Been hyper focused on my breathing all day pretty much! To the point that I’m focusing way too hard and actually making my chest tight and causing more anxiety. Then I keep yawning to try and take a deep breath. Endless cycle today. How do I make it stop lol
I have somatic OCD too. Not for breathing but for eye floaters. I’m getting to a better place with it by just allowing myself to notice when I’m hyper aware without spiraling into rumination or without trying to be less aware. I’ve been using the phrase, “This is something that you’re noticing right now” and trying to redirect my attention back to whatever else I’m doing. It sometimes feels like I have to be a zen master, but it’s getting easier.
Okay I’ll try that! I feel you on the eye floaters lol! My OCD hasn’t latched onto those too severely but it definitely makes me notice them wayyyy more than I ever did before
@MoreOvaltinePlz Yeah, so annoying! I had the breathing thing too at some point but never as bad as the eye floaters. So we’re kinda OCD twins! 👯♀️ Good luck!
i suffer from this alllll the time. it’s so exhausting. what i’ve found most helpful is turning on my comfort tv show and playing a game on my phone. just give yourself something simple to focus on. some days i have to take my anxiety medicine really help me calm down. but i hope you find some relief! sending u love!
Thank you so much!! I turned on a show before bed so that I could distracted and fall asleep. Hopefully today is better lol
does it ever feel like you can’t breathe?
Usually it’s like I’m really short of breath or my chest is tight when I start focusing on it. Like I can never get a deep enough breath in.
Yall these panic attacks are getting FOUL. please give some good advice. The ocd brain in me be telling me I’m dying and bout to head to the Gates of Heaven. Helpppp
Guys I need help. I feel so alone . Basically I have this compulsion where I feel the need to write everything but this stems from me being anxious about EVERYTHING. Like my mom came in my room and I was irritated and snapped, immediately regretted now I keep writing “don’t be mean to mom next time” but I keep thinking about it. Then I think about how I finally left my house today and all the surfaces I touched that could’ve been contaminated and now I’m writing “next time don’t touch this and this”. Then I think about all the things I need to be doing for this week and I’m writing “don’t forget to do this and this” even though I’ve written it 5 times already. This is what happens everyday btw. My brain always thinks about something I need to be doing and making me anxious that I’ll forget it which is why I write it down on my notes app. I’m sooo mentally exhausted I need help pls!! Anyone have any advice ? I used to think I need to stop the writing but really I need to stop the anxious thoughts coming into my head . People say I need to accept the thoughts and let it go but that’s too hard for me
Two things are happening: I get thoughts that just keep looping. They almost feel like song stuck in my head. Also, I’ll imagine something and I feel my stomach drop. Then as the seconds go by I keep getting fragments of the this thought but with different details. For example, it’s kinda like how a “vision” is portrayed. I’ll get a glimpse of the thought and then it’ll rapidly expand into something worse every few seconds. I don’t know if I’m causing this or if it’s just an automatic thing like any other intrusive thought. It feels unavoidable, idk if this is a compulsion or if it’s just another manifestation of an intrusive thought. Apart from that remembering an intrusive thought triggers the full thought again and then it just keeps looping or expanding. I don’t know how to stop any of this. Help?
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