What's your breathing like when you get anxious?

[LuzurPhagget]

Just curious. I hold my breath when I feel a sudden, intense sense of discomfort around others (which is almost about a hundred times at work or whenever I'm out of the house lol). I just wanted to know if this happens to anyone else. I read online that "shortness of breath" and hyperventilation are common, but those seem easily observable.

It's kind of funny, but some people at work have actually described me as calm! Lol, the damn fools! Maybe my poker breathing is just too damn good.

 

[Plankter]

I involuntarily start breathing loudly and thats about it. Happens a lot when im with lots of people

 

[Sweet emotion]

When I get anxious which is a lot, my heart beats very fast and very forceful. I can hear it in my ears and I feel my pulse beating away in my neck. I feel shaky when I take a deep breath in. My whole body starts to feel shaky. And it's worse when I lay down because I can really feel my heart and it feels like my whole head is shaking. This happens because I have a condition called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome which is the highest ranking pain condition in medical history. So when something happens and I get very nervous it takes forever for me to calm down. I'm on medication for anxiety. I do breathing techniques that I was taught and that helps sometimes.

 

[LuzurPhagget]

When I get anxious which is a lot, my heart beats very fast and very forceful. I can hear it in my ears and I feel my pulse beating away in my neck. I feel shaky when I take a deep breath in. My whole body starts to feel shaky. And it's worse when I lay down because I can really feel my heart and it feels like my whole head is shaking. This happens because I have a condition called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome which is the highest ranking pain condition in medical history. So when something happens and I get very nervous it takes forever for me to calm down. I'm on medication for anxiety. I do breathing techniques that I was taught and that helps sometimes.

Wow, very descriptive. And sorry to hear of your condition.