Does your depression ever make you feel like you can’t breathe?

Basically for me right now depression is feeling so “broken hearted” and sad that it causes physical chest pain, but over the last few days that chest pain has elevated to struggling to breathe and it kind of feels like a panic attack sensation. It’s like my lungs become paralyzed and so far taking slow deep breaths hasn’t done a good job regulating because I feel like I’m about to pass out. Has anyone gotten so depressed that their psychosomatic pain has progressed to chest pain and breathlessness? I’ve been depressed for probably half my life and this is new for me

Posted Jun 30, 2025, 3:06 AM UTC

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