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I cant stop focusing on my breathing. Its affecting the way i eat, drink, talk , Sleep etc. any pointers???
I cant stop focusing on my breathing. Its affecting the way i eat, drink, talk , Sleep etc. any pointers???
Hey there!! I went through this terribly last year and into the beginning of this year. It sounds similar to having panic attacks. When you start focusing so much and becoming hyperaware of your own body. What helped me was someone had told me not to be afraid of anxiety. Because then it will be harder to face it. You can tell yourself “I’m breathing this way right now interesting. Anyway back to what I was doing.” There was a time where I focused so much on not breathing right j thought I was dying all the time and went to the doctors like 3 times a week. It was very hard
@Angel J K Thats how i am. Always at the doctors. I just switched therapists too so im having to sorta re-explain things. Its so hard lol.
@savvyl Something else I was told was that “anxiety symptoms can not actually physically harm us.” I remember a lot of my “issues” I would go to the doctors for weren’t actually issues once I would get the results back. But it wasn’t enough I would still go back for a new reason. I started NOCD at some point. And my therapist asked me, okay but what would happen if you did have something wrong, what would be scary about that, I would say “I’m scared to die” She would say “why” I said “because I’m afraid what if when I die I went to hell.” So that was actually my core fear. The root of the ocd. But yours might be different maybe it’s “I’m scared to die because I’m scared to leave my family.” If of your test results have been coming normal it’s most likely health obsessions OCD and they have a support group for that if you look around here on the app!! I watched a video and it said “anxiety is a projection into the future” sometimes we think our future self might not be able to handle something. But if that thing is not currently happening then there’s no need to stress about it. Someone also told me anxiety- starts to get our attention when something or things in our life maybe need to change. That have been going on for too long. Anxiety is an alarm system for us.
I’m going through this too and the only thing that helps me is to try to find something else to focus on to make me happy or try to do something that completely relaxes me. I’m sorry you’re going through it too.
@sadsparklegirl What relaxes you? I use the massage chair at home but when im not home im kinda screwed lol
@savvyl Oh yea when I’m not home and around people I sometimes have to go find a place to be alone, it’s when I’m around people that I’m more self conscious because I feel like they might be able to tell that I’m focusing on it too much too. When I’m not around people and I have to be in public I have my headphones in so I can listen to music and that helps to keep me more focused on something else.
If you’re having trouble eating and sleeping please talk to a doctor or psychiatrist (:
Hope this helps! https://www.treatmyocd.com/blog/what-is-somatic-ocd
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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.
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