Sensation of suffocation

Post Reply New Topic

It happened to me several times while having a nightmare. Usually i get very angry/sad in my dream that i start to swear and cry very badly till i have no air! It is really frightening. I have this sensation while staying awake too. Could it be from anxiety? It really worries me because i'm thinking i could get sick or die because of this.
(i have to mention that i suffer from PTSD and anxiety as well)

Yeah, I think it could be from anxiety. I've heard of that happening to people during nightmares, too. Even so, I think you should see a doctor about this; I don't know what kind of long-term effects this could have on your body. At the least, I suspect that you could faint from lack of oxygen and hurt yourself that way?

Don't worry too much, I doubt you will just get sick and die from it one day. But definitely ask your doctor if there's a way you can cope with this.

I think it is your anxiety, because anxiety causes the same thing to happen to me.

Ok, thanks for the answers. I dreamt last night again that i wanted to cut myself and i was crying but i didn't suffocate anymore. (i am thinking a lot about suicide in the last time, it's not about depression though)

Do you have consistent Psych.. help that you are using?

Sounds like a Panic Disorder vibe to me.

PTSD is brutal.

Are you on med's?

I am not on med's. And it didn't happen to me again because now i'm a bit less stressed. (I can count on fingers how many times it did happen so it is not a very serious issue but it is very unpleasant when it happens)