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💕
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@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
Anyone else just have days where they feel more calm and don’t have as many intrusive thoughts? But then later at night time it just comes back so you only had relief even for a little bit 😞😞 I feel like even when I’m not having my OCD send me intrusive thoughts, I always have a feeling in my stomach that something is wrong/off or a sense of doom. I always just feel on edge and anxious as if my mind is always preparing itself for the next horrifying intrusive thought to torment me with ugh 🫠
Alot is on my mind u feel like I’m going to lose my mind , not really a lot but if I think too hard I think I’m gonna lose my mind , I was trying to slp n I think I’m gonna lose my mind , I’ve always been having thoughts about going crazy it never really changed , I have other thoughts and triggers but they always somehow lead Bk to me thinking I’m going to lose my mind , guys I’m so tired , do I even have ocd
I feel like it’s just me. But at night when I start to fall asleep, play on my phone, or watch TV; I’ll get major intrusive thoughts and a butt load of anxiety. Has anyone felt the same about this? How have you managed it? It’s getting exhausting and even causes me to sleep-less.
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