Shortness Of Breath And Difficulty In Breathing

This symptoms is caused by hyperventilation coupled with the contraction of you wind pipes. Thus, you require more effort to breathe and you are taking in more air than necessary. All this translates to the “Shortness of Breath” or “Difficulty in Breathing” sensation.

You are forcing yourself to breathe each time, which is unnatural. You fear that if you don’t force yourself, you might stop breathing and die.

NONE of these will happen. You cannot suffocate. You will never die.

You need to understand that the change in stress biology during a panic attack will affect your breathing to a certain extent. As always, they will appear during panic attack episodes, but once you start to calm down and relax, your breathing will also return to normal.

In addition, breathing is a natural, automatic body process. You don’t have to force yourself to breathe. Your breathing maybe shallow but you will always get enough air.