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When You Can't Breathe But Nothing Is Medically Wrong

I cannot take a deep breath anymore and every medical test comes back normal but I feel like I am suffocating.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Chronic anxiety can create persistent breathing restrictions that exist below the threshold of clinical detection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mental health and physical health intersection?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.