Hi, I just wanted to see if anyone else had trouble with this? It manifests in making me breathe and blink "consciously", which is very distressing and leads to really bad air hunger. Has anyone managed to get out of it?
I've had this since February breathing blinking and swallowing constantly aware of one of them 24 7 they morph from one to another like ill go 2 weeks breathing 1 week blinking and so on after a while I got used to it used to freak me out in the beggining but 3 months later I'm used to it. I've done 2 months of erp and it did help I'm also on 40 mg of prozac which also helps alot. It really does it get easier.
I have to distract myself with something, anything, to get my body to restart breathing and blinking normally again. As long as I think about it, it won't stop. So I start watching videos or playing games.
How successful has therapy been at treating it? Thanks.
@Bennings I haven't started therapy yet, so I don't know.
@EdenAurelia - Good luck, then!
Sensorimotor and checking OCD ~ First post on NOCD. Does anyone else have an abnormal amount of focus on bodily sensations? How do you deal with it? Also the doubt that comes with harm coming to your loved ones if you don’t check something in a “special” way. What helped you the most?
Anyone have any tips for Somatic/sensorimotor typs ocd? Hyper focus on bodily sensations such as breathing. I find this one often comes back extremely bad when I least expect it. Things like meditation and focusing on the breath stuff really triggers me.
I keep getting so fixated on my breathing and then it will go away for a few months and then come back when I get stressed. It's just so frustrating I don't even understand what I'm scared of ??? Focusing on my breathing? It just feels like I have to breath manually and I can't stop thinking about it and it's just scary! And frustrating! I want to be in the moment not thinking about a completely normal bodily function! Sorry for the nonsensical rant it's just frustrating! Wondering if anyone else deals with sensorimotor ocd?
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