I had an OCD dream where I acted on an intrusive thought. But when I woke up I wasn’t anxious I just told myself “it’s just a dream. It’s just a dream”. But now I’m looking back and wondering why I wasn’t super anxious about it!!!! Like what does that mean?!?!

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

It means you’re winning the fight against ocd!! Ocd knows this and tries to weaponize your victories as a last resort cause it’s losing!! Don’t let it!! Just celebrate the win!!

birdee_

Date posted: 3y

Thank you for this! I had a triggering thought earlier that didn’t make me feel as anxious as it usually does and my first reaction was ‘what if it didn’t spark as much anxiety because it actually isn’t intrusive and it is how I feel?!’ which then freaked me out and kicked in my reassurance seeking, so reading your comment made me feel much better!! Thank you!

Anonymous

Date posted: 3y

@Dannielle Yes this is actually a huge thing in ocd it’s called the back door spike you should look that up it might be super helpful to know

Rosegirl1212

Date posted: 3y

It doesn’t have to “mean” anything, think of it this way- maybe your brain realized it was an intrusive thought so it didn’t feel the need to react anxiously to it :)

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