When reading your posts, I get more anxious and hard to breath.

Its hard i have the same problem in everyday life. i was once told to tell myself that it's not happening now he/she can't hurt you anymore (or whatever the ptsd is from mine is sexual abuse) this is 2011 not 1997 so on so on tell yourself stuff about the present not the past. it does work with practice and in the middle of an anxiety attack walk yourself through it by saying it'll pass im not going to pass out i'm not having a heart attack..... hope this helps