Cant Stop Yawning!

[Senecia]

I guess I started to feel it coming on again tonight. I notice something, this time a small bump on the roof of my mouth, and suddenly I think I could have cancer, or AIDS or whatever - you name it. Google is not my friend.
I get really on edge and just notice every flipping thing that's going on in my body. Doesnt matter if it's normal, I think it's not. Then I feel like I cant breathe, and then I can't stop yawning.
Yeah, i feel tired now. But I'm fairly certain the constant yawning is from the panic. I feel like a gaping fish, lol.

I hate how when I get in this state I just start second guessing everything.. Like even the love of my SO. Whenever I start panicking, it's not obvious - I've learned to hide it to a degree - my SO just doesn't know how to comfort me sometimes. I understand it completely. Hardly anything gets through to me. But when he doesn't know what to say, it makes it so much worse...all the fear and worry just make me feel like more of a burden than anything else right now..

 

[illusionist]

There are different theories as to why we yawn, from controling the temperature of the brain, to reaction to chemicals in our brain related to our moods.....if my memory serves me right?. ...can't remember where I read about it..went into the ' useless information department'.
I remember the added pressure when in a relationship....not easy when you are thinking about how they are handling things...they feel that they've got to do something..the awkward silences etc....which leads to us feeling like we are a bigger burden. I'm very lucky now...that pressure is taken away from me , my partner accepts what is happening and knows that there's nothing that can be done from his end. It does help me to recover more quickly from my ' bouts'. I imagine that it takes a lot of confidence to be able to take that step back and trust that things will be ok, and to be practically ignored in an otherwise close, warm relationship.

 

[Andreas Andersson]

Excessive yawning, to my knowledge, when related to anxiety, has to do with hyperventilation or shallow breathing. I get that some times too. Just forget about how you're breathing and let your body do it for you like it always does, that's what works for me.