When your sympathetic nervous system is activated, you may hyperventilate or breathe too quickly or shallowly. That’s where the feeling like you can’t get enough air comes in.
And unfortunately, what may feel instinctual can make matters worse. “Paradoxically, the more we focus on our breathing and try to ‘fix’ it, the more we reinforce the cycle of anxiety and air hunger,” Watts…
People With ADHD, I Want To Know What You Thought Was Normal But Turned Out To Be A Symptom
February 20, 2025
Maybe you’ve always needed a background distraction — music, TV, coffee shop noise — to focus on study, sleep, or chores, and didn’t realize until later that a lot of people simply do those things in silence. What was that like?
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I’m A 37-Year-Old Breast Cancer Survivor, And My Red Flag Symptom Wasn’t A Lump
Hello, world, I’m Megan. I’m 37 years old, and a few weeks ago, I got to ring a gong to celebrate finishing up active treatment for stage two breast…
