 [ 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 ] you should have a physical performed and possibly a stress test they might be able to tell you a solution while watching u exercise it may also be gas i get pains esp against my clavical bone when i have gas from eating unhealthy thibgs before exercising or just in general everyone gets gas from eating it is part of the process of metabolism