 [ Symptoms ] i am full time college student want to lose some weight been having anxiety attacks is it still okay to exercise  when i told my parents about it my mom asked me if i am getting enough air through my ribs i did not know   the best discriptions to descripe what i was feeling is that it felt like my ribs are crushing in me   i am way over weight and want to have a better lifestyle and start exercising  i am wondering if it would be okay to exercise consider my past with anxiety attacks   my record of anxiety attacks counts as 4 or 5 from august to december [ Disease ] i have actually been diagnosed with panic disorder for about five years at first i was having 3 or 4 severe attacks a day now i rarely have then and when i do they are what i call baby attacks  the best way to get through an attack for me is to move run walk jump and down whatever