please help i think im going mad???!!!!?

Question

in the past 2 weeks ive become real conciense of my breathing. i feel like i have forgot how to breathe and think about it all the time its driving me crazy. im 21, i dont smoke and there has not being a significant event in my life that has started this. i am concious of every breath and theres no one i can talk to about this because its embarrasing and it sounds like im going mad. please serious answers only this is ruining my life. has anyone out there ever had this?do i need to see a physciatrist?ive never had anything like this before

Answer 1

Breathing is an unconscious thing and your brain will not let you stop. Try to think about other things and keep yourself preoccupied, try getting a hobby, relaxing in the evening may also help. In time you will stop being so conscious and paranoid about this. Good luck.

Answer 2

A person can be obsessive about any thing, even their own breathing. My question is are you wheezing, coughing, congested? Are you having panic over your breathing? are you counting your breaths or just listening to them? If you are very stressed out perhaps you are just relaxing your self. Listening to your self breath is one of the first things you are taught with meditation. Slow deep even breathing. It is cleansing and calming. If you are stressed, perhaps you are just calming down. If your obsession continues, worsens, or is accompanied by feelings of dread or fear i would, yes go see a councilor. People can be come obsessed for short periods of time through out their lives, epically when under strain. For example: Did i turn the stove off did i lock the door, i cant sleep because I'm worried about these things, but in truth it may be that i am stressed from work. Of all the things to be focused on yours is the most healthy i have heard of. Breathing and relaxation can help you center and regain your mental footing.

Answer 3

You yourself will notice this more than others around you as it is you that is being affected.
Try doing something that you enjoy that will help take your mind off it.
Another thing that might help is - run yourself a bath, as hot as you can bare. Close all the doors and windows to keep the steam in and just relax. Try some deep breathing. Hopefully the steam and the relaxation will help calm you down and clear anything from your lungs / breathing passages.
I hope this helps. If it does continue, go and see your doctor / GP Good luck x

Answer 4

Hello . I have the same condition at the moment , it started about a month ago .
I tried to take a deep breath and i couldn't , its not that i am short of breath but i seem to want that deep lung filling breath .
Since then I am thinking about it all the time but I am managing it .
When it first started I got a kind of panic attack and had to walk around and breath hard .
Now , I know I dont need to have that deep breath really and I have tried to stop going for it , also I have convinced myself that there is nothing to panic about .
I find now that there are periods when I am doing something that interests me I dont think about it at all.
Hopefully it will sort itself out eventually .

Answer 5

sounds like obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd) where a person gets irrational thoughts and fears about things which probably wont come true. Thats one form of it anyway. go to your doc and ask about cognitive behavioural therapy (cbt). this will help mold your brain to think more logically and slowly melt your irrational fears over time. You're definately not going mad, it's just that your brain is not quite wired in the right way. Screw what people think by the way. Good luck!

Answer 6

you are having panic attacks, and there is an underlying cause somewhere. you may be very stressed in one area of your life and not realise it; panic attacks are our bodies way of telling us something is too much for us. you need to take time out, now; take a week off work; take time out from whatever you do; the longer you are having panic attacks, the longer it will take to deal with them. We just have no idea how closley our minds and bodies are connected.
You will need to see a doctor; be choosy about who you see, and don't allow yourself to be dismissed with a prescription. you may need a mild anti-depressant; or you may need something else. your g.p. should also have the names of reputable therapists; you may need that too.
There is a reason for anything like this happening to our bodies; and it's usually because in some part of our lives, something has become unbearable. good luck.

Answer 7

why are you concious of your breathing? do you have fast breathing? or slow breahing normally if you feel any of these you might be suffering from a physical illness. because most of the time when we feel there is something wrong with us mentally it's usually our physical health that needs to be examined. I have experienced toxic goiter and I felt that I have fast breathing and heart palpitations. I could even hear my heartbeat when I sleep at night. I am very irritable and emotional that i dont understand myself why I felt that way. so there goes my trip to the doctor... Have yourself a thourough examination to a good doctor your body might be telling you something...good luck

Answer 8

If it's any good I had a spell of that some years ago. It was traced to anxiety attacks but they were subliminal and I didn't even feel out-of-sorts when it happened. I used to breath shallowly for no reason and then get panicky and dizzy. If it happens and you can, try the breathing into a paper bag for a couple of minutes and just breath slowly and deeply until it subsides.

Answer 9

Your not going mad. Maybe you felt breathless a couple of weeks ago and it scared you a bit, and now its become a viscious cycle. I would see a GP as it could be the starting of panic attacks. Don`t worry, it`s extremely common and the Doctor sees this type of thing every day. Good luck x.

Answer 10

It does sound like you are suffering from either anxiety, or have you considered asthma? See your Doctor, ask for an asthma check, it is real simple, if that is ok, then discuss anxiety with your Dr. If you are not happy with his information, find another Dr. I have suffered with Anxiety/panic attacks for 5 years, the first Dr I saw told me to "get on with it". If i had listened to him, God only knows where I would be now. Good luck