Ghost in the Machine said:
It's best to rule out the physical first regardless before trying to correct anything spiritually, especially with something like this. This is because if it's a physical problem caused by a physical factor then no amount of spiritual effort is going to correct the source issue and you're only going to end up wasting your energy and time as well as possibly enabling the actual problem to grow worse.
I know you said the information you've found on sleep apnea doesn't sound like your case but I know very well about sleep apnea personally and it sounds precisely like the case, the only difference is on my end there was no concept of spiritual factor to it back then because it wasn't even known at the time so I never associated anything of the sort to it. Normies think everything wrong with them is physical because they're not aware of the spiritual, let's not think everything wrong with us is spiritual on the other side of the spectrum just because we do know about the existence of the spiritual.
Real physical factors can cause real physical problems. Perhaps the development of the phobia or you thinking there's some sort of psychic attack on your breathing while you sleep is actually an intuitive manifestation of the spiritual realm or your astral conscious actually telling you that you really aren't physically breathing properly in your sleep. This is what it looks like to me anyways.
In any event, when you are able to, please get tested for it as soon as possible for the sake of your wellbeing brother and let me know how it goes.
Thank you for that, You have a point, I never thought of it that way. I can't always assume every issue going on with me is a spiritual related issue. I always do worry about that. Leaning about how the enemy can send attacks in many different ways has made me overly cautious about things like this.
Ol argedco luciftias said:
That is caused by your brain not getting enough oxygen. Either not breathing enough, heart not pumping enough, or bad circulation of the blood which could be caused by the physical position you are in. The brain thinks that it is not getting enough oxygen, so it wakes you up and makes you breathe real deeply to get the oxygen going again. Because the brain is worried you might die if you don't wake up right now and breathe. This might be sleep apnea, or might be some other similar thing.
I think I know now what my issue is. I used to have issues with heart burn/gerd when I was a young pre-teen, I always thought it was due to stress because I had a lot of stress in my life at that time. that is also back when I had a similar issue where at night I would wake up not feeling good and had issues sleeping. It has been a long time since this happened, but during this time I was waking up with panic attack like symptoms. it has been a reoccurring issue for me, and Upon research I read that stomach acid can actually cause panic attacks and loss of sleep due to acid coming up the throat, it tricks the brain into thinking one is not breathing well, when in fact it is because the acid is burning stomach acid realted scars on the throat and esophagus, causing pain that the body can't process well. especially when one is asleep. It has been a few years since this happened to me, I actually stopped having acid reflux after I wasn't as stressed out, so I was eating whatever I wanted for a few years. Recently I had a strong interest in changing my diet, I think it's no coincidence. I think my diet, eating foods that are too spicy or acidic, has weakened my stomach again and that coupled with the stress of my job and my friend who passed away simply triggered this problem to come back worse than before. I am currently going to take an antacid and probiotics to see it that relives my symptoms. If that doesn't work then I will know if I have developed a worse condition like sleep apnea, in which case I will see a doctor and be treated. I actually found out about this link of g.e.r.d and sleep disturbances in an interesting way, I woke up feeling bad as I have been, I was asking Father and my guardian for help because I was really feeling bad, for some reason I got online and I started to doze off while typing and have no memory of actually pulling up this page, but I came upon this page explaining about the common relation of Gastroesophageal Reflux and sleep disturbances. I can't even find the same webpage now honestly, I thought I bookmarked it. I would link it here. but it basically described exactly what was happening to me, panic attacks in my sleep, feeling like I'm not breathing well, feeling chest pains but not having any other heart related issues, and the weird nausea I have been getting after eating sometimes. the page listed to sleep in a more elevated position, and to have a diet of no sodas or caffeine, more water, low acid and non spicy foods, and regular use of antacids and probiotics as common treatments for the condition. I feel it was no mistake I found that page, so I am going to go by that advice for now. I will let you guys know after a few weeks If it worked! Thank you all for your support and advice!