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Early morning anxiety is the worst
Just had a TOCD anxiety episode. Anyone have advice for how to avoid it in the mornings?
Just had a TOCD anxiety episode. Anyone have advice for how to avoid it in the mornings?
Avoidance is a compulsion so your mindset should not be to avoid these thoughts. But to manage your anxiety, you should manage your stress levels. Fix your sleep schedule: ie make it consistent including putting devices away an hour before going to sleep, going to bed at the same time each night, and getting up at the same time each morning. Also try meditation either before bed, in the morning, or both. Also cold showers are effective because they force you to breathe deeply to cope with the shock to your nervous system, which essentially declutters your mind.
@Owen Roberts I’ll try that, thanks
@aj.ocd It works very well and it also makes ERP much easier
I sit with the uncertainty and anxiety
I always wake up full of dread and fear. My anxiety is through the roof two seconds after I open my eyes. Someone on this app gave me a similar insight once I believe. But I think anxiety is just the urge to ruminate. About what? It probably doesn’t matter, as long as I can torture myself, as OCD loves. Does anyone else relate to this or agree maybe?
This is so extremely difficult, i’ve never experienced having thoughts of being a different gender. i’ve always been comfortable being a girl. i’ve always been a girly girl. this all started a couple months ago and it’s increasingly getting worse. i’ve had times where i didn’t like my body but i always thought i could just go to the gym and fix it, never did i think i wanted to be a man. ever since these thoughts started i hate looking at myself in the mirror, i hate looking at my body, i’m aware of my breasts all day everyday, i can’t look at pictures/ videos of myself. from the moment i wake up to the second i go to sleep i have these thoughts. i’m in a panic EVERYDAY. i don’t want to be trans but my thoughts are convincing me i do. i’ve never bat an eye when someone calls me a girl but now it’s like i’m aware of it which i hate. i hate that i’m having these thoughts & it’s convincing me that i want them & that i have to just come out and change. i want to be able to go back to being comfortable as a girl. this has left me feeling so hopeless and depressed, i can’t help but cry every day. has anyone else felt like their whole world was turned upside down?
Anyone else with HOCD get thoughts of like "people in denial try to distract themselves" or anything along those lines when just trying to move on from the thoughts. Having a pretty bad episode this morning at least anxiety wise.
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