Feel like I can't breath

[conderella]

I was wondering if anyone has ever experienced this before? I have had it for years but it's currently getting worse..

When I'm just sitting in my own home I feel like I'm trapped and can't breath and I just start crying, it's like my house is suffocating me and I can't take it no longer. I know it isn't the house itself since this is the 4th house I've been in in like a year and a half.

I just can't take this any longer I have no idea what to do I just want to feel normal (whatever normal feels like) I've had depression since I was 12, I'm 25 now. I just want to be able to breath. I want to stop feeling so suffocated. And I'm not talking metaphorically I mean I literally feel like my walls and house and life are suffocating me. Is thee something really wrong with me? Does anyone else go through this? If so how do you cope :( I'm sorry for the long post I just can't take anymore.

Hello, just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. Yes I've experienced similar.i try and distract myself when I feel like this, look around the room, focus on something like a book or the TV and find the feeling usually passes. It's very scary and claustrophobic.

Hi OP

I'm really so sorry you're feeling like this. I suffer from anxiety and I have bouts of feeling exactly like this, to the point where I have had to seek full time work rather than part time because being in my flat alone on my days off was unbeatable. Ironically I feel really panicky about my new job which is terrifying me. I started yesterday so I'm just hoping it gets better.

Have you thought of speaking to your GP?

I've found that yoga and meditation help with the panic feelings but I'm not very consistent and it can be hard to motivate myself when I feel so overwhelmed like you. Swimming also tends to take the edge off a bit.

Sorry not to be more help I just wanted you to know others feel just like you x

*unbearable