SydField2.0
16-03-13, 06:51
Hi all, I'm Syd. Well, that's not my real name, but I ask you to forgive me if I want to keep it to myself for now.
WARNING: graphical description of saliva, blinking and breathing obsession follow. Don't read if there's a chance that it'll disturb you.
Basically, I'm coming here asking for much needed help. I've been suffering, for far too many years I think, of obsessive thoughts concerning my blinking, my salivation, and my breathing. While I'm pretty well aware that these processes work well enough when I'm not aware of them, once I think about them it's another story... When I do, the thought tends to linger, and my mind starts panicking while I'm stuck fighting a battle not to influence said processes.
Right now I'm having a saliva crisis... and it makes me really anxious. It's not just a thought, you see. I can't seem to shake the feeling, the awareness of my mouth -- I'm uncharacteristically aware of the sensations in my mouth, particularly the feeling of saliva clinging to walls, accumulating, threatening me with having to swallow it. I don't want that!
Any guidance -- and/or reassuring testimony that this problem can be overcome -- will be more than welcome.
---------- Post added 16-03-13 at 00:51 ---------- Previous post was 15-03-13 at 20:52 ----------
Hello?
WARNING: graphical description of saliva, blinking and breathing obsession follow. Don't read if there's a chance that it'll disturb you.
Basically, I'm coming here asking for much needed help. I've been suffering, for far too many years I think, of obsessive thoughts concerning my blinking, my salivation, and my breathing. While I'm pretty well aware that these processes work well enough when I'm not aware of them, once I think about them it's another story... When I do, the thought tends to linger, and my mind starts panicking while I'm stuck fighting a battle not to influence said processes.
Right now I'm having a saliva crisis... and it makes me really anxious. It's not just a thought, you see. I can't seem to shake the feeling, the awareness of my mouth -- I'm uncharacteristically aware of the sensations in my mouth, particularly the feeling of saliva clinging to walls, accumulating, threatening me with having to swallow it. I don't want that!
Any guidance -- and/or reassuring testimony that this problem can be overcome -- will be more than welcome.
---------- Post added 16-03-13 at 00:51 ---------- Previous post was 15-03-13 at 20:52 ----------
Hello?