{"product_id":"breaking-free-from-body-hyperawareness-elaine-lizzy-laurent-9781764529297","title":"Breaking Free from Body Hyperawareness: A 12-Week Program to Overcome Sensorimotor OCD and Stop Obsessing Over Breathing, Swallowing, and Blinking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBreaking Free from Body Hyperawareness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e A 12-Week Program to Overcome Sensorimotor OCD and Stop Obsessing Over Breathing, Swallowing, and Blinking\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Evidence-Based Metacognitive Therapy, ACT, and I-CBT Techniques to Retrain Your Attention and Reclaim Your Life from Automatic Process Monitoring\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStop Fighting Your Awareness. Start Reclaiming Your Life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou noticed your breathing and suddenly it feels manual. Every swallow demands attention. Blinking becomes conscious. Your heartbeat pounds in your ears. What started as a passing thought has become relentless body hyperawareness that disrupts sleep, work, relationships, and every quiet moment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is sensorimotor OCD, and it responds to specific treatment.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA 12-Week Evidence-Based Recovery Program\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive guide combines proven techniques from metacognitive therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and inference-based cognitive behavioral therapy. The structured 12-week program guides you from hyperawareness to functional recovery through four progressive phases: psychoeducation and attitude shift, attention training and cognitive defusion, inference-based cognitive work, and behavioral experiments with life reengagement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe program delivers practical protocols for breathing awareness recovery, swallowing obsessions, blinking hyperawareness, heartbeat monitoring, tongue position fixation, and other automatic body functions that have captured your attention. Each phase builds systematically, creating lasting change in how your brain processes body sensations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy Common Approaches Fail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost people with somatic OCD spend months trying distraction, suppression, and reassurance seeking. These approaches backfire by reinforcing that body awareness is dangerous. Deep breathing exercises worsen breathing hyperawareness. Meditation increases body monitoring. Traditional anxiety treatments miss the core problem: stuck attention, not broken physiology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis program addresses the specific neurological patterns maintaining sensorimotor symptoms. The salience network incorrectly tags normal sensations as threatening. Understanding these mechanisms provides clear direction for targeted intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Makes This Program Different\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnlike generic OCD resources that ignore sensorimotor subtypes, this specialized guide recognizes that body awareness obsessions require adapted protocols. The manual breathing phenomenon, swallowing hypervigilance, and blinking fixation each need specific strategies alongside core recovery principles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside This 12-Week Program\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One builds understanding of sensorimotor OCD neuroscience, the hyperawareness trap that maintains symptoms, differential diagnosis from health anxiety, and comprehensive self-assessment tools. These chapters explain why your brain gets stuck on breathing, swallowing, blinking, heartbeat, and other normally automatic processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two provides the complete recovery program with weekly protocols and daily exercises. Attention training techniques adapted from Adrian Wells' metacognitive therapy build the ability to shift focus voluntarily. Cognitive defusion from ACT reduces the impact of catastrophic thoughts. Inference-based CBT targets the obsessional doubt driving constant monitoring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three offers targeted protocols for specific symptoms. The breathing awareness chapter addresses suffocation fears, the manual breathing trap, and nighttime strategies. Additional chapters cover swallowing, blinking, heartbeat, tongue position, eye floaters, and proprioceptive hyperawareness. Sleep recovery protocols and long-term maintenance planning ensure sustained gains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elaine Lizzy Laurent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1764529294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764529297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nursing Knowledge Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Elaine Lizzy Laurent","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084241871103,"sku":"9781764529297","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/breaking-free-from-body-hyperawareness-elaine-lizzy-laurent-9781764529297","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}