How to Overcome This

For the longest time I have been trying to imagine ways to overcome something that started back when I was in my teens.

The problem was my throat would feel like it's closing up every time I sang. This really hindered my abilities and I could never progress further. I felt like a failure.

Now a days, when I am in my car and no one can see me I might try to sing again. However, I find that my throat immediately starts to close up if I sing the wrong note or if I am off key, and it will close up even if I think about singing (like right now).

Then, a few months ago I noticed that my throat started to do this again. It starts to affect me now when I speak in public. I am not talking about public speaking but just in a group of friends, on a date, asserting myself when wrong, etc …

I am sure it is all due to me anxiety issues. However, I just don’t want to rely on meds to overcome this. I am looking for positive ideas that I can implement. I want to have fun again.

LHM, it sounds like you are experiencing laryngospasms. When I was going through a very traumatic time in my life I developed them. They were so bad they caused me to vomit. I went to see my doctor and he prescribed me a low dose Xanax I could take when they started. It seemed to do the trick and after a couple of months they stopped all together.
Call your doctor.

Tnanks Dizz. I never had a name for it before. :)

I will definitely bring this up with the doc when I see her on the 15th.