Air Hunger Explained: Causes of Chronic Breathing Tension, Yawning, Sighing, Breathlessness 

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Thank you so much for sharing this insight. My first experience was during the Covid19 lockdown. After that, it went away for a couple of years. It came back during the Christmas holiday last year, I was alone and I thought that I was going to die. I tried to call everyone and told them about it. I had a really chest pain and back pain, I couldn't get enough air. I tried to calm myself down and slept through the night. When I got up in the morning, I felt like nothing had happened. Time that I feel not getting enough air. 1. Alone 2. Thinking about death 3. Have conscious of my breathing 4. Thinking about my childhood 5. Worry about the future Time that I don't feel it. 1. Working 2. Busy 3. Focusing on doing things 4. Happy time

guys i have this at the moment and what helps significantly is consciously slowing down my breathing and having extreme prejudice against trying to go for the deep breaths as yor body doesn't actually need them(in my case) and it only starts when i am aware of my breathing, but once i slow down and focus and relax it helps a lot.

My Air Hunger Journey: First of all, let me tell you about my background, I’m 31 years old healthy male, living in Germany, never drink never smoked, physically active, no family records regarding any cardiac/respiratory condition. Late January 2022 I started having the first symptoms, difficult breathing while exercising, that feeling of forcing your neck and chest muscles to reach a satisfying breath, normal breathing looked like wasn’t enough, I immediately thought it was some sort of cough or flu, after taking several “off the shelf” medicine for weeks I noticed I was getting worse. A month later I had my first Panic Attack, Saturday morning, right after I started a cardio workout ( that I have being doing every day for the last 5 years ) I had a very hard time trying to reach my breath I felt that I was dying and went straight to the emergency room, after a few hours I felt better and initial exams showed that I was completely fine. After that day, I took a long rest, no exercises, just doing the regular work, during this period I switched jobs for a full remote role. I felt great, for months all symptoms were gone I haven’t had a single issue, slowly getting back to the gym feeling a 100%. I thought the problem was gone but late December 2022 I started having the same symptoms again, and I’m having trouble ever since . I started paying close attention to every symptom and after weeks of research I finally realized I’m suffering with Air Hunger, Pseudo-Dyspnea, False Shortness of Breath, Unconscious Respiratory Disorder, or whatever you wanna call it. Some evidences that made me realized what I have: * The main symptom is difficult breathing, usually triggered by any simple physical activity like staircases, or weight training. Sometimes it comes when i’m fully at rest like watching Netflix or browsing through the internet on my phone. * another symptom is the feeling that I’m stuck with a burp on my throat and I’m constantly trying to get it out * In the last 3 months I went to different 2 doctors to rule out any medical condition, after over 10 exams including cardiac, respiratory, allergies, asthma, etc…., on paper, I am a 100% healthy. Not a single medical evidence that could point to the issue. * No trauma or recent accident happened, apart from this issue I’m really happy with my life, It is very unlikely I’m suffering from any kind of anxiety. * If I get interested or really focused on something, looks like all symptoms are gone (when I play video games or while I work on something that need 100% of my attention) but as soon as I do something that reminds me I have to breathe the problem comes back. * No problems sleeping, no other physical issues. * I have tried every kind of Breathing Exercise, Yoga and Stretching technique, some of them gives me a quick relief but no solution. * It all started after my Pfizer covid Jab. LOOKS LIKE IT IS ALL IN MY HEAD I don’t want to control my breathing, we are designed to have this process being done automatically and unconsciously. Looks like my body is signaling to my head that I’m not getting enough air, but I am, I know I’m good but this feeling of not getting enough oxygen is always there. I really want to fell normal again, any help is appreciated.

Guys this is a symptom of physical anxiety. The more you work on it by doing things your body will see it as a threat and it’ll get worse. Ignore it and stop being afraid of it, measure your progress based on how you respond to it not by if you feel it or not.

Finally someone who understands my issue

I’ve never found out what this problem was till today, thank you very much, I’m going to watch you follow up videos on it!

Mine has been coming and going for many many years. Yawning feels sooooo good when you finally get that cleansing breath. It's like 50 short breaths, and then one big cleansing breath. Then the cycle begins again. Now that I know the cycle I don't let it get me very anxious. But sometimes I do need to take a Xanax when it's hard to relax. Mine does get worse when I'm gassy, constipated, bloated, etc. so I'm trying to work on my dietary intake.

This describes me 10000%. When i explained my symptoms to my doctor she looked at me like I had two heads. To think that this is so common and well known but she was completely clueless makes me lose confidence in medical professionals.

Omg. I’ve been having this air hunger for about 2 years now. And it feels really awful. Nobody understands me when i try explaining to them, not even my doctor so I thought maybe I’m the only one in this world with this problem and that’s when i realized maybe I’ll just have to live like this for the rest of my life. But then something brought me to this channel. Thank you sooo much 🙏🏽❤

Mine isnt too severe. I'll only feel the need to take a deep breath when I'm overthinking my breathing. And even then, the need to take a deep breath isnt overwhelming. Started about 2 weeks ago, off and on. It doesnt occur when I'm working out or laying down and relaxing. This is how i knew that this wasnt a medical issue. Its definitely mental. It happens enough for it to be a slight annoyance, but no so much to where i start to panic. Thank you for the video. It all makes sense now.

I think I have this, need to take a deep breath while talking, eating or if I’m overwhelmed. Thank you.

Thank you for creating this video. Sometimes the best comforts are knowing that you are not alone. Thank you for giving me this insight and sharing your knowledge. This has helped me tremendously. Thank you

Thank you for your very helpful insights. Very precise and helpful

I love the way you explain this .. good job. 👏👏👏

Thanks Simon - I developed this about 3 months ago and have found no useful advice until I found someone referenced your videos in a very obscure runner's forum! you really helped me. Bless you.

Thank you 😢for this I’ve been experiencing it and it’s horrible shortness of breath and chest tightness

Finally something that sounds like my issue. I also have a shoulder twitch that seems to be provoked both physically but also mentally. Then I feel anxious and I feel strange tightness around my sternum. Everything including the trouble breathing comes at once. Doctors think I’m crazy!

Thank for your Explanation🙏 I suffered this until now. "Cannot get a Full Breath and you can ony get a Full Breath when yawning and I relate at it. Hope you can give me hope. 🙏 I don't want to make it critical

I've never experienced any of anxieties before dealing with this irritating breathlessness. It feels like not enough air to inhale especially breathing in with nose. I have to inhale with my mouth deeply opening my chest. Sometimes , it turned to yawning. At first, I thought it must be heart disorder. But when I met with many specialists, they resulted me the same words like there is no anything wrong with my heart. When I heard about my results, I was relieved for a moment but still didn't fix it. Generally, I am a carefree and a happy person or easy going type. Once I got this, my mood and my motivation turned down. It's so sad and tired to explained my situation to my relatives about my case, they said 'it must be anxiety', 'just realx'. My anxiety doesn't make breathlessness. Breathlessness makes me paranoid. Please Simon!, that thing driving me crazy for really.

Another thing that can happen with the chest tightness is globus sensation (knot in throat feeling) from anxiety and this constricts everything even more so it feels like you’re choking and can’t breathe. You will start coughing a lot and clearing your throat and guess what: that constricts and irritates the airways even more!

Wow Simon, love your style of teaching and your earnestness on the subject. I learned long time ago to breathe from my diaphragm/abdomen, but I feel this definite constriction around my rib area that I am trying to find the solution to.. was trying some resonant breathing today so I asked this question and ended up here and I am so glad.. going to go watch your next video. :)

It started to happen with me when I was 9 year old. I thought I had asthma or other respiratory disorder. I even felt something was wrong with my heart or lungs. I had appointments with 2 different doctors but at that time I couldn't explain the exact experience I was going through. They didn't understand and thought I might have mucus around my respiratory passage that's causing me breathing issues but it wasn't the cause. I remained like that for the rest of my life. I'm 11 years later, I still have this problem but it comes and goes. Today I somehow got to see a youtube short and was searching related to that and eventually found out what exactly the problem is. My mom too has the same condition. Thankfully I found this video.

Thank you so much. I am so glad I found this video. I've been struggling with this for quite some time and it is debilitating.

Wow....this is exactly what I've experienced for 20 years! I suffered from panic attacks and anxiety for a long time and attributed it to that. Nowadays it comes and goes for me but It never completely goes away. I am a singer also and it makes it a struggle.

Thank you for the insight, when i had many anxiety symptoms mainly breathing and I remember dealing with it and knowing it was anxiety and i was feeling like i was dying but one day i remember being tired of this fear and i thought to myself wait your body will not let you die so i decided to stop forcing breathing and let my body and while it did help i had so much tension and some stiffness that i stopped and i eventually went to physical therapy which helped and also did the belly breathing but it was the tension/stiffness that i was mainly focusing on but my breathing got better but i still had this issue not as bad but i forgot about just letting your body naturally breathing which is hard but watching this video not only helps me understand my issue but also shows me the way and while i had some of the pieces i was still lost so i didnt know what was correct. Listening to this video was very relaxing and kind of helped me to breathing naturally to some degree it will definitely take time to break bad habits but i want to be free so I'm willing to go on this journey.

I’ve been through this for years. But it got better for a while but it’s back in full force which brought me here. I have a new job and have to wake up at 6 and its happening before sleep and happens about 3am. Wakes me up in middle of the night and I try to yawn for 2 hours and it’s torture. I’m not sleeping enough and my breathing is killing me.

As I gained some weight through the winter I noticed this issue. Being that Im 6'7", I was always a stocky built in my younger years. I never had this problem. Im 51 now and dont shed the weight as easily. I thought I was going to be stuck in this pattern forever. It does go away. Have faith. Relax. You just need to sort of forget to try and breath. All of the sudden its gone. It has left you. I found there was really nothing I needed to do. Just let go of trying to control it. It seems impossible I know. I was there. Just let go. Put your mind to other things and all of the sudden the normal you is back. Number one thing that helped me was Stop trying to be in control.. Youre not. You dont need to be!¹ Your body will do it for you. Good Luck. 😊

Thanks for your video. I noticed that the bed we bought might have contributed to my air hunger condition. The bed seems soft and sags around my back part. With a pillow propping my head, my entire chest area collapses inward and does not allow me to have a full breath or restricts my breathing. I experimented by propping a pillow vertically along my spine during an afternoon nap and I immediately felt better. Definitely removed my stress and worries of not breathing and yawning fully. Much thanks.

I've been struggling with this off and on for my entire life since I was around 6 or 7 years old. Thank you for making this video.

I have been dealing with what may be this for 3 years. Wokeup one day and struggled to breathe. Been constant ever since. I do a weird sensation and try to “catch” breath. Looks like a yawn and air shoots out of my nose. Sometimes mucus buildup too as I’ve always had asthma that I thought I had grown out of. I’m 22 now and this started when I had just turned 19. We still aren’t sure if Covid, the vaccine, anxiety, sleep apnea, slight smoking (quit since), and/or allergies added to/caused this. Bizarre and frustrating to this day. My oxygen levels are normally above 97. However breathing is always hard, seems shallow a lot, and manual, etc. Thank you for always trying to help. I hope after watching all these I have a shot at improvement.

I’m 8:53 seconds into this and so far this is exactly what’s happening with me. Years now I’ve had this, 2014 perhaps. I finally decided to Google “urge to yawn” and came upon this video. I didn’t know air hunger was a thing. And the tension i definitely feel. I look forward to finding some relief hopefully.

I had this issue for about 13 years but I am so happy it's 80% gone away just within a month by doing what am doing. All it was trigger points in muscle Serratus Anterior for me. SA muscle are wrapped around the ribs and responsible for respiration and if their trigger points there it wont let the ribs to expand to breath. After attempting to do myofascial release it's mind boggling how much of change there is in a such short time. I'd definitely recommend people doing this my life has changed now. It's incredible.

I have had this many times in my lifetime. Recently it’s so bad I went to the ER had all tests. All well. It’s probably this air hunger thing again. I get so anxious and full of fear of dying that I could jump out of my skin. Need to tell myself it distressing but not dangerous. I have to have the will to bear the discomfort. 😢

Thanks for your videos! That God may bless you and everybody here 🙏 (John 3:16).

WOW 👌 👏 😍. AND I WAS SCARED IF IT WAS SOME SERIOUS THROATS DISEASE 😅 THANKS A MILLION DEAR 😊

started having this back in se, not sure why. it forces me to focus on my breathing, but, to be honest, as long as i can still think straight AND control my breathing i can live with it. i'll make sure to try out stuff in this video regardless

Something that helped me is that a social worker Renato, explained that your stomach/ lungs are like a balloon 🎈 and if the balloon is already full then you can’t fill it in more otherwise it’s uncomfortable so your body really can take in normal breaths without deep breathing leading to air hunger 😮‍💨

It’s also called disrupted breathing .. Thankyou for doing this channel . I have had this a while and don’t know when it started . I was fine for a while got control of it then I went for an mri where they placed something over my head and a day or two later it returned I think my thinking about the mri triggered it off it’s all very weird but it’s good to know I’m not the only one feeling this .. I find it I focus on my phone RU-vid etc or a movie it settles . I’m going to try the Alexandra technique .. it’s wonderful when it stops . I’m going to beat this and get bk to natural breathing again .. I do feel lot of it can be over thinking or in fight or flight mode has somethng to do with it x good luck everyone

This started up for me five days ago, and so many things resonate with how myself and it looks like others commenting are feeling, especially the reaching for air through the chest and into the throat and the fear of this lasting forever. I have had general anxiety since I was in middle school, but I’ve never had these symptoms before. I tell my husband this can’t be from anxiety or stress if it’s a new symptom and not how I experience stress, but would you say that may not actually be true? Thanks for your help since this is such a specific problem. I was so relieved to see these videos and can’t wait to watch them all.

Thank you ❤️

I've developed this after being diagnosed with sleep apnea after using CPAP machine my breathing has been labored And disrupted.

I am 67 years old and have had the sensation of shortness of breath for a decade. As it turned out I have bilateral vocal cord paralysis. The vocal folds are not open wide enough to let significant air flow resulting in an air hunger feeling. I thought I had an asthma, allergy or heart problem. Trying different techniques to compensate for this. For those with this feeling go see an ENT to see if this could be your problem.

Awesome thanks! I didnt know what the heck was going on with me.

What about insane tension in the abdomen? That seems to be the case for me. Especially when I stand up. Heart and lungs checked out. I abdominal breath sitting and lying, but standing the abdomen get tight.

This really represents the exact issue I have, but watching this for 25 minutes, other than some spiritual talk, I got nothing from this video on how to actually try to fix this lol

ive been having this or something similar for the last year. i need to do something as im sick of it

I need help been like this 2 weeks straight nonstop!! 24/7

Mine feels random and somewhat of out of nowhere deep inhale, this also seems to happen when im actually trying to go to sleep and it wakes me up.

Thank you

to fix this just breathe slower and stop the urge to yawn for air and just keep breathing through the nose.the more you try to yawn for air the more you would feel like you aren’t getting enough oxygen which can lead to panic attacks

Can't wait to watch part 2. I've had these symptoms for 2 weeks and have been down the rabbit hole of what could be wrong, but nothing so far has worked. I suspected that it has something to do with my attention on my breathing messing everything up, bc I always sleep well and wake up fine...the symptoms will appear at some point during the day and get progressively worse.

One thing that is helping that really helped me , is just to stop yawn even if you feel it , dont do it , just breath even if u have the feeling of ywaning , after some time the feeling of yawn will go away and u will forget how u were feeling it For real. Try it . But trust me is not that easy u have to really TRY not to YAWN , you can try to yawn after 20-30 min and u will be able to do it perfectly. It will take you hours but your system will forget it.

Brilliant

I had a procedure today, and they put me out just lightly. They said my oxygen level went down because I kept holding my breath when I was out

I realized this is anxiety. I was good for 3 days then I watched the movie Nefarious and it was anxiety provoking, and before you know it... I had yawning, air hunger, heart palps and heartburn! So that was my proof right there that it was brought on by anxiety. Now I have to figure out how to get rid of the physical anxiety🤔

Wow!! Thank you so much! I have anxiety and I kept thinking this was a symptom of anxiety. I take medication for anxiety and I kept thinking it was that. I only feel this sensation when I think about how good I'm breathing hahaha! Thank you for the video, it definitely helped me.

I've had this symptom all my life. It comes and goes. I'm 69 now. Thought I was alone. Thanks for the info.

I have this from 10-15 years now and has done multiple heart tests and it will go off in 3-4 days

I’ve just watched doctor berg who suggests it’s also connected with silent acid reflux which is interesting as I have that too so I’m looking into dietary changes . I know for me losing weight helps my breathing as I sleep better . It is curable that’s the good thing . I got rid of this then it came back when I went for an mri so I’m thinking it’s very much connected with overthinking too and fight or flight . I find just having a cup of tea and watching RU-vid takes my mind off it and that’s what the body needs distraction to get back to your normal rythm of natural breathing . Once you’ve stopped being away of your breathing you’ve cracked it x

BUTEYKO BREATHING METHOD HEALED ALL OF MY BREATHING DISORDERS. I also cannot have a satisfying breath, all because of breathing more air, a never-ending loop

I get air hunger from chronic babesia infection but lately (last several months) it seems it comes very often and without the other usual symptoms of babesia resurgence. I have ended up in ER from overbreathing- taking too deep of breaths too often- and that causes some scary symptoms! This morning I was feeling good and went out for my walk and almost immediately the air hunger started up again and hasn’t stopped even now 2 hours after returning from my 2.3 mile walk. Ugh. I was at Dr early last week for low blood oxygen and air hunger, ct scan clear, d-diner high, and of course blood gases off from over breathing. I try to not overbreathe but it feels like I’m suffocating! It causes anxiety rather than resulting from anxiety. I employ steady breathing and controlling my mind & thoughts but it’s so difficult…

I have this right now and it’s weird because I have asma so I thought it was that. Inhailer doesn’t help they did a air breathing treatment at the ER that kinda helped make me feel smoother that’s about it. But it’s been about a week it happened for 2 days then went away and then came back again. So this makes sense hoping it will go away. I wake up feeling fine and as the day goes on it gets harder to get a breath and the yawning starts. And then the more you think about it the more you start to panic

I have been dealing with this for 2 months now. It is constant. Falling asleep is so hard. The worst part is that it feels like it keeps getting worse.. It's not just that I can't get a deep breath. My regular breathing feels really shallow and weak. I'm worried my heart is not getting enough oxygen over time and will eventually give out. I'm worried I might already have heart failure. Being active and getting my pulse up scares me. I get sudden quick inhales followed by powerful drawn out exhales many times a day. I'm really scared of dying

Dispnea i been getting this from not skipping meals but its only been happening since i went to the hospital from a bowel obstruction and couldnt eat for a month and a half because of the surgery i got in my stomache and was laying in bed for so long and lost alot of weight. As i got better my body gained mass and my lungs didnt feel so squeezed and that made me breath a little better. Looks like it has something to do with not eating. Dispnea illness says some stomache acid goes to your lungs and they get a little inflimmation so its hard to breath. In mexico i buy ambroxol/Clenbuterol and it relieves the swollen throat and lungs and my breathing gets better but if i eat enough it usually goes way by itself. Also some multi vitamins can help because this is also a cause of lack of iron and its obvious that the body is lacking it because of skipping meals.

A little known fact: if you get "air hunger" or "shortness of breath" after every meal, it can be a digestive problem - inflammatory reaction after meals. Your digestive tract may not be functioning properly due to infections: H. Pylori is the most probable in the upper digestive tract. Just saying that not every air hunger is due to a problem in the breathing, lungs, or anxiety.

Been experiencing this for over some years now, but didn’t know how to explain to anyone. explaining this now to your doctor would definitely be concluded with covid😄

Im 35 and ive had air hunger since 14.... Been medically tested and im healthy

What happened to me? Something was off with my sleep. It was difficult to sleep mind was too active and sharp early morning 4-7 am i use to wake up without any reason.. Two days after i started yawning too much. And after 2 more days i felt i want a stasifying breath deep to my belly.. Worst part urge starts early it takes 3-4 effort to take one satisfying breath . If happens continuously.. And due to deep breaths my organs hurts

I have breathing difficulty 10 months. And now I'm still struggling to breath. I feel anxious and panic when I can't catch my air. It's really hard and scary. I feel like I'm going to pass out. Sometimes I can breath deep. But most of the time is I can't full breath. I think theres something is blocking my air way. I don't know if this difficulty breathingcan be fatal to me. Its 24/7 guys and its really really hard for me. But I can manage the situation. Just trying to relax myself so it won't get worse.

Something that helped me was taking iron. I had gone with out food for 4 days. Then, on the forth day, I was getting ready for bed when I started hyperventilating. After 5 minutes it was out of control. I breated into a paper bag, drank coffee, ice water. Finally the number of breaths I took was double what was normal for me. I had a nebulizer but was too panicky and woke my LRT TO CALL AN AMBULANCE. UPON ARRIVING AT THE HOSPITAL, THEY ADMINISTERED ALBUTEROL AND OXYGEN. AFTER THEY DID TESTS, THEY TOLD ME I WAS SERIOUSLY SHORT ON Vitamin A. Without the iron , my body was starved for iron. Long story short, since I started eating iron , such as liver wurst, liver, spinach, etc. , U haven't gotten anymore breathing problems

Hey man I really need some help here. I am constantly feeling the need to take a deep breathe and most of the time I feel like I cant get that deep breathe. My docotr told me I have asthma and gave me inhalers which dont work, now they have said that the inhaler maybe be the cuase of the problem and that I need different inhaler. What I am going through is this what you went through? Does the Alexander Technique premently fix this problem I am having? Im done uping my inhaler usage and switching inhalers please help.

I've gotten this most of my adult life, where breathing seems to be more voluntary than involuntary (that is, I seem to have to make the effort consciously). It's not that I can't breathe; I feel like air goes in and out just fine but it feels like there isn't enough oxygen in that air. When I measure my oxygen level though, it's enough. After many years of wondering, I now know for me it's hypothyroidism, Hashimoto's, and adrenal issues with high all-day cortisol. Who knew?!

Had this for years and it's only gotten worse. Right now I'm at a second point where I just can't breathe so I found this video to try and find some helpful information... I hope this will work eventually. Because I realized I was doing a lot of the things you called out everytime I tried to force myself to breathe. The moment you said one thing I started doing the next thing you could call out.

This is what happens to me and i have to yawn to complete a full breath thats the trick for me . But at the end nothing changes... i notice the i dont have it at night while im sleeping . How do i know ? Because when i wake up for bathroom my breathing feels normal , normal deep braths

I’ve had this problem for as long as I can remember. But it never gets “normal”. It’s horrible.

For me is the 6th month in a row, happening daily. I'm trying to get air at least 2-3 times per minute. I'm swallowing so much air. My belly is swollen, filled with air. 😭 Is it normal if it's happening even at night? I'm sooo worried. 😭

I've struggled with air hunger for 25 years. I remember the exact moment I first experienced it. It wasn't until about 2 years ago I realized the cause is mental and emotional trauma I endured as a child.

This has really disturbed for over a year now and at some point I felt like my days on Earth were over , tried to talk to many of my friends , family but no one could understand what am going through , but at this point I really don't know what to do ,I hope your advice can be of help to me because this is really unbearable

Does anyone feel like constant urge to breathe deep after every 3/4 seconds I have been facing this issue since last 2 years. And if anyone really know any solution to this please help me. Because this is really frustrating and exhausting

Does anybody know how to get rid of the tightening, suffocating feeling in your chest when you ignore a yawn and try and breathe normal? The reason I give in to the yawn is to relax that muscle but ignoring it gives me anxiety as it feels like I can't breathe. Please does anyone have any tips or do anything that helps them?

PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU HAD A TROUBLED FROGGY GARGLING SOUND WHILE BREATHING LIKE FORCED YAWNING ? I HAVE SHOWN TO 2 ENT DOCTORS & PULMONOLOGIST BUT THEY JUST GAVE ME ANTACIDS , CARNINET E & ANTI ALLERGIC TABLETS - MOHIT VERMA. NEW DELHI. INDIA 🇮🇳

This just started for me a couple days ago and torturous is the word for sure

I’m struggling right now. It’s been going on about 5 days and I’m living in fear. I can’t sleep, can’t concentrate on any other than breath. X

We that cannot afford the package, how do we get help ?

Will air hunger go away? I noticed I only have it when I focus on it, it started not long ago about last Tuesday. Every time I'm anxious I will feel it. And can you still do exercises if you have air hunger.

I've watched up until the halfway point, and from what you're describing I think I've had a very mild form of this for a while now, but only within the past couple of days has it become something more potent and certain new symptoms have sprung up. Biggest example is a tingling sensation in my extremities (feet and legs, especially), and a kind of brain fog that starts in the morning and persists into the afternoon. This is in addition to the general feeling of "not having enough air" or not being able to take a full breath. Could these (the tingling, brainfog) be potential symptoms of Air Hunger? I know it's hard to say anything with certainty without knowing my individual situation, but just wanted to get your thoughts if others that you've encountered have had similar symptoms. Overall, my particular case is not so bad and is "manageable" for day to day living, but I do like this idea of moving towards more complete and richer breathing so I'm wondering if your videos/course would help regardless of whether I have Air Hunger or just poor breathing habits built up over the years which are only now starting to make themselves known. Thanks for the videos, Simon.

its been two days been doing all of sudden deep long exhale then i feel bettre in my chest then its comes back again. its like expeling air from chest then feel comfortable then comes back wht do u call tht air hunger shortness. i have chronic anxiety for years i visited doctor for tht long exhale he did polmunaey test was good saud nothing wrong with me but now i still have it wht is it can someone tell me

Can costochondritis cause shortness of breath

I have this but I have anxiety and thought it was that ??

Excuse me for more suggestions but you might be experiencing PANIC ATTACKS. I have had those too. Usually, though the shortness of breath turns into full blown panic attacks. One minute you are having a normal day, the next you feel like you are suffocating. The worst part about this though is that everything around you seems horrible and menacing. I had these episodes too and they were the worst thing I ever experienced. I used to call an ambulance because I was feeling like I was suffocating to death. Try getting professional help

Ease will follow every hardship. Trust the one, you will be fine.

Really great advisory Simon, what a delightful surprise to find this in my stream today! Keep on, you were made for this🙌🏼🙏🏼🌊🤍✨

I always feel the urge to take deep breaths I take so many deep breathes that my chest starts to hurt

I was diagnosed with GERD and Anxiety and the doctor said this was the reason of my short of breath. Its been 9month of struggle now. Hope this video could help.

A lot of people say that this syndrom is connected with psycho and that the psychotheraphy can help. What do you think? Is it a mentall thing as well?

I have this now. Its like my muscles are locked. I cant even yawn!!!!

There are so many possible causes of air hunger. Lyme disease and co-infections, POTs (postural orthostatic tachycardia), Dysautonomia. These are the causes of it for me. I’m not sure if any of these techniques help when the cause is something truly medical. So far all I’ve found is people talking about the cause being anxiety which it is not always the case. Currently laying in bed wanting to die.

the problem is there are rooms and parts in lungs closed and no any air pases there for hours maybe days, you normally breath but ait go only regular parts and never there. that non-circulation parts there are too co2 and o2 needed but threre is no o2 so you feel constant o2 need all the time even if your blood o2 level 98 Solution is progressive yawing. its little complicated technique but i simply explain it this steps first do dont take or give any breath for 30-40 seconds then say yourself you gonna breath in, but in real dont have any breath just show you intention last it for couple seconds then body will start yawing attitude now then have some milimetrix air, not real amount just have air to show your body that you get something from outside, even 1 molecule, and give that one have it, and give it that very small amount of air again and again at this time you are somewhat yawing position, maybe not really yawing but likely, at least ready to yawn anytime at somepoint your sytem will think like "i see there is no space in lungs so we not able to take more air, lets open other spaces that closed for a time" and system will open other closed spaces in your lungs and you yawn exremmly aggressive, even there will some water drops in your eyes and you are less breath hunger now people who have chronic breath hunger has many parts their lungs closed, you need work on that but dont work too agressive because it might hurt your neck since your spinal is ruled by neck and it gives all orders to your bodys, dont make focus on it too much is couses it hurts and its extremmly terrrible illnes when your neck hurts since you can not realy make it rest, you are use it 7/24 do it couple times in a day in different times,

The last time I took a full breath was august 1990!