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We often receive questions about how to slow anxious breathing down or what to do when breathing exercises make anxiety feel worse. And that's what we're going to be

talking about. Welcome back in Nanga.

Hey Shen. I thought this was a particularly interesting conversation to have because I haven't had the experience

but we've heard from so many who have that sometimes breathing is a trigger for anxiety.

What's that all about?

Sometimes when we have an experience with breathing that's uncomfortable,

then it can become a trigger.

So if we have an anxiety attack,

then we sometimes have that sensation that breathing is becoming difficult or sometimes when we feel really panicked we say I can't breathe or I feel like I can't breathe.

So then to try and bring your attention to the breath becomes challenging because you're fixating on something that's

been part of the anxiety experience before so sometimes that can happen

which ties right back into what happens to us with health anxiety

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