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The reason anxiety causes shallow breathing is because anxiety is the activation of your fight or flight system. It's an evolutionary adaptation designed to keep you safe from harm. When faced with danger, your heartbeat speeds up and you breathe faster in order to get more oxygen for fighting or fleeing.
Summary. 1  Shallow, upper chest breathing is part of the typical stress response. 2  The stress response can be reduced by consciously breathing using the diaphragm. 3  Abdominal breathing helps to control the nervous system and encourages the body to relax, bringing about a range of health benefits. 1  Breathing is an automatic function of the body that is controlled by the respiratory centre of the brain. When we feel stressed, our breathing rate and pattern changes as part of the âfight-or-flight responseâ.