[peaceboy23]

Ugh...so I was just laying down to go to sleep earlier tonight and all of a sudden the obsession with my breathing started again, this time hardcore. I am still thinking about it. It's freaking me out, how I feel like I'm willing myself to breathe, or at least that I am paying attention to it so much that I'll never stop and will live like this for the rest of my life. I think part of the problem is that I start thinkng about how I always hav eto do it, and that if I dont' I'll die, and one day I WILL stop breathing and it freaks me out. I was able to fall asleep for a little bit, but no such luck for the past hour and a half or so...I just lie there, obsessing about my breathing, sure that I'll freak out and either stop breathing or go crazy thinking about it. :x

 

[Matt89]

Yes! I had this for weeks, and it occasionly comes back when I'm going to sleep. The way I stopped thinking about it, Distraction. It's hard at first, but it works.

 

[livinginhell333]

i always try to force myself to breathe, cuz if i don't then i feel like i'm not breathing. i don't know its weird. breathing is natural, but i can't feel myself breathing, if that makes any sense, maybe its all because i don't feel like i have a body so i don't feel anything.

 

[orangeaid]

Yeah I get that a lot, it effing sucks.

 

[sleepingbeauty]

i wonder what happens when youre sleeping? :shock:

just kidding. sorry. trust me you wont stop breathing.. ever. so stop obsessing about it. its never going to happen. and when it inevitably does, you probably arent going to notice because you wont be worrying about anything at that point. its a crime to waste ones life on these things. obsessing is a life waster. i know cause ive been doing it since before i can remember. it will pass but you have to be the one to put a stop to it. when those obsessive thoughts start creeping in you have to literally shout and tell it to F-OFF. people will think you have tourettes but thats better than going through your days in obsession hell.