Hyperawareness of My Body

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 !

Friedolito

Date posted: 14w

Hey, I can feel your struggle and hope things will get better over time!   One approach that helps me is to differentiate between OCD and my sensations. These are two separate things. So what is creating the anxiety isn’t the sensation of swallowing, it is your OCD being there in disguise. So, OCD loves to do those false flag operations, where it pretends to be a problem with sensations, and your natural defense strategies are to focus on what’s wrong with them.  But you're always looking at the same thing. OCD.  It helps to realize what the true underlying problem is, and using your focus on working on your ERP and acceptance, etc.  You are stronger than OCD :)

May :)

Date posted: 14w

@Friedolito Hiii! Thank you so much for ur reply:))) how can I distinguish OCD from my natural sensation then? This is what I’m trying to work on but I can’t tell!!!! Thank you again 😊😊

Anonymous

Date posted: 14w

I had my first exposure session yesterday for breathing, blinking, and tongue sensations, and I've honestly felt worse since. Is that normal? Is it supposed to get worse before it gets better? My breathing in particular feels so loud and forced, it feels like the walls are closing in on me, if that makes any sense.

sey-tei

Date posted: 14w

I feel this so so much. I will say that most of the day I am fine; but for a split moment when my mind really zeros in on a feeling or movement, all of a sudden it’s the only thing I can think about and everything becomes insanely manual:( I relate so much to the sound thing too! My anxiety is quite bad and I keep headphones with music playing when I’m in public to distract myself, but between songs when there is silence I become hyper aware of every step, swallow, breath. Anxiety is just so debilitating 💔

May :)

Date posted: 14w

@caitlinei hi!! I am sorry that you are going through this, I totally got you. I 100% understand that when you focus on something you just CANT think of anything else! I think it’s all that anxiety :((( Are you seeing a therapist or on medication? I am now trying to be more mindful and tell myself that everything I do is just my brain trying to protect me. I try not to engage with any thoughts and if they come, that’s okay. I guess when you no longer try to escape your thoughts about your movement, your brain will start to relax and be like: “ooooh, maybe that’s not something I should worry about.” This helped me a lot and I hope it can help you too!! I am always here to talk if you need <3

Anonymous

Date posted: 25w

Somatic OCD

I’ve been dealing with my OCD that’s been non stop for a year. From the moment I wake up to going to sleep I have this urge to push air out of my nose nonstop. Sometimes it’s accompanied with weird breathing/deep breathes. It happens like every minute. It’s embarrassing when people notice. I feel like it’ll never go away

MichaelVu2010

Date posted: 21w

Somatic Ocd

Hello, Yesterday I’ve suddenly had problems with swallowing and my anxiety. like im scared of choking and would have a panic attack every-time i try to swallow food or water. Is there anyway to treat this?

୨ৎ

Date posted: 19w

can ocd make you question your mental health?

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?? 💔

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