Posted by alexandra_k on April 19, 2005, at 20:47:17
In reply to I'm the hypochondriac dork.. humor me., posted by Spriggy on April 19, 2005, at 18:29:15
Sounds to me like...
Anxiety.
I have known people with anxiety who say that they feel like there is pressure round their neck. Like they are being strangled by invisible hands or something like that. They find it hard to breathe, or find their breathing laboured, or are very self-conscious about their breathing and that was what the Dr's said it was - anxiety.Sometimes it would get bad and they would feel like they were choking and they couldn't breathe - panic attacks.
I guess there could be other things that result in similar symptoms though. But that would be my guess (but I am fairly ignorant of such things...)
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