Does anyone else worry and going to sleep so much that it's hard to go to sleep and stay asleep. Or how does ocd affect yalls sleep. I just found out that I had it after years of battling thought about my health and other things in my life now I'm obsessing over sleep.what makes it worse is when I have a clear mind after distracting myself I revert back to the slave mind and it feels again like a weight is in my mind.
It sounds like your “worrying” at night is rumination. If you’re having trouble with not thinking so much about what you’re worried about then you’re likely allowing your mind to drift into ruminating. Allow your thoughts to flow but the moment you feel like you’re paying attention to figuring it out, trying not to think about it, or even letting your mind wonder about the topic in general, you’re ruminating which is a compulsion and will keep you in a cycle. Distraction is good but when you’re going to sleep, actively try to direct your thoughts to something pleasant and calming (not thought suppression but giving yourself something else to think about)
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Yes. I am sometimes afraid to go to bed, since I associate going to bed with being alone with my thoughts (and thus, alone with my OCD)…… Also, My OCD scares me into thinking that I’ll: A.) Not get *enough* sleep and then —> fear of having to go through the next day feeling really ‘off’, ‘manic’, and just ‘out of it’ (and then being hyper aware/hyper focused on *those* sensations the whole day). B.) Get *too much* sleep, not hear my alarm clock, miss an important appointment, and then —> fear of having to go through the next day with feelings of guilt, shame, like I’ve ‘wasted’ my day/was not productive enough (and then being hyper aware/hyper focused on *these* sensations plus possible reactive depression).
I very much worry about if I am going to bed at the right time and getting enough sleep and it ends up messing with my sleep. I get really stressed about falling back asleep if I wake up in middle of night. What I've found helpful is to ignore the intrusive thoughts that there is a "right" number of hours and I just try and sleep when I'm tired and wake up when I need to. It's hard at first because objectively we need a lot of sleep but sometimes just pushing through a few days to prove OCD wrong is worth the fatigue instead of convincing yourself you will have a bad day bc you slept less instead of just trying to push through
Thank u it's been like this for a month now and I'll keep my self distracted all day then I lay down and the worry comes again but your right it's just thoughts and I don't need to give it the attention it wants.
I've been dealing with my OCD for about 6 years now and it ebbs and flows, I'm going through a bout with it now and I'm having a hard time falling asleep and feeling like it's never going to go away. Any suggestions on how to fall asleep when you're battling and can't get out of your head?
Hi friends! I have been really struggling with sleep problems lately because of my OCD. I either deal with nightmares related to my obsessions or unable to sleep with rumination. It seems like no matter what I try nothing helps. Has anyone else experienced this? Or have any suggestions to what has helped you? I appreciate you all 🙏🏼😊
I have intrusive thoughts in my mind practically every minute of my life. I exhaust myself fighting them. I dread the night. I cannot sleep . Most evenings I lay awake trying to distract my mind until the sun comes up. I am so very tired. I had OCD since I was a child. But back then I didn't think anything of it because I didn't know that something was wrong. I went to a doctor once. He prescribed medication that made me feel like a walking zombie and even that didn't work 100%.
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