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Can't stop thinking about my breathing

Hey, I haven't been able to stop thinking about my breathing for the past two days. It all started when my teacher mentioned about involuntary breathing. I had experienced this before, but this time I have trouble sleeping, and the moment I wake up I think about it. I tell my parents about it but they think it's a small matter. Someone pls help me, I want my sleep. Btw I'm 16 this year
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Why not just embrace your thinking about your breathing? Just lie down and breathe in and out very slowly, but deeply, and let your muscles relax while doing so. Listen to some sleep hypnosis videos on youtube they will tell you to do the same thing.
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Hi i keep on thinking too much about my breathing. whether i am breathing properly or not.....i had a very less sleep at nights. because i am thinking of breathing all the time.. while sleeping i sometimes literally feel that am i breathing properly or not and the breathing gets irritated.. i really don't know how shall i stop this imagination and stop of thinking all this. i am unable to concentrate on anything else...pls help if u have any suggestions to this
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I've been dealing with it for 6 years.  I did have a time for about a year and a half that it didn't bother me but I was going through a divorce at the time so my mind was busy on that.  I can breathe fine but as soon as I think about my breathing I automatically feel short of breathe.  What drives me crazy the most is I can't get my brain off of it. I have some good days but lately it's come back again.  There have been times I wanted to die so I didn't have to deal with it.  I'm on Zoloft for the Sensomotor OCD.  It's good to know that I'm not alone in this mind battle.
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i go through this all the time. sometimes i concentrate so hard on my breathing that i pass out
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See if telling him to purposefully focus on his breath as much as he can helps and let it be basically. I'm still suffering from this kind of problem but I have noticed a massive decrease in anxiety from doing so and hopefully it will go away soon altogether as well as the symptoms and awareness.
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My son (11) goes through this. He is in his second month of daily panic attacks, especially in the evening.I feel like no matter how I explain to him what is really going on (anxiety and not a real health problem) he does not understand. He had a few sessions with a psychotherapist already, but does not seem to improve anything. We took him to the family doctor for a check up to reassure him. Nothing we try seems to help and the problem is getting worse. How do you explain this to an 11 year old completely frightened about what is going on with him?

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Very helpful comment YourSavior! And honestly all of you made me feel better knowing im not alone. I've had this for 3 years now and no one was able to understand me, so i just stopped trying to explain.
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