- Date posted
- 3y
Breathing OCD
almost 3 months of every day being dictated by hyper-awareness of breathing. It brings anxiety and fear. Longing for liberation from this and to enjoy life more so again.
almost 3 months of every day being dictated by hyper-awareness of breathing. It brings anxiety and fear. Longing for liberation from this and to enjoy life more so again.
Oh goodness!! Finally I found someone else who has what I have. It’s comforting to know there is someone else out there who is experiencing this too!!
Yes! You are not alone. It is so scary and the hyper awareness of breathing brings so many ruminating thoughts that scare me!
Yes I get this!!! Been er three times! Two for chest pain/breathing
It’s the breathing for me too!!! I cant stop obsessing and it’s ruled all my days for almost 5 months.
What worked great for me were two things: 1. Put up reminders all over your house to remember to notice your breathing. 2. Watch Robert Bray’s video on somatic ocd. He’s not usually a person I would recommend since he reaaally pushes his coaching sessions, but his info on somatic ocd is incredibly helpful.
Thank you!
I had a traumatic side-effect experience with a certain anti-drepressabt and think I might've developed something at least similiar to this, as it feels like I can't breathe when I can. Feels like I can't do it subconsciously without thinking I won't breathe.
I empathize with you! It’s so anxiety-inducing!!! I am so sorry that you’re facing it.
I started dealing with OCD when I became fixated on health issues, particularly the fear of contracting a life-threatening disease. If I experienced any kind of medical symptom, no matter how small, that even remotely hinted at something potentially fatal, it would drive me crazy, and I couldn’t stop obsessing over it. Then one day, I started having intrusive thoughts about accidentally hitting someone with my car, and I would end up driving in circles to check if I had. Eventually, I found myself overwhelmed by a flood of new obsessive thoughts and compulsions. One day, while I was at the park, a squirrel came near me, and for some reason, I felt like it attacked me. I Googled it and learned that squirrels could carry rabies, which spiraled me into a deep fear of rabies. I became consumed with the thought I received a bite from a squirrel, raccoon, or bat any time I’m in areas that trigger me. It started off only being inside then transferred to even being in my own home. This made me obsess over every physical sensation in my body, compulsively checking to make sure nothing was wrong. One compulsion that I hated the most would to be putting rubbing alcohol on me to make sure that I had no open wounds. Every day feels like I’m walking around in a fog of anxiety, constantly worrying that I won’t even make it to old age. Sometimes, it gets so overwhelming that I just want it all to end. It stresses me so bad at times to where my brain feels like I’ve been studying all day.
My OCD has been terrible the for the past two weeks. I have a fear that I will never be able to get out of the thought loop. I am hyper aware of my thoughts and it disturbs me. I haven’t been able to eat for 10 days. I force myself. I haven’t been able to sleep for more than a couple hours. Then I wake up and ruminate for a couple hours, until I’m exhausted. I’m also afraid I’ll never sleep well again. And I’m afraid I’ll never eat and enjoy my food again. I’m afraid I’ll never be able to stop thinking about this enough to enjoy my family ever again.
Does anyone know how to get rid of these thoughts? I have to manually breathe almost every second of everyday and it's getting tiresome and I can't stop thinking about no matter what the distractions are.
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