Re: Hyper awareness... is it real?
Hyper awareness (or hyper focusing as I call it) is definitely real.
For example:
BT fear had been under control for a couple of months, but this week I relapsed. I started focusing on the natural blind spot one has in their eyes. I then thought mine was more pronounced in the left eye. I even sat today in work, moving my head back and forwards to a computer screen to do this online "test". A colleague walked in on me doing it (HAHA!) but they even said it before I did: "Oh the brain tumour fear is back?"
How pathetically embarrassing.
Nevertheless, had a relapse and went to opticians tonight. Nothing is wrong with my eyes, or my vision.
Funnily enough, my eyes are back to "normal" now.
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