I still haven’t been able to fall asleep, but I’m no longer panicking about “what if I go psychotic” from lack of sleep or die from fatal insomnia….while I’m very tired and dizzy from exhaustion and a bit anxious, I’m no longer being held hostage by my intrusive thoughts
I know how you feel, I’ve had sleep Ocd and noticing closing my eyes and seeing black for months now. I can only sleep using a sleep aid (seroquel ) :( I feel like I’m stuck forever
@Anonymous It’s an absolute nightmare. But we’re doing what we can. I know we’ll be okay💕
You got this!! Slept at 6 am last night. Woke up at 10! We got this shit.
@Miss_OCD Hell yeah!!! Cheers to us💗
You are doing really good. What helped me with this theme is, when I’m in bed and my obsession comes up “I’m wide awake, how am I going to magically just go unconscious?! If I don’t sleep, I will go psychotic”. When that thought comes up, I tell myself “there’s nothing I can do”. That nips compulsions in the bud. And it’s true. You can’t force yourself to fall asleep, and going over and over that question is my biggest compulsion. It’s a complete waste of time trying to get an answer to that question, it’s a compulsion, and only adds fuel to the obsession. I felt like, because it was so scary, I was going to get an answer from analyzing, but that’s not the case. Don’t try to “solve it”, analyze, self-reassure - those are compulsions.
@DreamCat This is incredibly useful and I can’t thank you enough for your advice. You’re very empathetic and it means so much