Does anyone else sigh a lot?

[BlueCookieMonster]

I’ve noticed of late, that I sigh a lot. I’m not upset, but I’ve had a lot of people at work ask me ‘are you ok?’ I’m like, ‘I’m fine, nothing wrong, why?’

Does anyone else do this?

Always. And people comment on it.
I'm always shattered and stressed.

Anxiety and stress would absolutely explain mine. It's totally involuntary. Didn't know I was being a childish martyr. Wa-hey!

Yes, me too. DH always asking if I'm OK. Fir me, it is anxiety. I actually mentioned it to the GP a couple of weeks ago. My head is always busy busy busy so even if I look like I'm sitting quietly, there's a lot going on behind the scenes!

I do it all the time and I don’t even realise until DH asks what I’m sighing at

My DP does when he is tired. It’s very annoying 😬

Yes I too have been told that I sigh a lot but I have no idea I'm doing it.

Yes! I have a colleague who comments every time: "big sigh". Yes, thanks, observant colleague, say what you see.

PP have give some reasons but

It can be a sign of anaemia either due to low iron, folate or B12. (maybe other vitamins or minerals)

If you are anaemic you have less availability of oxygen carrying agents in your blood so you sigh in order to get more oxygen around your body.

If you are also tired and get breathless easily it would definitely point to the anaemia cause and worth getting your bloods checked.

I've definitely done it less since getting my levels sorted.

I sigh a lot without realising it. Sometimes I think I just need to take a deeper breath and then OH asks what's wrong. I don't even know I've done it.

Interesting - I have to have injections for low b12 and have also just been prescribed folic acid tablets as that is low too.

And I have anxiety so could be a combination of all 3?

No, but DH does and it really infuriates me!

^^this!

I'm not anaemic, when I give blood my test sample drops like a stone.

I caught myself giving a long sigh during an exam last week. Parts of it were pretty impossible though, in my defence. Probably summed up the feeling of the room really

I seem to do a huge sigh right before I go to sleep and it drives DH mad. I don't do it on purpose but always feel more ready to sleep after like I've let the tension from my body go! Oh and at work I am constantly sighing at irritating emails that is definitely voluntary!

I was literally mid-sigh as I read your post title. People often comment. I'm a worrier but generally quite an upbeat person.

I was going to mention anaemia too

I’m a newly qualified health care professional in my first post. It would explain a lot of the anxiety (subconscious or otherwise).

I do it when I am concentrating at work because I'm not breathing properly.

Yep all the time. It's a habit.

One of the reasons my exOH is an ex was because of his constant sighing. If he was ignored the first time he would do it again, and again. It was deliberate and extremely annoying. If I asked he would say he was 'stretching his lungs'. Load of tosh, it was another of his constant wind-ups along with clutching his heart and groaning every time he couldn't get his own way or was asked to do something!

cantfindname that’s hilarious!

DH does this, MIL does as well, and my DS1 is third generation sigher!

Yes, I sigh loads apparently, I don't know I'm doing it though. I'm very depressed, very stressed, have an anxiety disorder, have chronic illness that includes history of b12 deficiency, and currently bleeding a lot so am probably very anaemic.

But good to know I'm just attention seeking and should just stop it.

Yes I do. DP always says "what's wrong with you, why you sighing?". I don't even notice I've done it most of the time.

I do it alot but have recently been prescribed folic acid so could be connected to that (I had no idea it could be linked)! I also suffer with anxiety.