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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I have a weird story and I want to know if anybody else has experienced something like this. I've taken MDMA a few times, it's been awesome. At 2018 Burning Man, I took MDMA and it was awesome, but the comedown was a nightmare. As it wore off I became overwhelmed with intense-
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
anxiety and crazy thoughts. I thought everyone hated me even though I knew that was silly. I laid the entire night without being able to sleep because the anxiety was too strong. It was absolutely horrible. Well into the next morning, still without having slept, I finally-
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
drank some water (without knowing it I'd gotten *extremely* dehydrated), and then belched MASSIVE belches. Immediately after belching the anxiety vanished and I was totally fine. I slept and got back on with my festival. That was weird. Ok but here's where it gets weirder
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Months later, on December 8th, I was drunk after a wedding and going to sleep. As I was going to sleep, I causally remembered that I was planning on doing MDMA the next day. With that thought came this massive wave of anxiety again, it took me hours to get to sleep. But this time
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
it took a year before it fully went away. It was just this ever-present, acausal lump in my chest that was *always* there, couldn't be reasoned with, I had no idea what was going on. And it was always relieved whenever I belched. I started drinking fizzy water to help-
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
induce belches and thus alleviate my anxiety. Nowadays I'm almost entirely back to my old levels of chronic chillness; but still, whenever some acute thing sparks even a little anxiety in me, I start belching. I don't understand why this is. Does anyone else have this??
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
The "belch+anxiety" thing only started after that original bad dehydrated comedown. I think maybe it threw off some... digestive balance that regulates stress? Or something? Do I have a bacterial overgrowth that threw my chill out of whack? Why the fuck does belching fix it all?
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Atilius
@_Atilius_
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@Aella_Girl
It could be *vagal nerve* stimulation. Nerve that runs down the body & controls the nervous system. Stress could worsen a mild hiatal hernia. When you get gas building up, it irritates the vagus nerve. Can cause skipped heartbeats or shortness of breath. Belching would relieve.
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Atilius
@_Atilius_
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@Aella_Girl
Absolutely. Either swallowing air and hyperventilation syndrome (in that link – which I've had), or there is a condition known as anxiety belching, which may be more related to stress hormones effect on the digestive system.
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Deena Bevis Garzik
@DeenaGarzik
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"Decrease stress. Excess tension can cause you to swallow air and also lead to heartburn, which can increase burping. Periods of anxiety can also cause hyperventilation. This can make you swallow more air."
healthline.com
How to Stop Burping: 8 tips and Prevention
Burping is very common, especially after a meal. Find out how to stop burping and when you should see a doctor, as excessive burping could be a symptom of an underlying issue that needs medical...
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