ocd in dreams

i had a dream last night that i was out shopping and then a girl i used to go to school with and haven’t talked to in years or even thought about in years came up to me and she was like hey and then started asking if there was any lucky girls or if i had a gf or something along those lines and then i was taken off guard and was like oh um i actually have a bf and then it seemed like she didn’t believe me so i started showing her pictures of him. i could feel in the dream how anxiety inducing that was and my mind started going: am i lying to myself? can other people see something i can’t about myself? and i remember in the dream i wanted to ask her and be like why did you ask about girls and not guys? like what abt me made you ask that? it’s just so frustrating i can’t even get away from my mind in dreams. i know dreams don’t have much correlation with our actual day to day lives but this is sending me down a spiral and i feel so nauseous. because a question in my brain constantly is “what if i’m just lying to myself? what if i’m doing all these things to prove to others i’m straight?” at the same time the dream doesn’t bother me because i know deep down who i am and who i like so it just means nothing to me and it was a blip in my brain but at the same time i can feel myself trying not to freak out.

Sexual Orientation OCD

MK30

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 2y ago

Hi there. It’s normal for OCD to show up in our dreams. We have thoughts about what brings us anxiety and discomfort, so it’s not unusual to have dreams about it. We just have to treat it the way we would a thought and go about our day the best we can.

Lisa LeeLou

User type: NOCD Alumni

Date posted: 2y ago

Thank you for your post. It is common for OCD to come up in dreams. Try applying the same strategy as with any other thoughts. Try to allow yourself to have the thought/remember the thought from the dream and respond with a neutral statement like “thanks” or “maybe it’s true maybe it’s not” without engaging any more or less than that. Often the harder someone fights the thoughts or tries push them out of their mind, the stronger they get. Accepting them while not engaging is often more effective. I know easier said than done, but with time and practice it does get better.

Mika05

Date posted: 15w ago

Worried about not being anxious?

These past few days I was fine. Minimal intrusive thoughts ,no anxiety etc(to add I'm on medication so maybe it's starting to work although it barely is 2 weeks) and today I got a sudden wave of anxiety and it started latching on some thoughts like" what if I'm in denial and I wanna break up with my bf? And what if erp doesn't work for me because I actually wanna break up with my bf?" But they didn't really stay long usually those thoughts would make me spiral for days or so, now they lasted for some hours. And now I'm trying to trigger myself into being anxious again because if I don't it means I don't have ocd and if I don't have ocd it means I don't love my bf and if I don't love my bf it means I have to break up. Idk if it makes sense but the lack of anxiety makes me wonder if I actually have ocd or not.

Elliesmith

Date posted: 13w ago

Is this a symptom of soocd

I’m 25 and never ever thought this before my soocd relapse. I have a bf of 5 years. Never been a high libido kinda girl. Don’t get me wrong I do get turned on by my bf but not like every day you know? - That had always been in the back of my head, is this normal and ok? But my ocd has latched onto the most scariest what if EVER. My brain is now saying How do you know you won’t prefer to sleep and kiss girls if you haven’t tried it: and it’s that unknown that is scaring the shit out of me. I DONT AND NEVER HAVE wanted to sleep / kiss a girl. But now my intrusive thoughts is all I think about!!! I don’t want I don’t want I don’t want??? So why does my brain think BUT WHAT IF??? I know ocd thrives off uncertainty which is why I think this is happening? But I don’t wanna find out or work it out because all I want is to be with my bf and marry him!! Is this just the epitome of OCD?

violettag6

Date posted: 7w ago

so-ocd

So I identify as a lesbian and I am in a committed relationship with a wonderful girl. But i’m stressing that I have crushes on boys I go to school with. I get anxious around them, which I think I mistake for excitement. I obsess over it in my head which confuses me a lot. Idk I also never think about them sexually or romantically but I think about them often which is scaring me. Any advice?

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