- Username
- JBird88
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Yes, when I’m tired, OCD flares up:/
I’m so sorry:( I’ve been in that place many times before. If you can tolerate caffeine, maybe bring some green tea or something with you. It has a little caffeine and a little natural brain boosting power:) If you’re too anxious for caffeine, try having scheduled grounding sessions (30secs-1min each) every 5-10 mins during your test to bring the anxiety down enough to refocus your energy on the questions.
Triggers me too, and Im afraid I’ll loose contact to the real World, and end up crazy. - But Im not, Its just a trigger❤️
Ugh I hate it :( I have a test this morning and I feel a bunch of panic attacks coming on already
Thank you , I can’t tolerate it very well tho.... what else can I do to calm down?
Do you know how to do grounding? Finding 5 things by sight, then smell, then hearing, etc...focusing only on that one sense at a time. Ik that a lot of ppl say that focusing on your breathing and trying to breathe in for 4 seconds, hold for 7, then out for 8 helps. I’ve tried that and it doesn’t really help me bc I’ve got asthma and it reminds me of how I have to work/focus to breathe while having an attack, so if you have any lung problems I’d say to prob nix that idea. Another good one is to have something textured to rub, like a fidget toy, or tracing the stitching on your clothes if appropriate (like the sides of jeans). It sometimes helps bring me “out” of my mind.
Yes! Noise triggers me. Especially noise made by my dog because my OCD/false memories (I think they’re false, but then don’t think so, part of it isn’t) and every time I hear her I think back of the memory and want to kill myself because I can’t deal with the guilt anymore. The BEST PART is she is one of those small dogs that NEVER SHUTS UP. Plus she’s old. So she is barking at anyone and everything, and when she sleeps constantly making grunting noises, she follows me around. It does WONDERS for my OCD. Most days I just lock myself in my room ????
Currently really anxious. Lately I've had the obsession that I won't be able to sleep again. I lay down at night, doze off for 15min to and hour, then wake up even more anxious like "I won't be able to fall back asleep again."
Not OCD related but anyone else associate sleep with being "bad"? Like when it comes to going to sleep I'm super anxious and I can't shut my brain off so now I just push off sleep as much as possible. Any tips on making bedtime not so miserable?
Another night of waking up at 5am with intrusive thoughts & fears. Fears of someone breaking into my house and harming me, fear of house fires and being unable to get my mom & cats out, being overwhelmed with “all the things I need to do” the next day. Obsessing to check the downstairs camera. It’s exhausting and causes me lack of sleep. And then I’m unable to sleep for hours after I wake up sometimes.. and my cat will wake me up in the morning. It’s driving me crazy. 😞😞😞😞 I also need all of my blankets perfectly aligned or I can’t sleep, make my bed every single day bc of it, cannot sleep with pants on or tight clothing. Etc. list goes on…
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