Inside My First Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Session

💙🫧✨ My Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Experience ✨🫧💙

Today I tried Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and wow... what an experience! 🤩💙

As an autistic woman 🌈🧩, I am always looking for things that might improve my quality of life and help me cope better with autism, stress, burnout and the demands of everyday life 💙✨.

If there's something that could help me feel calmer, healthier and more regulated in my own body, I'm willing to give it a try 🌱🦋.

I didn't really know what to expect, but the moment I got inside the chamber, I felt so calm 😌💙.

I know enclosed spaces can be difficult for some people, but for me it felt completely different. The chamber felt safe 🫂, quiet 🤫, cosy 🏡, and strangely familiar. In a way, it felt like home 💙✨.

When you get in, you become aware of the higher oxygen concentration almost immediately, and for me it felt like my body was getting all of the goodness it had needed for years 🫧💙.

For an hour ⏰ I sat there and relaxed 😌. I did take a quick photo before settling in 📸💙, but otherwise I put my phone away and switched off from the outside world 🌍🔇

It gave me a rare chance to simply exist. No demands. No masking. No pressure. It was incredibly peaceful 🕊️💙.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy works by increasing the amount of oxygen available to your body's tissues 🫁✨. Benefits people seek it for include:

💙 Supporting healing and recovery

💙 Helping reduce inflammation

💙 Improving circulation

💙 Supporting energy and wellbeing ⚡🌱

💙 Supporting collagen production and skin health ✨😊

💙 Helping the body rest and recover 🧘‍♀️💙

As someone who has experienced years of autistic stress, anxiety, burnout and overwhelm 😔💔➡️😌💙, I found it incredibly restorative.

Years of stress have left me carrying a lot of tension and pain in my body, so I was interested to learn that HBOT is used by some people to support skin health, collagen production and even help with aches and joint pain ✨🌸.

The biggest thing I noticed, though, was the feeling of calm 🕊️💙

My nervous system felt settled 🌊, my mind felt quieter 🤫✨, and I left feeling refreshed 😊🌈. It was like my body could finally take a deep breath and relax 💙🫂.

Will I do it again? Absolutely! 🙌💙✨

Where is it exactly?

📍 Location: 318 Portobello High Street, Portobello, Edinburgh, EH15 2DA 📍

🌐 Website:

https://www.ultimatewellnessedinburgh.co.uk

Have any other autistic people tried Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy? 🤔🧩 I'd love to hear about your experiences! 💬👇💙

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