Can your intrusive thoughts turn into dreams?? Ive been struggling with harm OCD bad this last week for my first time and had multiple dreams last night of harm and it makes me so uneasy. Makes me doubt myself and think i would do it especially if im even dreaming about it and thats my biggest fear
I’ve also definitely dealt with Harm OCD in dreams, at first it seriously scared the hell out of me but from learning more about it I know having dreams with your OCD theme is a very common thing. I’ve had dreams where seemingly my intrusive thoughts came true but just know they are only thoughts. Best wishes 🙏
Thank you for the response! Its my first week of ever having this it came on suddenly and i had so many grusome dreams last night that normally wouldn’t bother me and i could shake off but this time it did.
I has the same problem when I had ocd for the first time. I even woke up in the midle of the night thinking I have to check my kids if I didn't Hurt them. Then I started with Zoloft and it saved my life. It is horrible at the begining But don't worry you wont hurt anybody.
I started zoloft a week ago. I sure hope it works!! Im having the hardest time with this. I feel pyschotic
It is only the feeling. It will work I am sure. After 8 weeks of high dose I am on 150 I am back again. I remember those thoughts and how hard it was. It helped meditation and body awernes tehnicque for me. And erp therapy. If you have any question be free to ask me🙂
On what dose are you
50mg right now. I used to be on it a little just for anxiety but never took it long enough to see a difference.
Unfortunately, OCD will attack you whenever and however it can
Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with intrusive thoughts&images. At first i had intrusive thoughts around my partner, now it’s centred around me & I can’t be around window ledges or medication due to a story I read online(it’s too triggering for me) . Sometimes I feel like I can’t leave my bed due to the thoughts being so overwhelming I just break down and want to sleep. I aren’t taking any medication or therapy yet. I worry that if I don’t give my thoughts a reaction that my thoughts are true and not OCD. I’ve had these thoughts 24/7 for 2 months.
Does anyone imagine they are doing their harm thoughts during an action, making you feel like you acted on your thoughts? For example, someone gave me a hug and at the last second I imagined I was touching something I shouldn’t during the hug? I want to make it clear it’s something I have zero desire to do! But the problem is, I thought it on purpose and it makes me sick !! Obviously nothing happened but my mind is telling me that was me trying to do it. Even though it was physically impossible to do. Am I a monster or could this be OCD? I’m freaking out and don’t want to be here anymore. I feel like I’m the exception and that this isn’t OCD. I know I post about this stuff a lot but I’m struggling and don’t know what to do.
Hey so a couple months ago (7-8) I remember being upset at my family member. Like she was talking too much while I was annoyed and remember wanting her to be quiet. I got an intrusive thought like a really bad image of doing something really bad to her, and my hand twitched to the side a little? Like it felt like I was about to?! And I remembered thinking "if I do this, I'll get in trouble". I got up and left to the bathroom and felt horrified! I was thinking "did I want to act out? Did the only reason I didn't act out was because of getting in trouble? If there was no consequences, would have I done it?! Does this mean this whole time I've been using OCD as an excuse?" I remember I couldn't sleep for 3 nights because of how bad the anxiety was, I was crying and I felt very guilty like I should turn myself in to a mental hospital. I couldn't eat for many days or be near her because of that thought and twitch I had! I'm worried it was an impulse or I actually wanted to hurt her. And even to this day I still ruminanate about this. Like last night I couldn't sleep well I kept waking up every two hours and asking myself "am I capable?" I couldn't eat last night. Sometimes I move on from it like I forget that happened but when I remember, I feel distressed about it! I don't want to be an evil person or do bad actions towards anyone! I'm even scared to be angry because of this because I'm scared I have more "chance" of acting out due to anger. Like was it an impulse and I held back? Is this even OCD? Please help, I'm really scared!
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