What are some techniques on burping loudly?

Question about forced burping? Please answer?

• Well, I use to try force myself to burp and I did that for a while until I stopped recently. (Thank goodness) But when I think about it, it was not actually burping. I read enough about burping online to know that it's harmless unless acid comes up... But when I use to force burp, I just swallowed a little air and didn't open my mouth to burp- it made like a gurgling sound in my throat. Yes, weird. I'm sorry. I'm hoping someone can tell me if that was harmful. I did it for around 2 and a half years, then stopped. I am so freaked out all of a sudden now because I just keep thinking it might've messed up my throat or stomach or esophagus, and I don't want to tell my doctor about this stuff. o_o I can't get check ups for this anyway because I'm too young (15 yrs). Sooo please tell me if this was harmful. Because I always thought it was burping, but now I'm not sure if it really is, in which case it might be dangerous. Thank you. I'm not sure if this is related, but one time I was reading on the floor with my back to the wall. Sort of hunchback, which is bad for your back, but anyway, i was breathing regularly untill I heard this gurgle in my stomach, and then I breathed a little harder, and my stomach kept making that sound. I freaked out. I was so sure that burping messed up my stomach. Are the two related in any way. T_T

• Answer:

  You're panicking over nothing. Swallowing air to force a burp isn't dangerous. You can go back to doing it with no worries. Even if the air just goes in your mouth and you don't open it, it will still escape through your nose. No worries, you can go back to doing it and you won't hurt anything. And by the way, you seem a bit TOO worried about this. Do you have anxiety? You might speak to your doctor about your anxiety if it is normal for you to be this worried about things.