I have MAJOR problem going to sleep because of ruminating and fear. My OCD's gotten worse lately and I've been living in constant fear for maybe four days now. I constantly feel like I'm on the verge of panic attack. How to calm down at least for a night time 😢
I know this is way easier said than done but even during the panic attack just KNOWING it is a panic attack rather than anything life threatening is helpful. When you feel one coming on, try thinking of it as an annoyance rather than it being as monumental as it feels. I can’t tell you how much that has helped me.
What about when you wake up and have a panic attack? It mostly happens when I’m sleeping over friends houses…
Thank you for the advice I will remember it, but it looks more like this: my heart (and also mind unfortunately) is racing, and I'm feeling continously uneasy, and afraid and like I cannot breathe but I don't experience derealization. Does it still count as panic attack?
@OCD is ruining my life Something my therapist told me once that help me understand my panic a lot is that it’s this primal sensor that humans developed to search for danger. And it was developed when danger was pretty much right outside the cave. That danger is all but subsided entirely, right? We don’t have to worry about a T Rex coming to eat but that sensor is still looking for the danger. Even if it’s all physical and not mental.
Does anyone else's OCD get worse when you haven't slept well? I haven't been sleeping well since this weekend and my OCD and anxiety is just making me feel super down. Does anyone else have this problem?
I want to rip out my uterus. Only my hormones can make my OCD and ability to manage it go back to square one. I am spiraling *so* hard. I cannot breathe. My PMDD is going crazy. I’m having a panic attack again. I feel so scared. The POCD is going absolutely insane right now. It feels undeniably real, and my mind keeps drifting to those awful thoughts and what feels like exploring them?? but I can’t for the life of me stop some of these compulsions right now. I was trying to watch something to get my mind off of this but ended up getting triggered twice, so my anxiety is a 10 and I can’t seem to calm down. This panic attack is tuned all the way up.
I feel like all I do is ruminate. 😞 I can’t imagine what it would be like to NOT do that.
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