Your Safety Net G R E E C E “Nervous?” I instantly had a dry sensation in my throat or a lump in my throat that made it difficult to swallow anything, let alone my own saliva, as a result of the anxiety I was currently experiencing because of the way he was teasing me and playfully smirking at me in a very handsome way. I was experiencing the sensation that my throat was constricting or clogged, and I found myself gulping or swallowing forcefully to attempt to get rid of it. My heart was racing more quickly than usual, and I experienced a bodily reaction where I felt jittery or uncomfortable. I attempted to combat it with deep breathing to help calm my body and lessen the sense of anxiousness, and I quickly realized that this feeling was quite typical in response to feeling frightened

