Help me overcome air hunger - "I can't stop focusing on my breathing"
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- Many people with anxiety experience something called air hunger (the feeling that you aren't getting enough air). It feels so scary people worry there is something physically wrong with them and they become desperate to overcome the issue. People struggling with this horrible feeling often find themselves hyper-fixating on their breathing (it's like they have forgotten how to breath naturally.) During this video I share exactly what causes air hunger in people with anxiety AND I uncover the key to dealing with it once and for all. I also expose why some of the traditional "Air hunger" beating advice is somewhat flawed.
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02:22 - What causes "anxiety based" air hunger?
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06:43 - But why are you overly fixated on your breathing?
09:21 - The key formula for overcoming air hunger.
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Well... did this help? Did this help you understand how it's NOT just ANXIETY? BUT how treating the anxiety around it can also help?
Man....the whole disclaimer thing drives me nuts. People like you are better than most "real" doctors i've dealt with in my life. Not only do most doctors not know what the problem is, they simply want to prescribe you drugs and get you out of the office for the next patient....they can't even pretend to care about the patients. We're just dollar signs for them. G-d bless you man, thank you for what you do.
This past week I’ve been tortured with this. The doctors said I’m perfectly healthy and I couldn’t believe it. I don’t think I’m anxious but I am I guess. It’s getting easier today. Thank you for helping
Hope you’re feeling better. Look into stomach acid reducers as well.
This is me!
This happened to me once 10 years ago for like 2 months but it wasn’t that bad. I’m dealing with it now severely. It’s impacting sleep and now even my dreams are starting to reflect it
@@vassybaby16update please
I went to the hospital a few days ago because I went into a full on panic mode from a weird pain in my chest. Never had anxiety before. Did 4 EKGs, 2 blood tests, multiple chest X-Rays and they said I am perfectly normal.
Now I am back to normal for the most part but it was definitely a weird phase that I never thought I'd experience.
You all can beat it! Just convince yourself you are normal and stop freaking out. Live your life the best you can and keep fighting.
Modern ECG's used by malpractitioner doctors are a scam. They never tell you what your problems are and neither will this clown in the video. "Uh it's just anxiety". Anxiety is caused by high DHEA and high cortisol, high t4 and low TSH. My air hunger and high resting heart rate was caused by overactive thyroid and adrenals.
Update now I have a fear of something else but still getting better
Exactly same as me mate
@@robbiecat26 any update?
How long did it take from you experiencing it for the first time to you being back to normal?
Hope all is well.
It is crazy how I thought I was the only one ever feeling like this. I was so wrong and many others out there feeling this way.
Ik same bro
How are you feeling now? Im having same problem last 3 months. I hate it i cant do anything im allways yawning to get that deep breath. Its so hard my life just stopped i cant even talk. Or look at the phone for long time.
Basically, it’s our brains misinterpreting the sensation as dangerous when we’re actually safe :). Great video! Thank you!
Feeling 😢 awful with this I hope it goes away praying for all of us
🙏 thank you
How are you feeling now?
@@MdMunna-oi4op thankfully it’s been better, someone told me that your lungs are like a balloon 🎈 and filling that balloon way too much it’s like your body doesn’t need that so it goes into a cycle 🔁 of going for more air you don’t need to function, so I guess I rationalized that my body is okay with shorter breaths so occasionally I won’t take deep breaths and have days without it if I’m lucky. But I’m struggling with breathing OCD, manual breathing and can’t stop thinking about my breathing feeling like I’ll stop breathing or forget how to breathe because I noticed it too much and hard to stop noticing it or controlling it
I was dealing with this for a few weeks. I went to the ER. Nothing was wrong with me. They said it was anxiety but I did not believe them. It turns out, my pec muscles were very tight on the inside area which is pretty impossible to stretch and my diaphragm was tight and I was breathing up into my chest instead of down into my diaphragm. So I massaged out the pecs and stretched out the diaphragm and had somebody use a massage gun on my back and wala, I'm cured. I'll also add that I have done yoga for years so i am quite flexible and spent lots of times stretching my chest, ribs and back...but I guess I never breathed properly into my diaphragm and didn't realize I had tightness that only a massage could fix.
Never believe that it is just anxiety. I almost believe it myself. Its not. The breathing problem came first, and then you became anxious about it because anyone who can't breathe well would be anxious about it.
How did you release the diaphragm? Did you yawn all the time?
@@travisn346 just focus on using it while breathing, try to get as much range of motion as possible without discomfortt. people like to make it seem like it some magical or complex unlocking.
@@chrishayes5755 yea I agree it's not magical or spiritual it's mechanical. For me, it's no longer automatic or subconscious - like the original poster said.
I have anxiety but not excessive and I’m lacking sleep due to 4 kids but i definitely feel I have this bc my back is tight. So tight it won’t even crack. Think I’m gonna head back to the chiropractor.
Anxiety. It’s all in your head. The usual doctor’s excuse for physical- feeling ailments. HOWEVER, my friend, you have made me see the light. Just sitting here listening to one or two of your videos and practicing your exercise, I am breathing easier.
In the beginning, it’s harder than one would think. Because over the last many months, I’ve gotten used to gasping air through my mouth. At the same time, It didn’t make any sense to me that while I was sleeping I wasn’t suffering from this, but the minute I wake up in the morning, suddenly, I can’t breathe?
You’re a genius my friend. There are so many people that make fun of TH-camrs, who are not physicians, touting their remedies. But so many times. One does not have to be a physician to use a little common sense, observe, disseminate one’s own experience and use a little common sense. Many Doctors don’t believe in anecdotal evidence, and yet it’s anecdotal evidence that most people will find most helpful.
This is not to say that one should not at least get a chest x-ray, and make sure one is not suffering from pneumonia are a hole in the heart or something like that, but most of the time, especially in these crazy days in which we live, anxiety is a real problem And BTW. no one likes to admit that they are anxious. That’s a big one to admit especially to oneself. ❤
No it’s not all in your head it can be allergies & hormones too.
I have been struggling with anxiety, and for the past month I have been feeling this way. I went to the doctors and they said I was fine. Lungs were fine, heart was fine. But with this breathing thing, also makes me feeling like I’m dying, which makes me feel depressed. Thanks for giving this advice. I appreciate this video ❤
Pleased you saw this. You are not alone and you can overcome this. Have you checked out exercise on first vid?
@@anxietybeatinghacksI have seen the breathing exercise. I tried it, it worked a bit. Thank you.
@@badzs. how are u doing now
Wow I go through this too! Didn’t think anyone else would. Amazing!
Pal you are a lifesaver I’ve been suffering with it for years and didn’t really have a name for it but this week I’ve been really bad. I knew what to do with desire to just knowing what it is exactly. I’m mostly get it when blocked nose, I know it’s silly, but it also feels like your world is ending even the tone of your voice helps
Amazing, and very informative video
All my symptoms were described to the T so I i’m going to practice his advice and view this repeatedly along with his other videos
I am a runner and up until now. I never understood why I never experienced this when I was running.
Thanks very much for educating me
Mr. Cooper thank you so much! I’ve been struggling with chronic stress and you really made things clear for me! You & your passion for this work is awesome, and your phenomenal kitchen demonstration was right there with the latter 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Omg thank you for this video! I’ve literally been manually breathing for YEARS. Very interesting to learn the science behind this.
Thank you so much! As a 13 year old that was recently diagnosed with an upper respitory infection , my shortness of breathing has slowly taken over. The doctor told me I was healthy, but I've become so stressed and anxious about my breathing I couldn't resist the urge to breathe through my mouth just to feel a satisfying breath. Most of the time it's not satisfying but I always get in a few. However, I was told by this video and the nurse that I should just try and breathe in normally and I'm slowly starting to get the hang of it again. Though my breathing still gets uncomfortable, it’s certainly better than when I first starting experiencing it.
thank you for this!!!! been facing this on and off for two and a half months and has been especially bad this week. so grateful to learn a term for this and so grateful theres a way to help stop it. ive been so tired because ive been trying to manually breathe. thank you so so much
I here you! But there really are solutions out there. Gentle restrictive breathing exercises to help your body go back to a normal level of CO2 tolerance combined with work to reduce the threat response to anxiety (so you stop over-breathing) and you gradually go back to normal. It can take some time... but better to move in the right direction than the wrong one.
Thanking you Howard, another great video.
Thank you 😊
finally some answers, you describe exactly what I am going through. no Therapist I talk to has a clue. thank you will be in touch and watching
Amen.
Thank you brother!!! I love u! Your the only one who gave me a clear answer!!!
Why is this so relatable what u said in the beginning is exactly what I’m going through I’m too focused on my breathing and feel like if I’m not or I if I don’t force myself to breathe I’ll just stop and it feels so suffocating feels like I’m dying Ig this is air hunger and I literally don’t know how to get rid of it
How are you feeling now? Im going thru same problem. It has been 3 months. I had to quit the job and everything because i cant do anything because of this deep breaths all day.
Im absolutely gob smacked. I’m so so so glad I found this video!
I’ve been struggling with this for 8 years and no one could tell me what was wrong just to do more deep breathing! Doctors, therapists, psychologists no one ever suggested this was what was happening but it’s exactly what I experience.
I’m even on anxiety medication and it never made a difference with my breathing. It has massively impacted my life and relationships and has caused me to leave work multiple times.
Thank you so much for making this video it finally made me feel seen after all this time ❤ definitely going to try those exercises.
I totally understand your pain. I've been through exactly the same struggle.
did the exercise work
Just hit 9 years of this here. It’s derailed my life. Thank god for this video, right? Sending healing wishes to you ❤
how are you now?
Very helpful. I had read a book in the past called hypervention syndrome which was very helpful, however there was no real explanation of the science, the pH side of the issue...this fir me takes the fear factor out of my air hunger, over breathing, breath holding etc and helped me address the anxiety and panic associated with air hunger. Thank you very much for this and your other videos.
Thank you, once again, Mr. Cooper sir.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
You are a genious. You should have 10x more subscribers. Didnt yet practice what you said but im sure its gonna work for me
It also make me understand why when im running or doing work out the air hunger is getting out of control and through the roof
How’s your progress going are you still having this issue?
Thank you for the videos on helping with this problem. I‘ve been focusing and being conscious on my breathing for several weeks now. Last Saturday I went to a festival and haven’t been having this feeling for several hours and the day after it wasn’t as present. The past days it became worse and I found your videos.
So in conclusion, the combination of breathing exercises and breaking the anxiety cycle will help me cure this feeling of always focusing on my breathing?
Very informative video, i love it
A lot of air hunger videos 😢 but not enough solutions thanks for this
Brilliant video, thank you for your help! I also thought it was just me who had this issue. I have had this for years and it’s bad at the moment and your video and breathing technique has helped me to understand this now. Thank you! I also watched your first video which has helped me so much 😊
So pleased to hear that these video's have resonated with you and helped.
Very good video. This really is the key to solve this stressful problem. Btw: controlpause of 15 🙂
Great progress… well done!
I've had this problem for 2 years now and sometimes I've felt really hopeless. it started all of a sudden, sometimes it gets better and sometimes it gets worse. I have noticed that the feeling of hunger worsens my ailments considerably. I feel intense anxiety when breathing comes to mind. sometimes it goes out of my mind and comes back after a while. just like a vicious circle. and this terrible affliction limits my whole life. I have also been to the doctor and they only gave me breathing exercises. which do not help me at all. life is a pain when you have to avoid things however, I still live in hope that maybe this will get easier someday and I do have a diagnosed anxiety disorder and have had panic attacks as a teenager i thanks for this video! God Bless you🙏🏻
Hi there! The same situation... Im literally dying... Plz tell me if uve healed from it and the ways i could do it too...
Plz
Bro going through the same thing it’s terrible and people just say try not to think about it but how would you forget about it when it’s a problem and breathing is what keeps you alive lol.. it’s hard it’s made my relationships with people bad made working harder and everything I pray everyone gets this figured out
hi, I'm sorry to hear that you've experienced something similar :( I'm not completely cured yet, but at least I'm feeling a little better. the best advice I can give is that. eat regularly. and don't let your blood sugar drop too much. because it increases anxiety, at least for you, and increases the risk get a panic attack if you're hungry because then a person can't think rationally about things. don't stress about breathing. it feels really shocking when you start thinking about it too much. and it feels like you have to do it yourself so it's not automatic. but it's automatic. I've started to use breathing exercises and they really help a lot. one exercise goes like this. breathe in calmly and count at the same rate 4 blow through the mouth with the fourth out and count 6 when you blow air out through the mouth. repeat it maybe 3 times. it's really effective and a good way relieves anxiety, the thought of breathing is partly due to focusing too much on it and may be breathing shakily, and it causes too much carbon dioxide. and it causes you to start observing your breathing. but remember you won't die from it even if it feels like it. if I have survived for 2 years with trouble, you can too. all the best to you and strength. we are not alone! try that breathing exercise when you feel really bad. and let me know if it helped you.
yes we will get better from this this trouble will not be with us forever. it is partially. probably anxiety and subconscious stress. and for some reason our brain breaks it down when we breathe. and it is very common. we will beat this shit together. and we show that we are stronger than that disgusting trouble. God bless you ❤️ everything will get better with time for sure
Dude you saved my life!!!!
Fr been dealing with this recently shit scary been fighting anxiety since I was real young I’m 28. Have your mind & thoughts racing like crazy
Neuro-circuitry therapy is the future of mental health
I did this for years until a Dr said we dint ever need to think about our breathing so I stopped and focused on other things keeping busy and it worked I still have moments but not as bad
I have focused on your breathing technique since yesterday, and amazingly, it hasn’t reoccurred.
I sometimes get a natural yawn, and when I do it, I feel gratified
I guess when it comes natural, I can do it as long as I am not forcing it
How are you feeling now? Im having same problem last 3 months. I hate it i cant do anything im allways yawning to get that deep breath. Its so hard my life just stopped i cant even talk. Or look at the phone for long time.
What's the breathing technique
Thank you so much for posting this .,. If I could pay you I woujd bc you deserve it. I honestly hope you make plenty bc this is a huge problem that’s hidden.
Happy to help. Just like and share my vids and that helps get the message out.
Hi! I’m really glad that I found this video.
I had exactly the same issue and I was feeling like I can’t get enough air all the time.
It was like I was always focusing on my breathing, and when I stop focusing on it, I can’t breathe automatically. I had this issue for 2 years and half and everyday, it was so painful.
This video helped me a lot to realize that it was just anxiety.
Currently I also have depersonalization/derealization as well, but my doctor thinks that I have a schizophrenia.（because I told him I have depersonalization ）
I think I have many issues related to anxiety but my doctor never knows.
Thank you so much for making this video, you helped me a lot!
*sorry for my bad English, my native language isn’t English🙏
From Japan 🇯🇵
Depersonalization and air hunger can also be symptoms of mold toxicity
I’ve been dealing with this for 7 months, ever since I started a new job. Sometimes I just break down crying in frustration and panic.
I been dealing with it for 5 months straight it’s frustrating I cry everyday
How are you feeling now? Im having same problem last 3 months. I hate it i cant do anything im allways yawning to get that deep breath. Its so hard my life just stopped i cant even talk. Or look at the phone for long time.
This Video is a life saver! So glad I found it! Thankyou so much!
Been going through this for almost 3 years. Gonna try these exercises and see if they help. I’d be willing to try anything at this point
Whats your symptoms and do you work now?
I’ve been dealing with this for 20 years I can’t breath I feel like my lungs are closing and I have to force my self to breath, can’t get a satisfying breath and yawn and sigh all the time, it’s awkward when I talk people they think I’m crazy and I feel like I have to force my self to yawn and my body automatically start taking deep breaths and the cycle never ends, I feel like my breathing will never be normal. Please help
And I tend to swallow slot and swallow air from taking deep breath
How are you feeling now? Im having same problem last 3 months. I hate it i cant do anything im allways yawning to get that deep breath. Its so hard my life just stopped i cant even talk. Or look at the phone for long time.
So glad ivd found youre videos my godddddd 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I have been going through these air hunger symptoms since I was 20 years old. (on & off for years) I still have never found a way to cope with it. The off times when I am normal get me thru these bad times.
Try the exercise outlined during my first air hunger video and let me know how you get on.
How are you doing now? Update on if this helped you?
I'm dealing with air hunger really bad right now. Over time my body has over compensated by using my neck muscles to try and "breathe in" even more, which in turn makes my head feel chronically tight from the tight neck. I feel so defeated and depleted.
Yes I understand how this feels... and sometimes when you start straining to breathe more and creating tension it causes more stress related symptoms like tightness in head and neck etc. Starting to challenge the anxiety around it AND doing gentle restrictive breathing exercises (in the first video I did on air hunger) can begin to deal with this. Good luck!
Same here
Sometimes it can be iron deficiency. I had extreme air hunger and shortness of breath and nothing helped, i found out from a blood test that i had iron deficiency anaemia which had caused it.
Literally same
Thanks Sir Howard. Based on your experience or experiences from your patients. How long (after starting the exercise) will the air hunger feeling be totally gone? I started to do this breathing exercise few months ago and it became better but not totally off. There are even days that it's like I am backed to zero.
Has it gone away completely now?
No, there are good still good and bad days
I honestly felt like I couldn’t live anymore with this. This video gives me hope. Thank you
So pleased to here... keep us posted as to how you get on.
Same!
did you recover?
@@emilyroche3701did you recover?
How are you feeling now?
Thank you very much for the work you have Done for us. I have a question tho.. I’ve been following your advices and it got better for me. But still i have this sort of addiction for deep breaths.. even tho i breathe only through my nose, my mind is constantly making me take a bit deeper breaths like every 5 minutes, especially when im stressed. And the question is should i take them or not?
Do you best to avoid taking them if possible BUT also don't worry freak our if you do take the one as well (the anxiety then causes over breathing). Your fixation and desire to take them (as you continue to practice the exercises) is understandable as you have likely got into a habit of over breathing and it can take some time to reset the habitual patterns.
When is the next seminar? I went to sign up but it looks like it has already started.
Yes we started the course last week... BUT I have had a few last minute signs up from people whom missed the first live and are then watching the replay... then will join live the rest of the sessions. Email me at Howard@rapidchange.works if you are interested in doing so and I can set it up.
The problem with me is I do have lung, sinus and other problems preventing me breathing normal when I sleep. So I end up waking feeling like I'm having a panic attack or heart attack. Once I get up and mentally slow my breathing it goes away. How do I stop this from happening? I can't lay on my back to sleep because my sinus and back of my throat collapses in and wakes me in a fright. Then if I lay on my side I sleep better, but with more back pain because I have a bad back too. But finally I fall asleep, but wake up feeling a deep sense of dread, breathing only through my mouth (not fast or anything) and the only thing I can do is get up and walk it off.
Ive been fighting with this for 15 years now, these videos might be a big help for me.. Its just sad it has been so long time.. All my 20’s ive been feeling this airhunger..
But im really chocked and feel better to know im not alone with this.
Do you know if this has damaged me over these years? I felt completly horrible many times and thought i was about to die, now i think sometimes that maybe ive been damaged after this? But it sounds like its not dangerous to be in this only unpleasant :) Thank you for this video sir!
I don't believe that this issue causes any long term physiological damage it just feels really unpleasant. I'm so pleased that you found this video though. Let us know how you get on... and remember that you are NOT alone.
@@anxietybeatinghacks Thank you for your answer sir. I have been practicing this now since i found the video and i must say i feel much better! I really need to get rid of this ”hard breath in” habit and focusing to breathe with the nose when im resting. But so far it feels like i can do this! You’re a lifesaver!
Best regards, Marcus
Has it gone away?@@M4aarc
I want to exercise but exercising causes the anxiety air hunger and tightening of throat (globus) any advice for this as I know exercise is good for anxiety
It’s getting depressing. This is me and I’m only 24. I’m scared. And idk I have stopped smoking everything. I need help.
I have this for years but that dosnt mean it will be the same for you, just be positive and it will get better over time but i maybe have some lifestyle tips for you that make it easier to live with it.
1. quit caffeine, all types of coffee energy drinks etc.
2. reduce sugar intake to an absolute minimum.
3. avoid eating to much dairy products.
4. drink aloot of water and calming tea without caffeine atleast 3l a day.
this 4 steps didnt cure it for me but its alooot easier to live with it, and never forget its not dangerous for your body! i can hold my breath for like 2 minutes, before i had this breathing problem i could hold it for like 45seconds max 😆 dont ask me why but its true...
Has your breathing improved? If so, how long did this struggle last for you? I've been struggling with this since I contracted covid 3 months ago. Do you have any advice? Please help me.
I’m also 24 and just got this last week on the October 3th from a vacation! 😢😭😭
@@Amigofixyou still have the breathing?
@@tosabendoagora4474I had it for 5 months lnow
I've been struggling with this for SO long now man and my dr has done multiple tests on me only to keep telling me it's anxiety.
He's never tested my CO2 levels and now I wonder what level it's been at all this time.
Would you recommend walking/jogging daily to help raise CO2 levels & retrain my breathing?
Ive been suffering this for the past 8 weeks. Been to the doctors she said everything absolutely fine. I'm amazed so many people suffer this,I thought it was just me. Will try this exercise, how long before I feel normal again? I also find myself holding my breath with out even realising. Thank you Howard I really hope this works. I'm getting so down with it now.
How are you feeling now? Im having same problem last 3 months. I hate it i cant do anything im allways yawning to get that deep breath. Its so hard my life just stopped i cant even talk. Or look at the phone for long time.
Hi, unfortunately still struggling although think it is slightly better. The exercise does seem to help a bit. It's so frustrating and also worrying. Still I'm going to persevere keep hoping it will go soon. Understand how you feel and I hope you feel better soon. If you find a way to overcome it please let me know. Here's hoping everyone who suffers this will improve. It's an absolute nightmare.
Im trying to figure it out. It has been 3 month. I never tought it can be crazy like this for this long. And i dont know how long more it will go. Will it ever go away? Those worries just eat you alive. How long you had it for? Ofc ill let u know if i find out anything. My doc saying everything is good. But here im like dying cant goto work cant do anything.
And where are you from?
This is what i feel🙂🙂🙂
The bicarbonate buffer system (which is what this video covers) explains why low CO2 levels can be maintained in those with chronic hyperventilation, but it doesn't explain why people with low CO2 have more sensitivity to the same amount of buildup/increase in CO2 (relative to their baseline). In other words, this video doesn't explain why people with air hunger have lower Control Pauses. I am guessing the sensitivity to CO2 buildup has to do with with details of how chemoreceptors work and how their sensitivity changes, but I haven't been able to find anything about this. Do you happen to know a good reference for this?
good vid
Thank you
I'm thinking of resorting to anxiety meds because this is torture and meditation and mindfullness and all those things aren’t working. I’ve been suffering for over two weeks now.
Howard can you please tell me how you came up with this helpful cure for AirHunger , of which I have on and off for over 30 years ?
Hi Paul, great question. My journey figuring this stuff out is as follows. When I struggled terribly with it everyone kept telling me to "take deep breaths" etc. However, when I was getting worse than ever I decided (almost as an attempt to "logic" my way out of the issue to do the following: "could I take gentle normal breaths for as long as I could manage 10-15 minutes etc and then if I hadn't collapsed or died (even if I felt like I wasn't getting enough air) surely that would convince me with logic that I was in fact getting enough). After this period of gentle (what felt like restrictive) breathing I noticed 2 things: 1) I was still alive... so surely I was getting enough oxygen to live and 2) The intensity of the air hunger was slightly reduced... I felt slightly better. So I practiced more restrictive breathing and began to notice some improvements. It was this that lead me to research more about the mechanisms of breathing... and to read about the BUTEYKO breathing method and the science behind it. However, restrictive breathing exercises by themselves can help... BUT if you are highly anxious about the unpleasant breathing sensations (which can be understandable) to such degree that the sensations of air hunger are causing you anxiety or panic then chances are you the panic is causing overbreathing which can counteract the positive benefits of the restrictive breathing exercises. So I now combine both a psychological approach (to reduce the threat response to those unpleasant feelings and thoughts around air hunger) with the correct breathing retraining exercises. Hope this helps to clarify.
I can totally relate
Anxiety, shortness of breath
Not being able to breath deep enough
I thought it may be related to my allergy
I believe it is due to anxiety
Always conscious of breath
I also made an appointment for check up next week, just to be safe
Thank you for this video and the others brother
How you getting on?
@@anxietybeatinghacks
Hey brother
Thanks for replying
Actually I went like about 2 weeks ago visit the doc, just make sure
The actual procedure is due next month though
What I've noticed this week or so
My issue is more related to allergy and nose irritation etc
I can breath fine from mouth
I'm gonna do the physical though
Once I get results I'm gonna go visit the (other)doc to check up with my allergy and sinus irritation
@@PanIko_Even still... practicing building up a good tolerance to CO2 helps in all areas and there are theories that it can also help reduce allergies too. Good luck.
@@anxietybeatinghacks thanks brother 🙏
I have to yawn to get breath in. I feel like the trachea or the bronchioles are super tight and when I yawn it expands giving me relief. Breathing through my nose isn’t easy either but I think the worst part of it is not getting what I breathed in the lungs. It’s really frustrating
Yes same! trying to figure out if thats normal. i dont wake up with it but as soon as i start thinking about it it seems to come back.
How are you feeling now? Im having same problem last 3 months. I hate it i cant do anything im allways yawning to get that deep breath. Its so hard my life just stopped i cant even talk. Or look at the phone for long time.
Help i keep thinking its asthma what should i do?
Yes cannot sleep due to this
Sir, I struggle with breathing issue, I usually to take a pause after every exhale but the issue is that now I can't take a natural breath at all, I need to take a manual breath all the times hence it makes me unable to concentrate on the things around me
Is it normal that it get’s worse when I’m moving, walking, dancing etc?
This is really awful . Previously, I used to exercise without any issue. I could run on the treadmill for 2 hours no problem. Then, one day about 3 years ago, I was moving and was bringing a t.v. up to the 3rd floor of a house. Once I got to the 3rd floor, I was overwhelmed by the stress climbing up 3 flights of stairs with a t.v. put on my body, and I began to hyperfocus on my breathing, which led to a severe panic attack where I thought I was going to have a heart attack.
3 years later, i still struggle with this. Basically ANY from of intense exercise causes me to start hyperfocusing on my breathing. I will try to breathe into my lungs and even when they reach their full capacity and I can't fill them any more, it somehow still doesn't feel like I'm breathing in enough air. It's completely maddening as I go from trying to push my lungs to breath in more than they can, to exhaling and then being too afraid to breathe back in. Since the very first time i experience this panic attack I haven't been able to shake it off since.
I hope that by watching this video that I can finally get the answers I need and how to overcome this. I do believe this is all tied into a bigger issue of trauma (I developed this during a time in my life when a lot of traumatic experiences were happening).
Hi Paul, how are you doing? I am also going through the same problem, are you doing any of the mentioned breathing exercises ?
I have this for 20 years now nonstop but that dosnt mean it will be the same for you, just try to stay positive and it will get better over time or you learn to live with it like i did and i still workout etc.. I maybe have some lifestyle tips for you that make it easier to live with it.
1. quit caffeine, all types of coffee energy drinks etc.
2. reduce sugar intake to an absolute minimum.
3. avoid eating to much dairy products.
4. drink aloot of water and calming tea without caffeine atleast 3l a day.
this 4 steps didnt cure it for me but its alooot easier to live with it, and never forget its not dangerous for your body! i can hold my breath for like 2 minutes, before i had this breathing problem i could hold it for like 45seconds max 😆 dont ask me why but its true...
and i also developed this because of a very traumatic childhood and it turned into a general anxiety disorder. stay strong man ❤️
How are you?
Has your breathing improved? If so, how long did this struggle last for you? I’ve been struggling with this since I contracted covid 3 months ago. Do you have any advice? Please help me.
Have you had your iron levels checked? Specifically Ferritin. I had a similar problem and mine turned out to be iron deficiency anaemia.
i have been suffering from this 24/7..Im not restless at all.Can sit relax or even stand straight for a longer period.Even bad habits of eye twitching loops again.Im tired of it all.Cnt control my eye twiching n soon causes air hunger
How are you feeling now? Im having same problem last 3 months. I hate it i cant do anything im allways yawning to get that deep breath. Its so hard my life just stopped i cant even talk. Or look at the phone for long time.
@@MdMunna-oi4op Setbacks going on right now.As a whole im a lil bit better den before.I used to attend social gatherings,church services,social activities over n over again,Somehow dats make the symtoms go away,But setbacks is a must for a recovery journey.U shud keep dat in mind
Can breathing from anxiety affect blood co2 levels?
I have been doing the excersize from your first video about 3 weeks now, no real sings of improvment yet. How long will it usually takes? And how can I get rid of thinking about breathing and giving my body the red flag labels? Just saying "this is not a threath"?
Firstly, well done for starting to do the exercises and getting stuck in. What was your control pause? How long are you doing the breath holds for? Do you find at the end of the exercise you have mild but tolerable air hunger or are you gasping for air? All of these things will help ascertain if you are doing the exercises in the best way. Re: how to stop the body and mind treating these sensations as a threat. This is not the easiest question to answer in a youtube comment reply but it often an experiential learning that emerges from my clinical work. Essentially its challenging the mental images and internal dialogue and sensations to examine if these things "in and of themselves" pose a threat... it's more about insight about the nature of thinking rather than trying to get rid of this thinking. I go into all this fully on my live free from air hunger programme.
Sometimes one of the reasons why we may not see improvements with JUST the breathing exercises by themselves is if you have so much anxiety around it you are cancelling out any exercise progress from overbreathing.
@@anxietybeatinghacks My control pause was 10 when I started and the breath hold then 5. Then I didnt' feel air hunger almost at all so I quite quickly rose the time to 7 and then 8. In that breath hold time it varies very much from easy to gasping air. So have kept the number the same. I did the control pause test just and now it was 15, so I quesa there has been some improvment tough it does not feel so in the daily life. Outside the excersize I try to breath trough my nose and try to resist the gaspingbif possible. Btw thank you so much to naming the problem! I've had it for long!
@@anxietybeatinghacks I got the problem during a long period of stressfull time and anxiety. No I have been able to leave it mostly behind and I don't feel stressed or anxius anymore. The only problem left, is the air hunger. I looked at the link to the online course, but it went to a page informing the course had already strated on February.
Great that you seem to have increased your CP to 15 from 10... that is good progress and I would say keep going. Above 20 and I find that many people notice a significant improvement in symptoms.
I can't sleep because if I don't force myself to breathe I won't breathe, just like you said. I want to cry
Sometimes I can somehow sense that I am approaching a yawn that is going to fulfill my need for air. Usually it's when the air hunger has built up for a little while and I just know that the next yawn is going to give me relief if I let it happen. My question is: What would you recommend for these moments? Not letting myself yawn and instead breathing shallowly on purpose?
How are you? Do you still feel like yawning or have you fully recovered? i also have that feeling where in i have to yawn at times, and sometimes the yawn isnt as "Satisfying", Does that sound familiar to you?
@@hamzah6312 How are you feeling now? Im having same problem last 3 months. I hate it i cant do anything im allways yawning to get that deep breath. Its so hard my life just stopped i cant even talk. Or look at the phone for long time.
How are you feeling now? Im having same problem last 3 months. I hate it i cant do anything im allways yawning to get that deep breath. Its so hard my life just stopped i cant even talk. Or look at the phone for long time.
My case is I breath normally but too often there is a urge to take a deep breath and then when I take a deep breathe it never seems to be enough air😢
I have a doubt.but why in night time we don't focus in our breathing whether it is satisfy or not.i feel like this happens only day time
Sir I need help if I can talk to you outside of here somehow it’s making me not want to be here anymore
For sure… please send me an enquiry about this via my website www.rapidchange.works
Hi Howard
I'm quite interested in your programme. Been suffering from this for over 4 years now. Absolutely unbearable at times. So, the breathing exercise you teach is it Buteyko. I also tried buteyko but it didn't fully work. Please let me know. Regards
Does anyone feel they are suffocating. I have going through this now for about 2 weeks .I'm going through a lot of stress at moment .I'm terrified. It stated with a feeling someone was sitting on my chest .I've had an ECG .chest X rays ,bloods all normal
Yes u are not alone
@@KdreamzZ thank you
How are you feeling now? Im having same problem last 3 months. I hate it i cant do anything im allways yawning to get that deep breath. Its so hard my life just stopped i cant even talk. Or look at the phone for long time.
I feel short of breadth whole day for the past 5 month,ecg,2d echo,spirometry,x ray,ct scan are all normal.what to do
Has your breathing improved? If so, how long did this struggle last for you? I've been struggling with this since I contracted covid 3 months ago. Do you have any advice? Please help me.
I had this too. I just figured out yesterday that my diagphragm and pec muscles were very tight. I focused on really breathing down into my diaphragm to stretch it out and did a diagprhagm release massage I found on youtube. I massaged my pecs with a tennis ball against that wall. This helped somewhat. Then today I had someone use a massage gun on my back and that really helped loosen me up a lot. I think a lot of people just need to to get a professional massage to loosen up the area so they have more room to breathe...as well as learn to properly breath down into the diagphragm instead of just up into the chest.
How are you feeling now? Im having same problem last 3 months. I hate it i cant do anything im allways yawning to get that deep breath. Its so hard my life just stopped i cant even talk. Or look at the phone for long time.
Can playing basketball 🏀 help me with my breathing?
How does sneap apnea fits in with aor hunger? I wonder
There is a possible theory that sleep apnea is your bodies way of preventing over breathing whilst you sleep... but again that is just a theory.
it happens mostly at night and when u lay on my back
I believe that one of the reasons this can happen is that often people have anxiety in the evenings due to less distractions and more time "in their head". Anxiety increases respiration which increases CO2.
😅 Yeap this is me...I went through some test specialty off course lung test and few different doctors, and different diagnosis made all so hard to swallow...
Five years so far nothing makes sense anymore...one said it's asthms even when all results came good but allergies was on hight so he thought the reason why I'm feeling the way I feel is that. And another one said the problem is Gut...😅 But my fear was as focuse on lung problems...
The question real is how we can get clerenes in this dilemma who to trust...? Because sensation in body made all worse...
The video is a bit confusing, Howard, because if the tank of water represents blood pH, then the level should go up not down - since pH increases, rather than decreases, on excretion of carbon dioxide.
Lower pH number means more acidic, higher pH number means more alkaline
Breathing out CO2 makes blood more alkaline, higher pH.
@@Rebecca-xr8by Yes indeed. Just checking as often people get confused as lower - stronger etc. And if we were being very literal I should have the marked the water line visibly clear that in this metaphor the strength of acid is dropping (like the line) (I can appreciate the confusion). However, I wanted deliberately to stay clear of getting too technical on this video and to simply help people understand the metaphor of your body adapting to excess CO2 loss by implementing emergency balancing processes that get almost "STUCK in place" which perpetuates the incessant urge to breathe.
@@anxietybeatinghacks Okay, thank you, Howard, that makes sense.
@@Rebecca-xr8by YES the whole Bicarbonate Buffer system is a bit of nightmare to understand and gets quite complex quite quickly. If you are interested these guys do a great youtube vid on a more detailed look at the bicarbonate buffer system... th-cam.com/video/tC9EfkOe8IQ/w-d-xo.html (Plus he has an awesome Moustache 😜)
intresting,
after all 6 books about breathing, 3 seminars, hunderests articles and maybe thousands of videos now i learned that body tries to balance acidicy when its too alkaline, so its goes death circiut.
body cannot help itself when its acidic, force us to breath (positively- take air, or negatively- give co2 full air)
body balance itself when its alkaline (basic), and say breath its too acidic right after in seconds
damn
YEP... most people don't realise that this breathing issue is actually more to do with your body balancing pH levels than lung issues. You could think of it as Anxiety induced Respiratory Alkalosis.
@@anxietybeatinghacks yep yep as we are not actually eat 3 times in a day to survive (since we can live up to 30 days without eating, and we need only couple hundred calories) we dont breath to survive. we breath basicly refreshing ph levels and also to feel beter + system automatized breating,
I'm suffering right now.
Same
Whats your symptoms?
Too much talk on the internet about How to breath correctly and " breathing techniques ".. all of the talk about breathing has made people too conscious about breathing. One will never breath more correctly than when they're not trying to control it, or when they're not thinking about it.
I agree. And lots of focus on giving people “breathing exercises” gets people too focused on breathing and can sometimes therefore create over-breathing
OK but now how do I fix the problem? I didn't get an answer on exactly how to train my brain 🙃 4 years of air hunger 247 never goes away doctors can't figure me out I hope it's all in my head and is curable but I need videos to help re train my brain I think about it 247 no matter what
So firstly, it is curable, but I totally understand how terrible it can seem and how the hyperfixation on it causes an anxiety loop. I have a bunch of free content on this channel around beating anxiety and I go into more detail about air hunger on a free presentation I do here: airhunger.org
For people struggling to implement these ideas I also have a new online programme to cover this in more detail and do 1-on-1 work helping people. www.rapidchange.works
Try anti acids my brother the worked for me for a couple of months.
Omperazol 20 mg per day in the morning emepty stomach. Almost works instantly, this drug is a miracle drug but take with caution don’t take more then 3 months.
@triton_cwbm1056 like what? Right now I'm on pantaprazol and it does nothing
@anxietybeatinghacks thank you I will try to look into this I'm miserable
Anxiety in many begins in the mothers womb 10:23
What do you mean?
So I'm not currently dying.
Gotcha.
Why wont it go away then? I've been breathing like this for 3 days now, my chest is tired, breathing is an exceptionally difficult task and I can't make it to a doctor plus the hospital said there's literally nothing wring with me so....
Am I REALLY not dying? I need to know.
How are you now
I have this for 20 years now nonstop but that dosnt mean it will be the same for you, just try to stay positive and it will get better over time or you learn to live with it like i did and i still workout etc.. I maybe have some lifestyle tips for you that make it easier to live with it.
1. quit caffeine, all types of coffee energy drinks etc.
2. reduce sugar intake to an absolute minimum.
3. avoid eating to much dairy products.
4. drink aloot of water and calming tea without caffeine atleast 3l a day.
this 4 steps didnt cure it for me but its alooot easier to live with it, and never forget its not dangerous for your body! i can hold my breath for like 2 minutes, before i had this breathing problem i could hold it for like 45seconds max 😆 dont ask me why but its true...
and no dont worry you are not dying at all, stay strong my brother ❤️💪
Do you have the feeling all day everyday or is it on and off?
Yes
I have all day long for weeks and weeks then suddenly gone for a few days then comes back even stronger
Control pause 24 seconds
Is this related to asthma?
Great question! I have come across a theory that Asthma could be a way that your body is trying to stop you from breathing out too much CO2. In otherwords... if you are overbreathing and your body wants you to stop losing too much CO2 then narrowing your airways would achieve that.
@@anxietybeatinghacks this means air hunger leads to asthama
@@anxietybeatinghacks What are emergency PH balancing methods? Is that like a cortisol rush of adrenaline?
@@rakeshjaswal5999 no… the theory is that in some cases asthma can be triggered from overbreathing. The feeling of air hunger is a different symptom that can emerge from overbreathing.
@@maccadamn I believe there a bunch of mechanisms including kidneys getting involved secreting more HCO3 (bicarbonate ions)
Could this condition be brought on by the covid vaccination?
Yes
Mines asthma and aniextu
I hate life.
Hang in there I’ve had this feeling for 4 years now and it will pass!!! Exercise and change your lifestyle habits drastically and you’ll see improvements
@anxietybeatinghacks I have been suffering from this for months now, including other anxiety like symptoms on top of it all. But the SOB came first and I didn’t know what was going on. I do suffer from asthma and I heard this feeling can be worst if you suffer from asthma, my question to you is, am I suppose to be getting lightheaded a little while doing this breathing exercise throughout the day?
i have this for 20 years every single day not a single day off and i didnt overcome it untill now... i live with general anxiety disorder. good thing is it is not dangerous for your body i guess, even living with it for 20+ years since i can hold my breath for like 2minutes easily, i dont think my lungs are damaged or anything... 😆
I feel the same way
Let us know how you get on with the exercises. Hope they help.
Hi All, Stop smoking as Lung damages/ issues causes this Air hunger anxiety. Also if you have cold or sinus problems these things happen. Try to cure these, problems and it would really help you out. Yoga also helps to overcome this situation. God bless you All 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you brother!!! I love u! Your the only one who gave me a clear answer!!!