I haven’t found ANYONE with the same “tics” as me. Feels really lonely over here. Just to start with one, does anyone have to breathe in while counting and blinking while they look at something they need or want and have to breathe out while counting and blinking when they see something bad or negative? This one is so exhausting! Makes me too aware of my breathing and makes me feel like I’m going to die from not breathing right.

d a i s y

Date posted: 7y

Hi Kalr :) I have a similar breathing compulsion. I was really reluctant to post this because it’s so triggering and I’m worried something bad will happen if I talk about it. Just know I understand completely and I’m here for you. d a i s y

Anonymous

Date posted: 7y

I don’t have that exactly, but I did struggle with positive and negative thoughts/imagery for about five years. I simply could not perform an action while having a negative thought. Taking a bite of food, stepping over a threshold, walking up and down stairs. Anything. If I had a negative thought, I had to re-perform the action with a positive thought. And if I didn’t get it right on the first retry, I had to redo again until I hit a “good” number of retries. It was crippling.

Anxiousashley

Date posted: 7y

Sometimes I worry that something is “off” with my breathing and it makes me pay EXTREMELY close attention to how I’m breathing and my compulsion is to try to regulate my breathing. It usually ends up making it worse and I get exhausted trying to “breathe right”. I have to remind myself that breathing is an automatic process and my brain knows how to do it just fine no matter what situation I’m in. I also had a similar problem with thoughts that I couldn’t control my bladder a few years back. I would compulsively hold my pee in and I’d wear bladder control pads just in case I would piss myself. I was in a lot of pain because of always holding my pee. I went to many doctors trying to find out why I always had the urge to urinate. I would avoid and fear going anywhere in public or even family functions bc I was so afraid I was going to piss myself.

Dsarahm

Date posted: 7y

i don’t have this but stay positive because i’m sure someone on here has the same compulsion as you. all the best x

HappyMedium

Date posted: 7y

When I’m in the car, I have to blink when I’m in between things like houses or trees but not when I’m directly across from them.

IrisisBlue_.

Date posted: 23w

Do you feel the same?

I felt really overwhelmed with my thoughts and just so over it. I had my breathing controlled normally. It’s just so fucking annoying and frustrating that a normal thing like breathing is a hassle and something that I’m scared to do on a day to day basis recently. I had it controlled. I just wanna know if there’s people out there with a similar problem or something. I have this thing, this problem with a feeling of my thoughts coming out of my breath when I breathe I can’t breathe normally. It’s annoying and it takes me a couple days to finally catch my breath. I was doing good but then I ran out of my meds and the problem came back I was off my meds for 2 days. I had a breakdown about it today bc the thoughts are so perverse and I just wannabe in a normal situation again and be happy and normal it’s so hard to maintain. I don’t know what’s going on.

Lucybell<3

Date posted: 14w

Breathing AGAIN!!

PLEASEEE READ!! I know this sounds ridiculous but lately I’ve been soo hyperfocused on my breathing. I feel like I’m not breathing right/properly, it’s hard to explain.. it just feels wrong or like my breathing pattern is wrong. How that’s possible? I have no clue. I’ve had this all day. Has anyone ever experienced this?? My doctor keeps saying anxiety but I just feel like something isn’t right.

The Nervous ...

Date posted: 13w

Years of constant Anxiety leading to Panic attacks

I am trying to see if there are others like me. For the past 12 years, I’ve had crippling Anxiety that leads to intense panic attacks. I’ve been in and out of Ambulances and ER rooms and have called 911 several times. The panic is that intense. I can be just driving down the road and out of no where, BOOM! Hit by the anxiety bus. Most of the time it leads to me panicking, thinking I’m going to die or something is fatally wrong with me. The fear is so intense that I can only find a fraction of calmness by consistently checking my blood pressure, putting on a pulsometer and even checking my blood sugar until it passes. I’m not even a diabetic. I’m always having intrusive thoughts that doctors can’t even fix me. I’ve never met anyone else like me. I feel so scared sometimes that I’m going to loose my mind and that I’m going crazy and will end up in a straight jacket. Then I get another attack just thinking about that as well. Starting new medications freak me out too. If I experience ANY minor side effect, I immediately panic and freak out. I’m being so held back by this . This is a constant obsession that I can’t shake. It’s like I walk hand in hand with Anxiety and panic. Anyone else ever had these issues?

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