Yes, anxiety will make your breathing worse.
It causes you to tenses up, your chest tightens up. That makes you lungs and bronchial tubes to tighten up which make it harder to get air in and out. [It is a natural fright or flight response for self protection.] It is extremely common for people with COPD to have panic attacks.

You need to learn to relax, calm down and know you are going to be able to handle the situation. The strange thing is it is your breathing that helps control the response in you. The pursued lipped breathing technic will best help you calm it down. Along with you calming and relaxing your mind. There are some breathing exercises that help calm you. Meditation helps a lot with your mind over thinking or fearing something.

If it is really bad and you're having a hard time controlling it. You should talk with your Dr's about it. My pulmonologist sent me to my GP to get some anxiety medication to take to help relax me. After some trial and error I am on a low dose anti-anxiety med and I usually only need a 1/2 a pill to help, and that is rarely. Only when I am in a panic or a rush. The Dr also taught me the breathing technic to calm down, I use that first and works most of the time.

I know you are new here. Hopefully that helps you and you can control it with breathing, and just calming yourself. Breath Ez.........

Weather certainly can create stress if there's something that you really have to do today, and that makes things incredibly difficult and can affect your breathing. I remember going to Walmart one day that was warm, 100 % humidity and warm rain falling. I was in the store and suddenly couldn't find my wallet. Back to the car in the rain and it wasn't there. Back into the store and someone had found it where it had fallen out of the cart. By that time I was really in a state and it must have taken me five minutes to get my breathing under control and that was with plenty of 02. I don't think I'll ever forget that experience and I probably won't ever go to Walmart under those circumstances again! Only go to Walmart in the sun..........

Weather clearly has an affect on our breathing ability and mental outlook from day to day. LOW air pressure changes our breathing rates (and attitude ) and are a sign of (usually poorer) weather trends ahead. 🌦️🌧️

Here's the good side: You can practice at home by simply carrying a milk jug filled with water from time to time. Even IF you get out of breath, you are creating a routine to build up your stamina on rainy days. If you find the jug doesn't tire you out, you can simply rest in the comfort of your home knowing that tomorrow should be a better day.

It is good to practice these things in the comfort of your home instead of being caught off-guard while out in Public. Like having to carry groceries to the car at the Walmart. On a cooler, windy or rainy day. be Well.

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