When experiencing unpleasant symptoms, it can be difficult not to focus on them. You may find that your attention is constantly brought back to them and that you notice when they get better or worse. You may find that you focus more on your body than you would like. This attentional process is difficult to control. However, focusing your attention on symptoms, however natural and automatic it seems, can have negative consequences. Not only can it intensify them, but it can also increase your awareness of normal bodily sensations such as your heart rate, breathing, temperature, etc. Any
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