a lot of stuff to do in this lifetime.
I've been to the doctor, it's nothing physical causing my symptoms.. It's entirely in my head, which is the most frustrating and baffling part of it.
Again, thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope sharing with people who 'get it' will help me get a handle on this. I don't want to go on medication, but I feel like I can't beat this by 'thinking' myself out of it.