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Does anyone else start having intrusive thoughts about why they aren’t worrying about their breathing anymore?!
Does anyone else start having intrusive thoughts about why they aren’t worrying about their breathing anymore?!
when i start focusing on my breathing, I always overthink it and make myself dizzy cause I "feel like I'm not breathing right". it always seems to happen when it's the middle of the night and I can't sleep so my brain is like how do I make this even worse for her???? lol
Does anyone else struggle with OCD when it comes to breathing? I've had this for about two years now on and off and finally had enough and came on here to say this. When I try to explain this to other people, therapists, etc. they just don't get it, so maybe someone on here does. I literally cannot stop thinking about my breathing and when it is at its worst, the very act of breathing feels incredibly uncomfortable. It feels like the walls are closing in on me, I constantly feel like I'm having to catch my breath, and I constantly feel the urge to take a giant, "complete" breath and that is the only way I feel comfortable. It's usually manageable during the day, but at night when I try to go to sleep it's awful because when my brain has nothing else to focus on it reverts to the breathing. People tell me to just stop thinking about it but I literally cannot. Can anyone else relate or am I all alone on this one
Any one else deal with this? Like from the moment they wake up to the second they fall asleep, the intrusive thoughts are there?
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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