I also really battled with the symptom you describe, and weirdly thought about it today, when I was driving my car. Sometimes, when the wheel slips through my hands I get a flashback of the floaty, numb sensation and I am immediately transported back a few years when I used to get it a lot.
My brother used to say to me as a kid 'don't think about orange penguins'. Not the best thing to say to someone, who even at 5 years of age, could drive themselves virtually insane with pictures of orange penguins in their head. The more you think about the sensation, the more your mind will slip into that mode, you are already 'feeling it' before it happens. It is a lot to do with habit. And preparation for every eventuality.
It really pays to try your hardest to not focus on it. It will only get worse. Sorry, I appreciate how infuriating it is to be told it. I wish I could be more constructive!
My brother used to say to me as a kid 'don't think about orange penguins'. Not the best thing to say to someone, who even at 5 years of age, could drive themselves virtually insane with pictures of orange penguins in their head. The more you think about the sensation, the more your mind will slip into that mode, you are already 'feeling it' before it happens. It is a lot to do with habit. And preparation for every eventuality.
It really pays to try your hardest to not focus on it. It will only get worse. Sorry, I appreciate how infuriating it is to be told it. I wish I could be more constructive!
