Breathing and BFS - What's The Link?

[paucek.sheldon1]

Recently I have been noticing my breathing. This is because I went to lunch with my boss and I could smell fumes in her car.At any rate, I doubt there was any longer term effect. Last night I ran for over 5k. And carbon monoxide poisoning is temporary.But at any rate, because I am noticing it, I am taking shorter breaths in greater frequency.So what does this have to do with BFS. Well a lot of the sensations we have will be ignored by the body if we don't think about them, or will be brought into focus if we think about them.Just like my breathing is to me right now.Food for thought.

 

[simonw00]

Food for thought indeed, 43RichyThe43rd, and thanks for raising this. I found that CBT helped me to acknowledge my 'selection bias' both in terms of noticing negative symptoms (twitching, stiffness, pain, perceived weakness) and ignoring positive symptoms (absence of wasting, no weakness, no deterioration over time) as well as in terms of dwelling on my negative thoughts (a single case report from years ago of someone who went from twitching to MND/ ALS) whilst ignoring the positive ones (the neurologist telling me that she is 99% sure I don't have MND/ ALS).CheersSimon

 

[juliacristina]

Simon, that is great info. How did you practice CBT? I purchased 3 or 4 books about CBT but haven't dived into them yet. Did you do self-CBT or did you go with a professional or some other method? Thanks for any insight!

 

[simonw00]

I went to a psychologist but I found the book that he lent me just as useful as the sessions with him - it's a British book called 'Overcoming Health Anxiety'. I have since looked at a good Australian site that offers free online CBT - it's called the moodgym.RegardsSimon

 

[juliacristina]

Simon, thank you - that is incredibly helpful. I always look forward to reading your posts.