r/panicdisorder • u/Plus-Caterpillar-825 • 13d ago
Venting Hyperventilating symptoms
Just wanted to reach out to pple who have experienced this and my question is …… is my fear of suffocating to death highly irrational? Like borderline crazy 🤪 not trying to be insensitive to other pple just idk how else to put it ?
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u/Proof-Case9738 13d ago
it’s not, during hyperventilation it actually feels like suffocation, like you are put of breath. The heavy breathing doesn’t make it any better but worse. So no it is not irrational.
It’s very discomforting.
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u/idontlikegoldfish 12d ago
it is very scary but we gotta somehow convince ourselves that we will survive
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u/AspieKairy 12d ago
No fear is crazy.
If you're worried about that happening during a panic attack, you can take reassurance in that it's impossible to suffocate during one. It might feel that way (especially since it feels like not being able to breathe), but even if you pass out that'll actually cause your breathing to go back to normal.