Why do I tend to gag and heave durring prayer?

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Josh22

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I have always had a tendancy to gag and dry heave durring prayer. Sometimes I think it is the body's natural reaction to emotion but at times too it seems it is something else as if something it being torn out of me. I had it happen even durring quiet prayers a couple of times.
 
I only know one reason why that happens when praying... and I would rather not say what it is.
 
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Is this unique to prayer? Does it happen when you're listening to worship music or sermons? How long is always? Since you started investigating Jesus? You've investigated multiple religions and had this issue in all of them? You remember praying as a 5 year old and getting sick from it then? Does it happen every time or just occasionally? Do you have any kind of social anxiety or fear of public speaking? Does this tend to happen when you're praying with a group or when you're by yourself and praying?

It's a lot of questions but more information may help narrow down the exact nature of your situation.
 
I have always had a tendancy to gag and dry heave durring prayer. Sometimes I think it is the body's natural reaction to emotion but at times too it seems it is something else as if something it being torn out of me. I had it happen even durring quiet prayers a couple of times.

Hello Josh22 and welcome,

2 Questions

1. Do you have this response when you are asked to pray publicly, like a nervous reaction, or when anyone prays ?

2. Someone asked me if I were to die today if I was 100% sure if I would go to Heaven?
I was not, so he showed from the Bible what it said and answered that question. I'm passing it forward if you would like to consider it?