Hi all, just joined up today so please let me know if this is not the right way to post.
Anyway, I have depression and by what's happening to me I'm guessing anxiety, hoping someone can offer some suggestions. So any time I'm not hugely distracted by something else, I find myself feeling like I need to yawn or take a very deep breath. Constantly. Like, 3-4 times a minute pretty much all day every day, and it's really getting quite painful! It just feels like when I'm breathing normally I'm not getting enough oxygen. Does this happen to others too and have you found any way to cope with it please?
I suffered from severe depression and anxiety after having PND but haven't really had any problems for about 4 years now (except this yawning thing happened for a few weeks a bit before christmas), until I lost my job about a month ago and now can't get another one so I feel stressed, useless and hopeless. I went to my GP who gave me a referral but it will be weeks until they call apparently so I'm hoping to get some suggestions to try in the meantime as my jaw is getting very sore. I try distracting myself, mindfulness, sensory games, etc, distraction helps a little but everything else seems to make it worse as I'm overtly aware of it, if that makes sense. TIA!
