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.
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
i go through this all the time. sometimes i concentrate so hard on my breathing that i pass out
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.
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?
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.