Can't Stop Thinking About My Breathing

[Starryeyed]

Hi,

I had the same issue. I read an article which was so helpfull for me:
.steveseay.com/sensorimotor-body-focused-obsessions-ocd
After that I was already feeling better and had hope again. There is treatment and it's not an uncommon symptom. I start an ERP treatment without med and it's really great. I hope it can help you too.

Take care

What did you do in the ERP treatment? Do you still have it or have you got rid of the feeling? Any tips would be greatly appreciated

[DevilFocus]

Having this too, so tired of this. I don't understand why this is a thing or how to combat it. I just ignore it as much as I can and live my life, but it just doesn't seem to stop, unless I am really distracted, but even that is not as frequent these days.

[Starryeyed]

How do we get rid of it. Doing CBT but fed up of feeling every sensation in my body it is tiring me out.

[Starryeyed]

How can you apply CBT to this?

[mjh74]

I'm going through this now and have been for 6 months or so, on and off. It's causing me to pull my upper chest and back muscles and is leaving me really tired all the time. I've been to see 2 different doctors who were happy that I'm ok physically. I've concinced myself that when I sit in a certain position, I feel like I've got someone's foot standing on my chest making it hard for me to inhale. This of course makes me feel even more anxious and makes everything worse. I find if I keep myself busy enough that it does die down. When I'm sitting down playing a computer game or watching tv/a film though, I'm constantly watching every breath. I've just purchased a book about breathing that I think was recommended on this forum so I'm going to see if I can get anything out of that.