how to deal with hyper fixation or hyper awareness? I can't seem to stop noticing pixels in my vision when looking at the walk or in bad lighting. It's been 2 days with this obsession. They cause me so much anxiety and I can't stop thinking about it or checking. I have health ocd as well as this which I think is somatic ocd. So it's making me even more anxious
Hi I have the same thing! :) I’ve had it for many years. Your compulsion with this is looking for it. For me, I will stare at blank walls, stare at the sky, stare at my computer screen over and over and over to try and see if I still see the static-type pixels. The thing is, the more you do this, the more your Brian tries to tell you it’s a problem. It’s not. It’s not dangerous, it’s not good. To get worse over time, you will not go blind, you don’t have anything wrong with your brain which is all things I was afraid of. The more you ignore it, and don’t give In to your compulsion, the more it fades away.
My typing was awful sorry lol. That should say it’s not going to get worse over time, there’s nothing wrong with your brain, you will not go blind, and you don’t have to even think about it*
@blixten0045 it's okay I understood hahahah. Thank you! I'm seeing my therapist tomorrow so hopefully he can help me distract myself from this. Also is this the condition called visual snow or is this just normal and we're hyper focusing on it?
No problem :)
@blixten0045 I'm sorry to bother you but did you ever notice eye strain from this or unfocusing your eyes more than normal. Because I woke up today and I can't seem to keep my eyes focused and I can't stop thinking about this as well
@Pija Yes that can happen from many things. I have eye strain on general from working behind a computer but straining from trying to see the static can also cause it. Eye strain is nothing to be concerned with, it can come from many things, none of them dangerous :)
Nope this is not visual snow. If you Google this, which is a big no-no, and not good for people like us to do, so don’t do it lol essentially The neurons in your eyes and brain have something in common with image sensors: they emit some random “noise” along with their “data” based on the incoming light. When the light is strong enough it overwhelms the noise in the system. However, when it is weak or doesn’t exist, the noise dominates. In other words, if your looking at something boring like a blank white wall, or a bright blue sky, or even sometimes with your eyes closed, the “noise” sent up to your brain along with whatever you’re looking at is much more noticeable
So mix that with the hyper-focus and obsessive brains people like us have and all we can see is the noise. When others might not even comprehend that it’s there.
@blixten0045 You have been a lifesaver! Because I've been trying to stay off google(which is not working) and every search led me to visual snow which scared me even more for some reason. But thank you because I've definitely noticed these pixels before but never payed too much attention until now. Hopefully I can stop obsessing over it. Thank you again so much!
i have been diagnosed with OCD & generalized anxiety disorder. for some reason, i’ve been very hyper aware of everything. like the way i talk, the way i see the world, how certain things sound/look/feel, and it’s very distressing. i feel like the hyper awareness makes me afraid of things? like for some reason, my mind attached to cartoons, and i was hyperfocusing on it, and got extremely scared, like scared of the cartoon for no reason? i’ve done this a lot, and i get scared i have psychosis or schizophrenia, or something that makes you afraid of things for no unknown reason. i feel so scared that this is my new normal…. im heartbroken. so many what if’s. did i just ruin my own life?? 💔
My OCD has found new objects that I should be scared or worried about and I have this urge to hide them or throw them away. When I’m trying to watch tv I get really anxious that I’m trying to focus my attention elsewhere other than being in my own head, trying to sort my thoughts out & when I say I don’t want something I feel like I’m in denial. Does anyone else feel like this
Hey there everyone, first I would like to say I am very grateful for every single one of you on this platform and it feels so much better knowing that I can be heard. I’ve been hyperaware of my swallowing for 1-2 month. I feel like I have so much saliva in my mouth and I have to swallow and swallow. I feel the urge to swallow even I don’t NOTHING in my mouth, so I just swallow air. This has been really overwhelming and I feel like I can be so easily latched to other body part of my part. For example, I was conscious about my blinking and breathing for a few days, and now I get so anxious when I heard a weird sound my ears make after each sentence I speak. Is this somatic ocd or health concern ocd? I am so helpless and having a hard time to shift my attention. Does anyone have any suggestions or just words of encouragement would really help me at this moment. I REALLY appreciate your help. 💗🙏 Thank you !
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