Can anxiety cause your throat to feel so tight where you get choking feeling sensations and shortness of breath? I went to the ER before because of this and they didn't know what to do about it, they told me it's mostly my anxiety and I should see a therapist for help. I've been depressed as of late and I do have health anxiety, I'm still worried though about this and I dislike this feeling. I also do have GERD too. Is there any advice I can do to reduce my symptoms? It feels like someone is wrapping their hands around my neck and trying to strangle me, this has been happening over a week now and I can't stop stressing about this. I would also get the feeling food is stuck in my throat and this would be an off and on problem. Does anyone struggle with the same symptoms as well? My anxiety feels like it keeps getting worse each year.