I was on social media page and saw something on OCD and it made me wonder if I have it . I’ve always been told I have anxiety and depression and some agoraphobia and some hypochondria and I’m sure some OCD. But I wonder if I have more OCD. My thing lately or since ever is that I can’t breathe. I’m constantly yawning trying to catch my breath. If I don’t catch my breath I will get very anxious. So I will yawn and yawn until I catch it . Lately I’ve been thinking, like who decides what that right breath is ? Who says this is the one? I mean I know which one it is cause it makes me feel better, but then ten minutes later I back to feeling like I’m suffocating and trying to catch it again. I focus on my breathing and feel I have to be in control of my breathing cause if I’m not I’ll stop breathing. It’s crazy and it’s driving me crazy . It’s all about my breathing my never catching it and never wanting to do anything to alter it for fear of not knowing how to get it back to normal. Sometimes i swear I forgot how to breathe all together. Sorry for the long post . Could this be OCD or am I just anxious?

erikaxo

Date posted: 5y

Research somatic ocd and see if that sounds similar to your situation at all. That’s what it sounds like to me. It’s important not to self diagnose yourself, but you sure sound like you might have some form of it. The fact that you constantly have to do it “right” is what compulsions are.

ruby92173

Date posted: 5y

I was thinking I don’t do compulsions but now that I I think about it I do like tic type things. Like tug on my ear or touch my hair or arch my back . I don’t know if those are compulsions. But thank you for reading and replying ?

erikaxo

Date posted: 5y

@ruby92173 Well, compulsions are things we do to relieve what we’re feeling. Ex: Checking the front door 5000 times, lol. I’m not sure if yours are necessarily compulsions, but they are things you still do. Either way, you’re not alone in it. And of course!! ?

Anonymous

Date posted: 5y

@ruby92173 Compulsions can be mental too, like over analyzing things, or researching on the internet. Pure Obsessive ocd is is also a thing.

ruby92173

Date posted: 5y

@Nikki1809 I seek a lot of reassurance. Like I want to be sure of everything. I want to know I’m not dying . So over analyzing is something I definitely do. Pure ocd is that just thoughts?

sillybilly

Date posted: 5y

OH let me tell you! Same thing happened to me when I was a kid! I watched a video of some drowning in a pool (I was weird??‍♀️) then I was scared I couldn’t breathe. I would go to my parents and older siblings for reassurance. 7 years later I realized it was ocd.

ruby92173

Date posted: 5y

Are you better now ? It’s fun because a lot of ppl ask me if at one point I couldn’t breathe or something happened that I lost my breath. I don’t remember anything, but my mom told me I was once knocked down by a wave when I was 3. She said I was under for like seconds . I don’t recall though so who knows if it could be that.

catmom

Date posted: 5y

I actually had the same problem getting diagnosed. I was told I was a hypochondriac with depression & general anxiety disorder.....I went to an OCD specialist & she told me that I have OCD with depression & anxiety as a side effect of it (they’re often a package deal lol). I can’t diagnose you obviously, but what you are explaining sounds like ocd.

ruby92173

Date posted: 5y

Yes that sounds like me . I was told the same thing. Now I believe it’s the opposite like you . I have ocd which is turn causes me to be anxious and from being anxious all the time I get depressed because I wonder if I’ll ever get better. When it comes to mental health issues I don’t need anything packaged deals . One is good enough ?

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