Bouts of anxiety was always something small that always went away really quick so I never classified myself as having anxiety but for the past 2 weeks, it has become more severe. I don’t like to self diagnose but thoughts and worries would constantly affect me during the day and every time it would come with shallow breathing where my chest felt heavy and tightened. My breathing became irregular and I know I’m breathing but it feels like my body isn’t taking in the oxygen. Sometimes I would even hold my breath without myself noticing it. The breathing will eventually return to normal unless if I start focusing on the breathing, then it returns.

And if the worries during the day weren’t enough, it comes back hard before I’m supposed to sleep. I’d say 30 minutes to an hour before sleep, my shallow breathings begins probably because I start to worry about not getting sufficient sleep and having shallow breathing again. I will also begin to focus hard on the way I breathe which makes it worse. My sleep is like shit because of this, if I do manage to sleep which is very hard, it will take me about 1-2 hours or so and I would only get 6 hrs at most. On other days I can’t sleep at all which resulted in me essentially being awake for 3 whole days in total in the first week. This sleep schedule has never happened before so my body was destroyed by it. 

I can’t handle it, what possible things could I do to resolve this or ease it. I can handle it throughout the day but it is when it happens at night that bothers me.