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When Physical Symptoms Meet Existential Fear

My throat has felt tight for months and every test comes back normal but I keep thinking I'm going to stop breathing and I can't tell if it's anxiety or something real.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The boundary between bodily sensation and psychological distress becomes a source of doubt about reality itself.

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